Representatives of the federal government and the National Congress reached an agreement to vote on Wednesday on the provisional measure that ends the so-called "blusinhas tax." The text provides for exemption from the 20% charge on international purchases of up to US$ 50. The understanding was reached during a meeting between the presidents of the Chamber, Hugo Motta, of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre, the rapporteur of the MP, senator Leila Barros, the president of the joint committee analyzing the measure, deputy Reginaldo Lopes, and the Planning minister, Bruno Moretti.
The vote by the joint committee had been postponed twice. Initially scheduled for Monday, it was rescheduled for this Tuesday and is now expected to take place on Wednesday. After being approved by the joint committee, the MP still needs to go through votes in the floors of the Chamber and Senate.
One of the impasses in the text involved the possibility of requiring companies benefiting from the end of the tax to transport packages through the Postal Service (Correios), which generated divergences among those involved in the negotiation.
