The mixed committee analyzing the provisional measure on the end of the 'blusinhas tax' approved this Wednesday the text that eliminates the 20% tax on international purchases of up to US$ 50. The inclusion of the MP on this week's voting agenda was the result of a political agreement involving the leadership of the Legislative branch and the Presidential Palace. The measure is expected to be analyzed by the floors of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate still this Wednesday.
The maintenance of the end of the 20% charge on international purchases of up to US$ 50 is one of the electoral platforms that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) intends to use in his reelection campaign. The topic divided the Presidential Palace in 2025, pitting on one side the then Finance Minister, Fernando Haddad, who feared backlash from the productive sector, and on the other, Minister Sidônio Palmeira, from the Social Communication Secretariat of the Presidency (Secom), who saw it as a way to appeal to voters by removing the tax.
