Drummond Advisors’ Tax Department has gathered information on the main tax measures published in recent weeks in Brazil that may affect you and your company. Check out: 1- Changes to the Foreign Trade Declaration – Siscoserv The deadlines for submitting […]
On July 6, Federal Law No. 14,020/20 was signed. The law institutes the Emergency Program for Maintenance of Employment and Income and provides for complementary measures to deal with the public health emergency of international importance resulting from the coronavirus. […]
On July 1, 2020, Normative Instruction No. 81 of the National Department of Business Registration and Integration (Departamento Nacional de Registro Empresarial e Integração – DREI) came into force. The Normative Instruction updates and consolidates the rules applicable to the […]
Law No. 14,010/2020, published on June 12, 2020, establishes transitory and emergency rules for the regulation of private law legal relations due to the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). The new law contains important provisions on prescription and decay periods, and also […]
In an effort to mitigate the obstacles caused by the Covid-19 crisis and ensure the proper maintenance of essential services, the National Council of Justice (Conselho Nacional de Justiça – CNJ) published provision No. 100/20, determining the nationwide practice of […]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced on May 29, 2020, that it will gradually resume premium processing for some visas made via I-129 forms (non-immigrant worker) and some green cards made via forms I-140 (petition for permanent residence […]
Good news for micro and small business owners in Brazil. The impact of the pandemic that stopped the country and caused many to close their doors and suffer with the uncertainty of the coming days could be minimized with measures […]
Under the terms of art. 1,078 of the Brazilian Civil Code and art. 132 of Law n. 6,404, popularly known as the “Business Corporations Law”, it is mandatory for corporations to hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM). Regularly, the meeting […]
Alissa Campos On December 26, 2019, a new franchise law was sanctioned in Brazil. Law no. 13.966 — which can be consulted in its Portuguese version here — seeks to bring more clarity and security to the relation between the […]
Breno Torquato The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court ruled, on November 7, 2019, by a narrow decision (6 votes in favor and 5 against), for revoking the possibility of arresting convicted defendants before all possible appeals are exhausted in court. Until […]