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The Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, affirmed today, without presenting evidence, that the Febraban (Brazilian Federation of Banks) finances studies for the “minister of spending” to weaken him. According to Guedes, the entity is an “honorable lobby house”, but conducts studies outside the banking activity to break the spending ceiling.
During a joint congressional committee hearing on the coronavirus pandemic, Guedes did not name a minister. But the Minister of Economy has been fighting for months, with the Minister of Regional Development, Rogério Marinho, precisely over the issue of the spending ceiling.
For the Minister of Economy, it is necessary to maintain the ceiling in any way, so as not to compromise the public accounts and the credibility of the country. Marinho, for his part, argues that the way to recover the economy in the post-pandemic is to increase spending to finance public works.
Febraban is a very honorable lobby house, the lobby is very fair. But it has to be written on the forehead, “banking lobby”, which is for everyone to understand what it is about. Including financing studies that have nothing to do with the defense of banking transactions. It is important to say this. Financing of the spending minister to see if a roof is pierced, to see if the other side collapses.
Paulo Guedes, Minister of Economy
OR Twitter looked for the Febraban and expects a positioning from the entity.
More accusations against banks
It is not the first time that Febraban has become a target of Guedes. About two weeks ago, the minister criticized banks for being against the tax on digital transactions, which the minister wants to create, in the vein of the old CPMF. Guedes also accused the organization, again without evidence, of paying economists to criticize the new tax.
On the occasion, Guedes incorrectly stated that “banks already charge a CPMF today,” referring to the DOC and TED rates.
“Febraban is the one that subsidizes the most and pays economists to discourage this tax, but Febraban is doing it because he wants to drink this water that banks drink. Look at the transfers you made last month. Banks charge 2%, 1% , 3%. The exception is a large client. When it has R $ 10 million [na conta] he doesn’t pay. The bank charges 10 times more for TED than the tax we are demanding on digital traffic ”, he declared.
Today, Guedes again criticized the banks for being against the new CPMF.
Minister tries to score CPMF since last year
The minister has tried to implement the new tax since last year, in exchange for the extinction or reduction of the 20% social security contribution on the payroll. According to him, the measure would create employment. But the new tax faces resistance in Congress and in society.
The economic team rejects the comparison with the CPMF and calls the tax on digital transactions. Despite the name, the charge would apply to all transactions, not just digital ones.
“A digital future is coming. Brazil is the third or fourth largest digital economy in the world and we are going to have to have a digital tax. Do you want to increase taxes? No, we are going to decrease the others. We are going to simplify the others. Come on. to a better future ”, said the minister.
