The Chamber of Deputies approved MP that extends the term of adhesion to Refis do Funrural. The measure extends until 31 December 2018 the deadline for joining the Rural Tax Regularization Program (PRR), known as Refis do Funrural (Rural Workers Assistance Fund), provided for in Law 13606 of 2018. Today, the term , defined in Provisional Measure 834/2018, goes until October 30 of this year. The matter still needs to be voted on in the Senate floor.
The president of the Parliamentary Front of Agriculture (FPA), Ms. Tereza Cristina (DEM-MS), had already requested the Minister of Finance, Eduardo Guardia, to extend the deadline. According to her, there were reports from producers about the difficulty in registering in the refinancing program offered by the Internal Revenue Service. “It is necessary to ensure that all those who fit are contemplated, with timely and adequate care,” says the parliamentarian. For her, the extension gives security to rural producers and ensures that the deadlines will be protected for joining the refinancing program.
Deputy Jerônimo Goergen (PP-RS), coordinator of Infrastructure and Logistics at FPA, reiterated that the extension is due to the difficulties that producers report in accessing the benefit. According to him, there was a lack of information on the part of the bodies responsible for registration, the Federal Revenue officials’ strike and the overburdened system.
“All this has put at risk the right of farmers to access a benefit in their favor. We have worked hard to ensure the approval of the extension of the period of adhesion to the PRR, “said Goergen. According to Deputy Zé Silva (SD / MG), the extension of the deadline guarantees fairer operating conditions for rural producers and mainly cooperatives. However, the parliamentarian warned that the MP needs to be approved in the Federal Senate, until October 10, not to lose its validity.
Refinancing Debts for Family Agriculture
The MP also deals with the renegotiation of rural debts of the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming (Pronaf). The approved text, originating from the report presented by Senator Fernando Bezerra Coelho (MDB-PE), contemplated the renegotiations of family farmers’ debts, not only in the North and Northeast, but also in the Midwest, South and Southeast regions. These renegotiations, according to Deputy Zé Silva (SD / MG), had been excluded by the federal government in the enactment of Law 13606/18, which established the Rural Tax Regularization Program (PRR).
However, now, in a more realistic scenario and taking into account the reduction in fiscal impact, the measure limited benefits to up to 60% in operations by 2006 and 30% in operations by 2011. For the North and Northeast regions, discounts were up to 95%. The MP conditions the granting of benefits to the inclusion of tax waivers in the Federal Budget.
The leader of the PSDB in the Chamber and former president of the FPA, Congressman Nilson Leitão (MT), reiterated the conquest, mainly, to small farmers throughout the country with the approval of the MP. “We have made two strides today that directly benefit small farmers and family farmers. We have been working for it since last year and we have already achieved great victories. Agriculture thanks. Brazil too, “he said.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.