Recently, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) decided that electricity bills should be subject to ICMS based on the rate in each region. Therefore, it will cause the energy and telephone bill to suffer relevant reductions depending on the region.
However, specialists refute the decision under the argument of the reduction of the national collection, which should have a reduction of around R$800 million. Only in 2022 will it be able to negatively impact the promotion of public services.
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In Ceará, for example, when reorganizing the accounts, new policies will have to be inserted with the state's Legislative Assembly, which could cause many delays in decisions. Along these lines, it should be noted that there will also be an impact on next year's elections.
The reduction in state revenue consists of the necessary obligation of the states to obey the principle of Selectivity - principle specific to tax law - which determines the observance of the essentiality of the product for the purpose of applying a higher or higher rate lower than the standard rate for that region, which is why several governments have already articulated to claim the application only from from 2023
The reduction in revenue makes it difficult for states to finance basic social services, because they use social tariffs to help the poorest classes of the population.
On the other hand, it is possible to state that the same decision brings good news for the population, as it can make the economy more stable. Therefore, we can think of other goods that are also essential, such as fuel.
The product has one of the highest values in the history of this country.
Still using the state of Ceará as an example, the standard ICMS rate is 18%. However, in relation to fuel, the ICMS is 29%, this for an essential good such as gasoline. Therefore, it enables mobility, transportation of food, medicine, and others.
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