The plenary of the Chamber of Deputies attempts this Thursday to vote on the provisional measure that ends the "blusinhas tax," a 20% charge on international purchases of up to US$ 50. The MP would lose validity on the 8th, which required haste in approval also in the Senate this week. The vote was scheduled for Wednesday but was postponed due to the agenda of the Speaker of the Chamber, Hugo Motta.
The end of the charge is one of the electoral flags of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for the reelection campaign. The topic divided Palacio do Planalto in 2025, with then Finance Minister Fernando Haddad fearing damage to the productive sector, and the minister of the Communications Secretariat, Sidonio Palmeira, defending the removal of the tax as a way to win votes.
Given the assessment that the charge was electorally harmful to Lula, the measure was reversed this year with the issuance of the MP.
