Press Releases
ABES Position – veto to the extension of the payroll exemption
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...
Opened by Geraldo Alckmin, ABES Conference begins event discussing regulation, legislation and impacts of tax reform in the technology sector
ABES – Brazilian Association of Software Companies is promoting this Monday, November 6th, an event that discusses the digital future and the reinvention of the now. With a video sent by the vice-president of Brazil, Geraldo Alckmin, about the role of ABES for the sector,...
ABES announces strategic partnership with ITL to promote business
Agreement between the entities aims to encourage commercial exchange between companies from Brazil and Estonia, a country recognized as one of the main technology and innovation hubs on the planet ABES – Brazilian Association of Software Companies continues its...

Entities from the ICT sector and the Federal Senate discuss Tax Reform this Tuesday morning
This morning, entities from the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, with the support of Senator Izalci Lucas, held a breakfast meeting at the Federal Senate to discuss tax reform proposals. Representatives from...

ABES takes Mobilization to Reduce Inequality to the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit
The Mobilization has already recycled around 190 tons of obsolete ICT equipment, generating resources that will impact the lives of more than 36 thousand people, preventing more than 360 tons of greenhouse gases from being released into the environment. ABES – Brazilian Association...

ABES takes Mobilization to Reduce Inequality to the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York
The Mobilization has already recycled around 190 tons of obsolete ICT equipment, generating resources that will impact the lives of more than 36 thousand people, preventing more than 360 tons of greenhouse gases from being released into the environment. ABES – Brazilian Association...

ABES adheres to the National Pact to Combat Inequalities
Association is part of a collective movement to transform the fight against inequalities into a national priority; launch will take place on August 30th, at the National Congress, in Brasília ABES – Brazilian Association of Software Companies participated, this Wednesday, the...
ABES presents trends on new technologies for the Brazilian software market
Data are part of the Study How new technologies will support organizations and impact the market and point, among other aspects, to a growth in the use of cybersecurity solutions and caution with the adoption of new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence...
IT sector manifesto on Tax Reform (PEC 45/2019)
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...
Tax reform puts tech jobs at risk and undermines Brazil's ability to compete globally
Increased tax burden on software and IT services has a cross-cutting impact on the cost of all sectors, including health, education and public transport. The decline in Brazil's ability to absorb technology will impact its competitiveness and increase...
Mobilization to Reduce Inequality impacts around 3,000 people and avoids 342 tons of greenhouse gases
ABES campaign supports socio-digital inclusion projects through reverse logistics of electrical and electronic equipment; and reaches the mark of 180 tons of recycled equipment, contributing to 9 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the Global Compact...

ABES launches new call for proposals for the 2023 Fellowship Program
The objective of the Association is to bring together a team of qualified researchers for its Think Tank, an initiative that aims to promote the generation of knowledge based on research and that contribute to the advancement of an agenda of public policies and innovation in Brazil...
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 .

ABES representatives present the program “An Ethical Company” in Recife
The objective is to contribute to the success of the Pernambuco Mais Íntegro Program (PPMI), recently instituted throughout the state Recently, the state of Pernambuco began the first phase of its Anti-Corruption Program and instituted the Pernambuco Mais Íntegro Program (PPMI),...

PL 2630/2020 on fake news: ABES calls for further discussions on the topic in view of the expansion of the scope of the law
ABES - Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Software has followed with attention and concern the debates around Bill 2630 of 2020, which intends to institute the Brazilian Law of Freedom, Responsibility and Transparency on the Internet. Check it out below...

ABRH-SP signs an institutional partnership with ABES to support the Technological Education Hub
Agreement will also promote the Mobilization against Inequality program, which supports social inclusion projects that promote training in the digital area São Paulo, March 23, 2023 – ABES – Brazilian Association of Software Companies and the Brazilian Association of...
ABES Agenda - March 2023
Association will participate, in March, in two events dedicated to startups: Bossa Summit and South Summit Brazil 2023 São Paulo, March 21, 2023 – ABES – Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Software will participate in several events throughout 2023. In March, The...

ABES removes more than 60,000 illegal content on the internet in 2022
Annual monitoring balance of the association points to a drop in the number of links removed ABES – Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Software removed from the web, in the year 2022, 61,033 advertisements, links and sites with content that gave access to files that violate the Law.. .
ABES launches THINK TANK to spread technology knowledge and increase interest in public policies
The objective of the Association is to bring together a team of qualified researchers, who will be invited to reflect on trends, study, debate and propose solutions for the country's main challenges São Paulo, March 6, 2023 – To contribute to the advancement of a...