On 13 March 2024, the Brazilian IRS published Normative Instruction 2.180/24 (“IN 2.180/24”), which provides for the taxation of income earned by individuals resident in Brazil from non-interest-bearing deposits abroad, foreign currency held in kind, financial investments, controlled entities and trusts abroad, as well as the option to update the value of assets and rights abroad.
The long-awaited IN 2.180/24 regulates Law 14,754/23, which was passed on 12 December 2023 and brought important clarifications regarding the taxation by Income Tax of individuals (IRPF) with assets abroad.

On 13 March 2024, the Brazilian IRS published Normative Instruction 2.180/24 (“IN 2.180/24”), which provides for the taxation of income earned by individuals resident in Brazil from non-interest-bearing deposits abroad, foreign currency held in kind, financial investments, controlled entities and trusts abroad, as well as the option to update the value of assets and rights abroad.
The long-awaited IN 2.180/24 regulates Law 14,754/23, which was passed on 12 December 2023 and brought important clarifications regarding the taxation by Income Tax of individuals (IRPF) with assets abroad.

On 16 December 2023, the House of Representatives approved the bill of Tax Reform, based on PEC 45 (Constitutional Amendment Bill), in the final round after the Senate’s approval.

The final wording was published on 21 December 2023 (Constitutional Amendment No 132/23).

On 21 September 2023, Law no. 14,689/2023 was enacted as a result of the sanction, with vetoes, by the Vice-President of the No. 2,384/2023, with the purpose of disciplining the proclamation of judgment results in the event of a tie vote within the scope of the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (CARF), among other measures connected to tax litigation and the transaction in the collection of credits by the Federal Treasury.

On 8 August 2023, the Report of the Provisional Measure No. 1.172 of 2023, that provides new rules for the minimum wage in Brazil, was presented and approved by the Joint Committee in charge of this at the Brazilian Congress.

The Report incorporated the main changes on the taxation rules for individuals investing abroad, previously provided in Provisional Measure 1.171/23, which regulates the taxation of earnings by Brazilian individuals in financial investments, controlled entities and trusts abroad.

On 25 July 2023, Provisional Measure No. 1,182/2023 was issued, amending Law No. 13,756/2018, to discipline the operation of the fixed-odds lottery by the Union, that is, mainly to regulate the performance of sports betting sites in Brazil, among other minor points.

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