The Brazilian Airlines Association (ABEAR) was received yesterday (16) in Brasília by deputy Danilo Forte (UNIÃO/CE) – rapporteur for Provisional Measure (MP) 1118/2022, which amends Complementary Law 192/2022 – which reduced the PIS/COFINS rate on fuels to zero, including aviation kerosene.
ABEAR presented to the parliamentarian the history of the negotiation process with the National Congress and the Executive Branch, which guaranteed in Complementary Law 194/2022 the calculation of the presumed PIS/COFINS credit on some oil derivatives. The measure represented a reduction of R$ 0,07 per liter of QAV.
Although this change was not enough to offset the increase in costs in the face of the exponential growth accumulated in the international price of a barrel of oil, it is still relevant to reduce the pressure on the component with the greatest weight in the basket of costs for airlines.
In view of the current scenario, which remains of instability in the international market with the war in Ukraine, ABEAR defended with the rapporteur the need to guarantee the continuity of the reduction to zero of the PIS/COFINS rate.
It was also requested that changes that may be made to Complementary Laws 192 and 194, both from 2022, be observed and the current system for calculating the presumed credit maintained.
In response, Deputy Danilo Forte (UNIÃO/CE) stated that “the measures currently implemented to reduce the impact of rising costs in the airline industry are understandable”. He undertook to analyze the sectoral demands set out in MP 1118/2022.
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