Brazilians have already paid 300 billion rand this year | Economy

This amount corresponds to the total amount of taxes, royalties, fines and contributions paid for the Union, the States and the municipalities. See the special "How much do we pay taxes".

This amount had been reached three days earlier than in the previous year, when the $ 300 billion mark was reached on February 10.

In a note, the president of CPHA and the Federation of Professional Associations of the State of São Paulo (Facesp), Alencar Burti, said that this result is a sign that the only one in the world is in the United States. economy "started a little warmer in 2019." [19659005] According to Mr. Burti, the problem lies in the increase in revenue due to higher tax rates or the creation of new taxes: the figure of 300 billion R $, he said, shows that the cause of the Brazilian fiscal problem lies in the expenditure

The impostometer was created in 2005 and seeks to calculate the total value of taxes, fees, contributions and taxes.

The total taxes paid by the Brazilians can also be controlled by Internet, on the page of Impostômetro (www.impostometro.com.br) In the tool, created in partnership with the l & # 39; Brazilian Institute of Tax Planning (BIPT), it is possible to control how much money the country, the states and the municipalities collect from tax and know what the governments have to gain with all the l & # 39; money raised.