Reinforcement of payroll could impact 10,000 jobs in the footwear sector in Rio Grande do Sul
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Expected to expire on or before December 31, 2023, the measure that exempts the payroll of the 17 sectors of the economy is of particular concern to the gaucho footwear segment. A study carried out by the Brazilian Association of Footwear Industries (Abicalçados) points to a possible drop of more than 20% in production, with the possibility of closing more than 10,000 jobs in Rio Grande do Sul (and around 30,000 in the country).
In this context, the sector entities impacted by the law are united by the approval of the PL 334/2023by Senator Efraim Filho (União-PB), who proposes the continuity of the exemption until 2027. Still in process in the federal capital, the matter will be debated in a Public Hearing on the 23rd of May, to later go to the vote in the Federal Senate.
“The logic of taxing job creation is not very smart, even more so in this moment of recovery, when we are still feeling the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Even with the growth in production throughout 2022, we are still far behind the results of 2019”, observes the executive president of Abicalçados, Haroldo Ferreira.
Ferreira points out that, even with the promises to include the measure in the Tax Reform, under discussion in the National Congress, the sector cannot wait for the votes in view of the imminent end of the benefit. According to him, the additional burden represents an amount of R$ 550 million and an estimated production reduction of more than 180 million pairs of shoes per year for the sector.
For the vice-president and director of Communication of the Union of Clothing Industries of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Siverges), Rogério Bertoli, “Brazil already has a very high tax burden on work, with redundant contributions, creative rates and all by imposition, with no chance for the employee to revert”.
Therefore, the category included a request for suggestions and proposals for the National Tax Reform, through which they defend “the possible points, together with the superior instances, that they represent together in Brasília by the Parliamentary Front of the Textile and Clothing Industry”.
UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECT
Payroll exemption has been in effect since 2011 and benefits companies in the sectors, which can replace the payment of 20% social security contribution on employees’ salaries with a rate ranging from 1% to 4.5% on gross revenue – in the case of the footwear sector, the payment is of 1.5%. In addition to clothing, the end of the benefit represents the cut of 300,000 to 600,000 jobs in the country, in segments such as civil construction, public transport and call center.
REMEMBER THE DECISION
In 2021, the Senate approved the project that extended until December 2023 the exemption from the payroll of 17 sectors, a measure that was seen, at the time, as essential for the maintenance of jobs in the midst of attempts to resume economic activity. The project considered that there was fiscal space for the extension of exemptions, citing as an argument the partial enactment of the Proposal for Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) of Precatorios, with the expectation of opening a margin of at least R$ 60 billion. The sectors covered by the measure are footwear, call centers, communication, apparel/clothing, civil construction, construction companies and infrastructure works, leather, vehicle and bodywork manufacturing, machinery and equipment, animal protein, textiles, Information Technology , Communication Technology, integrated circuit design, subway-railway passenger transport, collective road transport and road freight transport.
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