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The Creation of the Brazilian Real Estate Registration Will Unify Property Data and May Expand Inspection, Increase Taxes, and Reduce Informal Contracts in the Sector
The Federal Revenue Service regulated in August the Brazilian Real Estate Registration (CIB), nicknamed the “CPF of properties.” The proposal aims to unify data on urban and rural properties in a single national database.
The measure will connect notaries, municipalities, and oversight agencies, allowing centralized access to information on ownership and asset transactions. According to the Federal Revenue Service, the goal is to enhance transparency and reduce informal operations in the sector.
Greater Oversight and Collection
Experts point out that integration may increase oversight and, consequently, collection. With more available data, the Federal Revenue Service will be able to identify changes in ownership and undeclared transactions.
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“It will certainly lead to an increase in taxes because, with unification, the Federal Revenue Service will have access to all changes in ownership, buying and selling transactions among CPFs,” said Humberto Aillon from Fipecafi to CNN.
He emphasized that there are still taxpayers who do not correctly declare their properties or asset transactions, a situation that is likely to change with the new integrated database.
Impacts for Property Owners
Those with many properties for rent or receiving high income from rents may be impacted by the collection of additional taxes—federal, state, and municipal—beyond income tax.
Property owners with few properties or income below certain thresholds are likely to remain unaffected. The implementation of the CIB will depend on the adhesion of notaries, who will need to include the code in records and documents.
Lawyer Ana Taques from the Siqueira Castro law firm told CNN that the measure aims to control taxpayers’ tax situations. According to her, many properties are negotiated through private contracts without formal registration, which prevents the collection of taxes on rents.
