Manifests

In a multi-sector note, ABES asks for caution in the judgment of article 19 of the Internet Civil Rights Framework by the STF
ABES and 5 other entities released a multisectoral public note entitled “The Future of the Internet in Brazil and the Fundamental Values at Stake”, released on Monday afternoon (09/12), in which they express concerns regarding the developments of...

13 entities send letter to the Senate about new version of AI bill
A group of 13 entities representing the Brazilian productive sector, including ABES, sent a letter to the Federal Senate, requesting adjustments to Bill No. 2338/2023, which is currently being processed by the Temporary Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CTIA). The...

Brazil could be left out of AI development, says ABES
According to the Brazilian Association of Software Companies, the new text brings improvements, but imposes restrictive measures for model training, harming the advancement of national technology and exports of data center services. The Brazilian Association of...

Hiring of women in the 17 exempt sectors is higher than other sectors
According to data from Brasscom, from January 2020 to February 2024, the 17 sectors had a growth of 17.5% in job creation for women. With the government's recent decision to question the extension of the payroll tax exemption until 2027, for quite...

Joint note from sectors subject to payroll replacement taxation
The action filed by the government at the Federal Supreme Court (STF), on April 24, 2024, to question the extension of the payroll tax exemption until 2027, puts the positive socioeconomic impacts of the measure at risk and creates a clear situation of... .

Data reveals how the Folha Exemption generates jobs and better wages
According to research carried out by Brasscom, in January 2024 alone, 80,975 jobs were created in the 17 sectors exempted by the policy. Payroll Exemption is the tax replacement of the conventional social security contribution, 20% on the value of...

Exemption from Folha: PL 493/2024 – Dialogue is Imperative
Throughout 2023, during the processing of PL 334, the Federal Government did not present alternative proposals to the public policy approved by Congress, which is fundamental to the lives of more than 9 million formally employed workers. The Congress...

ABES participates in the press conference and the manifesto in favor of democratic discussion on payroll tax relief
This Wednesday (21/02), a new press conference was held at the National Congress in defense of the continuity of PAYROLL EXEMPTION, with the significant presence of senators Efraim Filho and Esperidião Amin, together with deputies...

Entities speak out on the MP's announcement on payroll tax relief by the Ministry of Finance
On the same day that the National Congress enacted Law 14,784, which extends the validity of the payroll tax exemption policy until December 31, 2027, the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, announced a package of fiscal measures that he will send to the ...

ABES regrets the veto on the extension of the Folha Exemption and trusts that Congress will reverse the decision
ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies) regrets the full veto of Bill No. 334/2023, which ensures the continuity, until December 31, 2027, of the payroll tax exemption for the 17 segments of the economy that employ the most in the country. To the...

ABES joins the COALITION FOR INNOVATION AND RESPONSIBILITY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ABES has just joined the COALIZATION FOR INNOVATION AND RESPONSIBILITY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, formed by sectoral entities, institutes and with the participation of Prof. Demi Getschko, considered the “father of the Brazilian internet”. The Coalition announced, on the 10th of...

Entities ask for urgency in the approval of the Folha Tax Exemption in the Federal Senate
ABES and 24 other entities, which represent the 17 labor-intensive sectors covered by the Social Security Contribution on Gross Revenue (CPRB), sent a manifesto to Senator Vanderlan Cardoso (PSD/GO), president of the Affairs Committee...

Manifesto: ABES and 4 IT entities demand reduced rate in Tax Reform
ABES, Abranet, Assespro, Brasscom and Fenainfo have just released a new manifesto on the Tax Reform PL, under evaluation in the Federal Senate, in which they ask that the final proposal have “a focus on the future of the country, in order to bring adequate treatment to the sector of...

ABES and 6 other entities publish IT sector manifesto on Tax Reform
With an attentive and proactive eye, entities from the Digital Services, Software, Information Technology, Innovation and Internet sector evaluate the text of the Tax Reform (PEC 45/2019) approved by the Chamber of Deputies on July 7, 2023. ...

ABES Positioning: analysis of the text approved for the Tax Reform
ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies) aims to contribute to the construction of a more digital and less unequal Brazil, in which information technology plays a fundamental role in the democratization of knowledge and the creation of...

Data protection: ABES and 17 other entities launch a manifest against the ineffectiveness of the CNPD
An important group of 18 entities, including ABES, representing various economic sectors in Brazil, publicly expressed in an open letter to the Minister of State for Justice, the Minister of State Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic and...

17 Sectors publish a manifesto for the continuity of payroll exemption
Coalition formed by sectors that employ the most in Brazil defends the approval of PL 334/23, which extends the policy until December 2027 .

Business Sector Manifesto regarding PL 2630/2020 and the LGPD
Entities representing various business sectors, signatories of this document, express their concern with the current text of PL 2630/2020 ("PL de Fake News"), in view of the need to maintain the centrality of the General Law for the Protection of ...

ABES presents its Contributions to the 2023-2027 Government Programs
ABES presented its Contributions to the Electoral and Government Programs 2023-2027, in an event attended by leaders of the presidential candidacies of Ciro Gomes, Lula and Simone Tebet, held on August 10, 2022, highlighting its purpose to help. ..

ABES sends contributions on AI Regulation to the Committee of Jurists of the Federal Senate
In order to ensure a business environment conducive to innovation, ethical, sustainable, dynamic and globally competitive, ABES has followed and participated in debates on the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Brazil and in different countries and...

Brazil may lose competitiveness with the increase in the tax burden on wages, points out ABES
Shortage of experts in the technology sector, international harassment for talent and rising payroll costs make it impossible for a Brazilian company to retain talent and compete on the international stage. Due to the horizontal performance of the technology sector,...

Manifesto: fake news PL is a digital throwback, associations assess
The Bill of Fake News, as Bill 2630/20 became known, was approved more than a year ago in the Senate. Recently, rapporteur Orlando Silva (PCdoB-SP) presented a modified version in the Chamber of Deputies, which should be voted on again. In view of...

Payroll exemption guarantees millions of jobs and Brazilian competitiveness in the foreign market defends multi-sector manifesto
With the upcoming vote on the PL in the CCJC - Committee on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship, of the Chamber of Deputies, 19 entities are claiming the urgent approval of PL 2541/2021, which extends the CPRB - Social Security Contribution on Gross Revenue ("exemption of the ...

ABES signs a multisectorial manifesto defending the approval of PL 21/2020, in the form of the substitute presented by Congresswoman Luísa Canziani
A Multisectorial Manifesto in Defense of the Legal Framework for Artificial Intelligence was sent this Wednesday (09/29) to the National Congress by 15 entities, including ABES – Brazilian Association of Software Companies. The entities defend the approval of the...

ABES delivers to federal deputy Bia Kicis, president of the CCJ, a manifesto in favor of the extension of the payroll exemption
ABES delivered this Thursday (23/09) to Federal Deputy Bia Kicis (PSL - DF), president of the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) of the Chamber of Deputies, and to federal deputies Marcos Pereira (Republicans - SP), Darci de Matos (PSD - SC) and Lucas Vergilio...

ABES supports the corporate sector's manifesto for legal security and responsive regulation of the LGPD
Document requests the Executive Power to debate about the complete autonomy of ANPD and to Congress to advance the PEC that makes regulation an exclusive activity of the Union ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies - declares its support for the manifesto published by the...

ABES discloses its position against PL 2337/21, of the IR, which puts the local production of technology at risk
ABES released this Tuesday (10/08/2021) an important position on the recent proposal to change the Income Tax rules that is being processed in the National Congress, through PL 2337/21, as the proposed changes negatively impact the sector...

ABES signs manifesto in favor of Brazil's adhesion to the Budapest Convention Against Cyber Crime
ABES and 6 other entities in the ICT sector manifested themselves in favor of the Draft Legislative Decree (PDL) 255/202 and defend the adhesion of Brazil to the Convention of the Council of Europe against Cyber Crime, better known as the Budapest Convention. Every...

Manifest by the partial veto of PL 317/2021, which provides for charging for access to public data
ABES has just released a manifest in which it requests the partial veto of PL 317, which provides for charging for access to public data due to the public interest. For the association, “eventual legality regarding the practice of charging and inflexible channeling ...

Entities publish manifest on the importance of overturning vetoes to FUST and FNDCT
ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies; ABIPTI - Brazilian Association of Technological Research and Innovation Institutions; Brasscom - Association of Information and Communication Technology Companies; Conexis - Brasil Digital; Fenainfo –...