Governors Decide to Freeze ICMS on Fuel for Another 90 Days and Establish a Single Rate for Diesel

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Published on 23/03/2022 at 12:22

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The Measure to Set ICMS and Establish a Uniform Diesel Tax Rate Can Help Consumers’ Wallets

On March 22, during a meeting of governors in Brasília, they chose to extend the freeze on the Goods and Services Circulation Tax (ICMS) on fuels for another quarter, in addition to applying a single tax rate on diesel fuel, according to the law recently approved by the Federal Congress and sanctioned by Jair Bolsonaro, the President of the Republic.

However, one of the provisions of the fuel law, Article 7 of the regulation, presents a transition rule to freeze the ICMS charge on gasoline until the end of this year, based on the average prices from the last five years. Thus, the transition rule for freezing the ICMS would be responsible for causing an even greater shortfall in state budgets.

Therefore, the States need to go to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to try to prevent this provision of the ICMS freeze law on gasoline – a fuel that may see its price decrease – from remaining in effect. The States argue that the law regarding ICMS on diesel and gasoline is unconstitutional for conflicting with their autonomy, violating the Fiscal Responsibility Law (LRF), and colliding with electoral law, which restricts the granting of privileges during an election year.

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According to Wellington Dias (PT), governor of Piauí – the state with the most expensive gasoline in the country –, the States estimate that, from these measures, they will be able to reduce the loss of ICMS revenue on fuel from R$ 30 billion to R$ 14 billion this year.

According to a report produced by the virtual news outlet Broadcast, the application of a single tax rate on diesel may increase the tax burden charged on fuel in the Federal District, in São Paulo, and in eight other Federative Units, where the current tax rate on diesel is lower than in other states.

In order to prevent or mitigate this increase in diesel taxes, state secretaries are analyzing the possibility of adopting a tax incentive to neutralize the fuel price hike. In this way, the final consumer’s wallet would not be affected, as the impacts would fall on the state governors’ budgets. The formula for this is still to be defined, expected to occur during a meeting of the National Finance Policy Council (Confaz) next Thursday, March 24.

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