On 15 October 2013 the Brazilian and Indian governments signed the amending Protocol to the Brazil–India Double Taxation Agreement. The Protocol amends the Agreement’s article...
On 10 December 2017, Brazil’s Federal Revenue Department’s (“RFB‘s”) Private Ruling DISIT/SRRF06 6,603/2017 was published addressing the applicable taxes on...
On 15 November 2017, the Municipality of São Paulo published Law 16,757/2017. The Law addresses, among other issues, the taxing of software as a service (“SaaS”), the online...
On 21 November 2017, the Brazilian Federal Revenue Department (Receita Federal do Brasil, “RFB”) published Private Ruling 519/2017 which addresses the charging of...
The Brazilian Federal Constitution provides in article 150(VI)(d), that no taxes are to be imposed on books, newspapers, periodicals and paper used for print. This clause aims to...
US, Australian, Canadian and Japanese citizens will be able apply online for Brazilian visitor visas. The e-visa is already available for Australian citizens and will come online...
On 5 October 2017, the National Council of Fiscal Policy (Conselho Nacional de Política Fazendária, “CONFAZ”) issued its first regulations on the charging of State Sales...
On 14 November 2017 Provisional Measure 808/2017 (“PM 808/2017”) was published introducing additional changes to the recently passed employment law reform (“Law...
A delegation from Chinese State Intellectual Property Office (“SIPO”) recently visited Brazil’s Intellectual Property Office (Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial,...
On 10 November 2017, Brazil’s Chamber of Foreign Trade (Câmera de Comércio Exterior, known as “CAMEX”) passed a new resolution (Resolution 88/2017) regarding a new...
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