On May 21, 2022, the current President of the Republic, Jair Messiah Bolsonaro (PL) stated that he will not sign any provisional measure (MP) that aims to collect taxes from foreign platforms that import from China to individuals in Brazil. In addition, Bolsonaro also added that the way out to combat certain irregularities is inspection.
On his Twitter, the president said: “I will not sign any MP to tax purchases by applications such as Shopee, aliexpress, Shein, etc., as much of the media has been publicizing”. Thus, companies specializing in this service, such as AliExpress, Shopee and Mercado Livre, remain exempt from Federal Revenue taxation on imports of up to US$50 for books, magazines, other periodicals, and medicines.
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This discussion, in short, is based on the premise that a group of businessmen had submitted a letter to the Attorney General's Office containing complaints against these platforms. At the time, the action was led by the owner of the stores
Thus, it should be noted that this type of decision can never be taken arbitrarily, without popular consultation, since such a decision directly affects all people who usually use these platforms as a means of lowering prices for certain products.
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