The Rio de Janeiro Section of the OAB, through the Special Commission for Tax Affairs (Ceat), issued a letter to the Secretary of State for Finance (Sefaz), Leonardo Lobo Pires, requesting appropriate measures to reduce fines for non-compliance with accessory obligations, due to the circumstances suffered by taxpayers resulting from the penalties applied to formal infractions.
The Sectional also requested in the document the improvement of the tax administrative process, that is, the adoption of measures necessary to reformulate and rationalize the methodology for determining the penalties provided for in Law 2,657/96, ensuring that taxes on circulation are weighted proportionally and without embargoes.
To support the request for an improvement in the business environment for the class operating in the administrative sphere, the text claims that fines are calculated by applying percentages of the value of outgoing transactions or service provision carried out by the payer, thus causing a blockage that may result in disproportionate amounts.
Taxes, if collected illegally or not required, can cause even more harm to taxpayers, says the OAB-RJ. In the letter, the Sectional listed a series of situations in which such penalties could appear to be an untimely search for protection from the Judiciary and obstacles to the exercise of economic activity throughout the state. With information from the OAB-RJ.
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Source: https://www.conjur.com.br/2022-dez-18/oab-rj-reducao-multa-obrigacao-acessoria-descumprida