Durigan promised simplified payment for those who leave Simples, says deputy

The Minister of Finance, Dario Durigan, committed to studying a simplified way of collecting consumption taxes for small companies that choose to leave Simples Nacional after the tax reform comes into force, according to deputy Joaquim Passarinho (PL-PA).

Passarinho was part of a delegation of congressmen who met with the head of the economic team this Tuesday (10).

The concern, according to the deputy, is to prevent companies from being forced to abandon the simplified regime in order to generate tax credits for their customers and, as a result, face a more complex structure for calculating and collecting taxes.

"One of the points that the minister understood and promised to provide a response to was that, if the person has to leave Simples, at least the way of paying the tax remains simple", said Passarinho.

The tax reform maintains Simples Nacional, but creates a dilemma for companies covered by the regime that sell products or services to other legal entities.

The concern is that its customers will start to favor suppliers outside of Simples due to the possibility of taking full advantage of the credits generated by IBS (Tax on Goods and Services) and CBS (Contribution on Goods and Services).

In the federal deputy's assessment, the change could pressure small businesses to leave the regime even if the legislation formally preserves their existence.

"If you stay in Simples, you have no credit to give. Then you will die, because, as you don't give credit, no one will buy from you. So, although the legislation does not end Simples, in practice it will end Simples companies", he added.

According to the deputy, an alternative discussed with Durigan would be to allow companies that leave the regime to continue, up to a certain limit, subject to a simplified collection system, even if they start to generate the credits provided for in the new tax system.

Passarinho stated that operational simplicity is one of the main advantages of the regime for small businesses, in addition to the eventual reduction in the tax burden.

"When I have Simples, a small company doesn't need a single, exclusive accountant, it doesn't need a tax professional, because it doesn't need to do the calculations, make the payments. It pays a Simples invoice, which is easy to issue, and from there it goes on with its life", he stated.

"Simples isn't simply because it's cheaper. It's because it's simple, it's very easy for you to pay those who are on Simples," he added.

The Tax Reform created the possibility of Simples Híbrido, in which the taxpayer starts to collect and generate credits on top of the new taxes on consumption, CBS (Contribution on Goods and Services) and IBS (Tax on Goods and Services), but continues to collect other taxes through the Simples guide.