'PixMEI' worth up to R$5,000 must be implemented via app and entrepreneurs will have to present an invoice, says minister

The Minister of Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Businesses (MEMP), Paulo Pereira, informed this Thursday (29) that the so-called "PIXMei" of up to R$5,000, announced during President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's re-election campaign, should be implemented through an application so that access is facilitated.

The money will be granted on a non-repayable basis, that is, without the need for return and without interest being charged. The resource must be used to purchase machinery, equipment and professional tools, as well as improvements to the business structure, according to the program rules.

In an interview with EBC's "Good morning, minister" program, Paulo Pereira recalled that, as the amount of up to R$5,000 will be made available to individual micro-entrepreneurs to make investments to increase their productive capacity, that is, to improve their business, it will be necessary to present the invoice for the purchase made later.

"These are investments of up to R$5,000, they don't need to be R$5,000, that can increase production capacity. It's the first time we've done this in the history of Brazil. Brazil provides subsidies to agriculture and industry, but no one has done so to entrepreneurs. We are preparing a specific value, from 1 to 1.5 million MEIs. If it works, we can do this permanently'", stated the Minister of Entrepreneurship.

Paulo Pereira assessed, in the interview, that "not all MEIs will ask for the money", as "not all will have investment projects". "We are going to test, we are going to have a specific line for entrepreneurs, for MEIs that earn less, the 'nanoMEIS'. There will be criteria to build public policies", added the minister.

He recalled that PIXMei is not available this year, that it will only be offered from 2027, and noted that there are already frauds on the internet asking micro-entrepreneurs to register to access the benefit. The minister asked that MEIs be careful not to fall for scams, as the program rules have not yet been published and there is still no active registration for the program.