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Thinking of consumers, the Government of Roraima intends to reduce the ICMS on cooking gas from 17% to 12%, which may have its tax zeroed next year
The Government of Roraima forwarded this Thursday (16), to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Roraima (ALERT), the PL that reduces the ICMS on cooking gas, which is currently at 17%, to 12%, inserting the product among the items in the basic basket. The announcement of the tax reduction was made by the governor of Roraima, Antonio Denarium, on Wednesday (15), in Brasília. Cooking gas in Roraima currently costs, on average, R$ 120.
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Governor of Roraima pronounces on the reduction of ICMS
According to Denarium, the reduction that the government intends to make in the ICMS on cooking gas is something that has always been sensitive due to the situation that the population is in.
The reduction is of paramount importance at a time when there is constantly rising inflation in the country and also large price increases for various products, especially cooking gas, which has a strong impact on all social classes, from the low-income population , to shops, restaurants, bars and all those who need the product to prepare their food.
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Government of Roraima intends to zero ICMS on cooking gas in 2022
The government of Roraima will submit a proposal to the National Council for Finance Policy (Confaz) for the ICMS on cooking gas to be zeroed from 2022, taking into account that only the body has the power to authorize the exemption or reduction of the tax .
According to Marcos Jorge, State Treasury Secretary, the proposal will be taken together with that of the state of Rondônia, which is also interested in zeroing the ICMS on cooking gas. According to Jorge, the tax reduction and even the exemption, if approved, will result in a strong impact on the Roraima government's revenues, but surveys and previous studies have already been carried out so that the state can deal with tax losses.
The secretary also justifies that, precisely because of this great social impact, the State Government is preparing this reduction. According to Jorge's words, there will be a strong financial impact for the government, but precise measures are already being adopted to overcome this loss, under the terms of the Fiscal Responsibility Law.
Governments of other states are interested in reducing ICMS on other products
In addition to the high growth under the value of cooking gas, gasoline was one of the products that also had a big rise in recent months, reaching R$ 7 reais per liter in some regions. The government of RJ, to help consumers, is trying to negotiate a reduction in ICMS so that fuel prices will fall.
Governor Cláudio Castro asks other sectors that impact the value of the product to consumers to also contribute. With the highest ICMS in Brazil, RJ keeps 34% of the amount paid by final consumers for fuel.
According to Castro, the tax is equivalent to 15% of the collection of the State of RJ and there is no possibility that the government will be able to eliminate the entire tax. If taxes are zeroed, the price of fuels such as gasoline, CNG and Ethanol may be reduced by almost half.
