- Government aims for 26.5 percent average VAT rate
- Finance Minister Fernando Haddad and Tax Reform Secretary Bernard Appy presented proposal to regulate tax rules
- Tax reform will consolidate five multi-tiered taxes into two VAT-like levies
- State-level ICMS tax on goods and services is main source of revenue for state governments
- Bill will change Brazil’s tax system from origin-based to destination-based sales tax
Source: brazilian.report
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