Business in Brazil

If your company is already established in Brazil, it is important to understand the main taxes that companies are required to pay and the different tax regimes available. In this letter, we will briefly explain the main taxes paid by [...]

All individuals who have tax residence in Brazil, that is, they are taxpayers in the national territory, need to pay attention to this communication when permanently leaving the country. This communication of definitive departure from the country is necessary for [...]

Annually the social security (called INSS) table which is withheld over salaries' payment is revised by the Government. In general this adjustment happens on each January of the year. In 2023 this revision was published on 01/11/2023. The new social [...]

Please, we would like to share the 2023 holiday calendar in Brazil as well as the clarification of the main doubts about it. The holidays are: 01/25/2023 - Sao Paulo city - Anniversary 02/20/2023 - Carnival 02/21/2023 - Carnival 04/07/2023 [...]

How to calculate the employee's net salary as well as net pro labore? What are the company's additional costs on the monthly remuneration of an employee and over a pro labore? The deductions and additional costs are the same for [...]

On the last newsletter, we had reported about the precautions that companies should take when hiring foreigners to work in Brazil. Today, we will focus on the types of labor agreements. There are currently several forms of formalization, but we [...]

In this material we will share the main points of attention regarding the hiring of foreigners by Brazilian companies. This process is very common in subsidiaries that are part of overseas' conglomerate. The headquarters of these companies end up sending [...]

TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT: It is a non-definitive transfer, where the worker moves to another country and remains linked to the Social Security of his origin. This temporary assignment certification is only allowed for countries that have an International Social Security Agreement [...]

International Agreements on Social Security have the main goal of regulating the situation of workers residing or in transit in Brazil, guaranteeing that the social security rights provided in the legislation of both countries are applied to the workers. Thus, [...]

In our Business in Brazil material nº03, we had shared some scenarios of when the expatriates become taxpayers in Brazil for tax purposes. In today's material we are informing about the incomes' taxation of the expatriates residing in the country  [...]