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What Romeu Zema said about reduce the rate of the new VAT provided in the tax reform

Romeu Zema

Romeu Zema

January 31, 2026

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About: reduce the rate of the new VAT provided in the tax reform

Romeu Zema: So who will it be bad for?

Romeu Zema: For the lawyers, who today often earn rivers of money when they work in the tax area and take advantage of this gray zone that exists.

Now I have great concern that the rate that was defined will be very heavy and will end up weighing on Brazilians' wallets.

Romeu Zema · 17:41

Romeu Zema: Ideally this reform would have come with a lower rate.

Romeu Zema: I hope it proves to be collecting an amount more than sufficient, higher than what was forecast, and that the government can reduce this rate so as not to make so many products more expensive.

Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence

Expresses concern about the high tax rate and explicitly calls for its reduction.

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