The analysis of the collection of federal revenues records that the federal revenue in August was R $ 208.7 billion, a reduction of 1.5% compared to August 2024. In the year to August, the collection is R $ 1.888 trillion, 3.73% above the same period last year.
“It is important to note that this is the best collection performance since 2000 for the accumulated period”, emphasizes the document published on Tuesday (23) by the Special Secretariat of the Federal Revenue of the Ministry of Finance.
In the analysis, the IRS points between the reasons for the drop in revenue, legislative changes in the collection of income tax withheld interest rates on equity (IRRF-CAPITAL) as well as tax spending (exemptions) related to rainfall calamity in Rio Grande do Sul in April and May last year.
“Without considering atypical payments, there would be a real growth of 4.99% in the collection of the accumulated period and 0.23% in the collection of August,” explains the IRS.
The month of August also registered losses of 8.27% in taxation of legal entity tax and social contribution on net income (CSLL), and losses of 3.7% in taxation of the contribution to the financing of Social Security (COFINS); the Social Integration Program (PIS) and the Public Servant Heritage Training Program (Pasep).
