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For nearly 30 years, foreign shareholders of Brazilian companies received dividends entirely tax-free. That changed earlier this year, when Brazil reintroduced a flat 10% tax on dividends paid to non-residents. Nine months later, we have a clearer picture of how much the new tax is generating for the government.
Dividends have long been one of the easiest ways for forei...
The six-day workweek is coming to an end. This month, Brazil’s Congress approved a constitutional amendment that reduces the standard workweek to 40 hours and gives employees two days off instead of one. And while employees will work fewer hours, their salaries will stay the same.
The changes won’t happen all at once, though. Beginning December 16, employees covered by ...
Capitalizing a company in Brazil doesn’t necessarily require cash. A shareholder can contribute other assets, such as real estate, in exchange for an ownership interest in the company. But when real estate is involved, the municipal tax authorities often complicate even the most ordinary transactions.
Under Brazil’s Constitution, transfers of real estate to a company as...
It’s not unusual for a lawyer to try to influence a judge. But one Brazilian lawyer may have taken that idea a little too far. Beyond making legal arguments, he tried to manipulate the Supreme Court’s artificial intelligence (AI) system.
The tactic is known as “prompt injection.” It involves inserting hidden instructions into a document that an AI system might read and ...