Idea of ​​Tax Reform with taxes is 5 centuries old – 07/15/2023 – Elio Gaspari

Parliamentarians and economists dealing with the details of the Tax Reform promise a dawning of the national economy by simplifying tax collection.

Best of luck, but remember this idea is nearly five centuries old. In May 1559, Duarte Coelho, donatory of the captaincy of Pernambuco, asked the king of Portugal to collect “a single tax, namely, one tax out of every ten”.

Duarte Coelho was an ace and his letters to D. João 3rd reveal a far-sighted administrator. His was the first argument to encourage foreign investment without bureaucratic ties.

National memory is selective when dealing with tax collectors. Everyone learned at school that, in 1556, the Caetés Indians captured and probably ate the quarrelsome bishop Pedro Fernandes Sardinha. Few people remember that the provider Antonio Cardoso de Barros also joined the same meal, a kind of Minister of Finance and Secretary of Revenue.

Cardoso de Barros was nominated on December 17, 1548 and today the date honors the servants of the Revenue. He was eaten on the 6th of June, 1556.

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