On Thursday (3), the National Congress approved the provisional measure that ends the so-called "blusinhas tax," which was among the measures brought by the Lula government before the 2026 elections. The measure zeros out the 20% tax that was charged on international purchases of up to 50 dollars. The text now goes to presidential sanction.
The tax exemption was maintained, but some changes were made to the original text. One of the main changes is the creation of a mechanism that obliges the Ministry of Finance to monitor the impact of ending the tax on Brazilian trade. The government argues that this economic analysis should be done every three months in this initial phase, becoming semi-annual after this period.
If the monitoring proves that the national productive sector is being harmed by the measure, the Ministry of Finance commits to sending the Chamber of Deputies a project with mitigation measures to support the national industry. One of the measures under study is the tax exemption on domestic purchases of up to 250 reais.
Senator Leila Barros was the rapporteur of the project and met with representatives of the productive sector during the processing of the provisional measure.
