The STF will decide on the PIS/Cofins tax case in early October, IBGE employees protest against the institute’s president, and Lula is optimistic about the Mercosur-EU trade agreement

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 26 Sep 2024 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The Supreme Federal Court (STF) will soon rule on another important tax matter. A virtual plenary session has been scheduled between October 4 and 11 to analyze a decree from President Lula on the PIS/Cofins tax rate. Today, the national union of IBGE employees, Assibge-SN, organized a protest against what are being labeled as "authoritarian measures" by the institute's president, Marcio Pochmann. A noteworthy point from President Lula’s press conference yesterday was his statement that he has never been so optimistic about the agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur.

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