Senate President David Alcolumbre (Union-AP) announced on Tuesday (7) that he delivered the rapporteur of the project law that exempts the payment of income tax Individuals who earn up to $ 5,000 and give discount to those who earn up to $ 7,350 monthly, to Senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL). 
Alcolumbre reported that, after consultation with the secretary of the house, it was decided that the text will process in only one commission, that of economic matters, before going to the plenary.
“I decided to appoint the president [da Comissão de Assuntos Econômicos] Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL) as rapporteur of this matter and as the only deliberative committee of the Federal Senate, the Commission on Economic Affairs, ”he said.
Alcolumbre justified the decision with the argument that Calheiros has already reported another project on the subject, authored by Senator Eduardo Braga (MDB-AM), also exempting from the payment of income tax who earns up to R $ 5,000 and increasing taxation of the highest income ranges. The proposal, which was in the house since 2019, was approved in a terminative basis, on September 25.
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Rapporteur
Senator Renan Calheiros said he hopes to put the text in a vote within 30 days, with at least four public hearings to discuss the topic. The senator assured that he will not fail to accept amendments or suppressions to the approved text, but will work so that the bill does not have to return to new appreciation in the House of Representatives.
“Let’s make a quick senate proceeds, I don’t think it will take 30 days, which is very little in the 7 months that took the in the House of Representatives”He said.
The National Congress Regiment establishes that the house where a story begins to process has the last word in case of change in the review house. However, regiment establishes that specific wording or text adjustment changes may not necessarily give rise to the return to the original home.
“The Senate will not give up on fulfilling its role, and whatever has to be modified, it will be modified. But we will do everything, however, so that the matter does not return to the House of Representatives. There, in the House, it served as a blackout and pressure instrument against the government and even the agenda of the legislature,” he said remembering projects such as the PEC of armor, amnesty and dosimetry.
Project
IR reduction was a Lula campaign promise in 2022 and was sent to the House in March this year.
Currently, they are already exempt from payment of income tax to individuals who earn up to R $ 3,036. The project approved in the House states that by 2026, people who earn up to R $ 5,000 will have a monthly discount of up to 312.89, so that the tax due is zero. Who earns from R $ 5,000.01 to R $ 7,350.00, the discount will be 978.62, progressively reducing until it reaches the ceiling.
According to government estimates, with the approval of the proposal, more than 15.5 million taxpayers will benefit from 2026.
To compensate for the exemption for those who earn up to R $ 5,000, whose cost is estimated at R $ 25.8 billion, there will be taxation of people with income over R $ 600 thousand per year, with a progressive rate of up to 10%.
The maximum rate will focus on those who receive annually from R $ 1.2 million. In addition, it will not be applied to those who already pay the maximum IR rate of 27.5%.
According to the Ministry of Finance, the collection to cover the exemption will reach about 140,000 people, 0.13% of taxpayers, who today pay, on average, only 2.54% of income tax.
