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Organization urges race and gender equity measures in proposed income tax bill to promote fairness<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Tax policies like the one proposed in Bill 1087\/2025 \u2014 which expands the income tax exemption threshold and creates a minimum tax rate of up to 10% for those earning more than R$600,000 per year\u2014should take race and gender into account to ensure tax justice, according to Oxfam Brasil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a report released Thursday (10), the organization outlines proposals to make Brazil\u2019s tax system more progressive and less unequal. It recommends, among other measures, that the bill include mechanisms for assessing its impact on promoting racial and gender equality across different social groups. \u201cWithout considering race and gender markers in tax policies, there\u2019s no way to evaluate whether we\u2019re truly making progress,\u201d said Carolina Gon\u00e7alves, coordinator of social and economic justice at Oxfam Brasil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The report highlights the concentration of income in Brazil and notes that, according to the government, the expanded exemption would benefit 10 million people, financed by just 141,000 individuals who make more than R$50,000 per month and would be subject to a minimum 10% tax rate. \u201cIn other words, 0.13% of all taxpayers in the country can bear the cost of exempting 10 million people,\u201d the document said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For Ms. Gon\u00e7alves, in a country with a historically regressive tax structure\u2014in which the tax burden decreases as income rises\u2014tax injustice cannot be separated from racial inequality. \u201cThis structure perpetuates and deepens inequality,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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An analysis of 2024 household survey data (Pnad) by Oxfam Brasil found that among individuals earning R$3,000 to R$7,000 per month\u2014the group that stands to benefit from the proposal\u201459% are men and 41% women. Racially, 55% are white and 44% are Black or mixed race. Among the wealthiest 0.1% of Brazilians, who earn an average annual income of R$6 million, only 19% are women and 20% are Black or mixed race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe top of Brazil\u2019s economic pyramid is overwhelmingly made up of white men. That\u2019s no accident,\u201d Ms. Gon\u00e7alves said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Luiza Nassif Pires, a professor at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), warned that macroeconomic policies that fail to address inequality and its dimensions\u2014such as race and gender\u2014risk deepening it. \u201cSo any reform to promote tax justice must be sensitive to race and gender,\u201d she said. Her research, she noted, shows that the current income tax system disproportionately benefits white individuals. Ms. Pires also co-directs the Center for Research on Inequality and Macroeconomics at the University of S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s School of Economics and Business (Made-FEA\/USP).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Economist Nathalie Beghin, a board member at the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies (INESC), argued that so-called \u201cneutral\u201d approaches are not enough to fix the structural inequality embedded in Brazil\u2019s tax system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s why affirmative measures are necessary\u2014such as the cashback mechanism approved in the recent tax reform, which allows part of the tax burden to be refunded to lower-income households, or income tax exemptions for the poor,\u201d she said, referring to the proposal in Bill 1087\/2025, which is currently under review in the Lower House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oxfam Brasil supports the bill\u2019s approval but recommends adding both an impact evaluation framework and a section in tax forms for self-declared race. These data, the report says, could support the creation of more equitable public policies.<\/p>\n

*By\u00a0Michael Esquer\u00a0\u2014 S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n

Source: Valor International<\/p>\n

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