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Shortly after announcing the decision, the president himself took to social media to suggest that the House and Senate revoke the veto. At the meeting, the evangelical bank must address possible solutions to the problem, either by restoring the original project or approving a proposal to amend the Constitution (PEC) on the subject.
The group’s parliamentarians met on Tuesday afternoon (15), via the Internet, to outline a strategy. Initially, Bolsonaro’s veto angered members of the bank.
Bolsonaro suggests that Congress override its own veto on forgiveness of church debts
In a post-meeting note, however, the parliamentary front announced that it must “devote more time to analyzing the consequences of the issue” and turn to “the support of lawyers and other authorities who can contribute to a more balanced position in as for the measures to be taken, adopted by the parliamentarians from the bench ”.
The group of deputies and senators says they intend to announce a decision on the issue in a week, on the 23rd.
In the post published after the veto, Bolsonaro said he was forced to remove the debt forgiveness from the sanctioned text so as not to damage budget rules. Therefore, according to the president, it would be up to Congress to revoke the veto and restore debt relief.
Congress moves behind the scenes to rethink church debt forgiveness
According to the president, unlike him, MPs would not have to worry about the legal and budgetary implications of their votes.
Without giving details, Bolsonaro said that he should submit to Congress this week a proposal for an Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) with “a possible solution to establish the adequate margin for the immunity of the churches in tax matters.”
Last week, the General Prosecutor’s Office of the National Treasury (PGFN), a body linked to the Ministry of Economy, recommended to the government, in an opinion, the veto of the cancellation of the tax debts of the churches.
“It does not seem possible that the legislator, given the principle of equality and contributory capacity, exonerates or renounces public revenues without being housed in constitutionally significant values, which seem not to be present in the case,” the body said in the ruling.
Currently, the law states that only the prebend (remuneration paid to the religious leader, such as the pastor), is exempt from the tax. The legislation does not specifically deal with people who work in other functions in churches and who, in theory, are subject to social security contributions.
Proponents of the CSLL amnesty and exemption argue that churches are tax-free in Brazil.
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The bill approved by Congress provided for the churches:
- exemption from payment of the Social Contribution on Net Income (CSLL)
- amnesty for fines received for failure to pay CSLL
- amnesty for fines for non-payment of social security contributions
Of these three points, Bolsonaro was left with only point 3. The other two were vetoed because, according to the government, the sanction could damage the constitutional norms of the budget.
In material released on Sunday night (13), the government assures that President Jair Bolsonaro “is in favor of the non-taxation of temples of any religion.”
However, according to the General Secretariat of the Presidency, the project would have “an inescapable legal obstacle, and the possible sanction could result in a crime of responsibility of the President of the Republic.”
This pardon had been included in a bill on another subject, foreign to churches and temples. The passage was suggested by the deputy David Soares (DEM-SP), son of the religious RR Soares, under the justification that the payment of taxes penalizes the temples.
