Lula government is considering creating a 27.5% tax for transport applications

After an impasse in negotiations between the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE) with digital platforms, drivers and delivery people, the Lula government is preparing a bill to regulate work via app in which it sets a minimum value per hour worked and creates a tax 27.5% social security contribution. The information is from the news website Jota.

According to the vehicle’s investigation, the project will be sent by the MTE to Congress by September 30th. The text must set the value of R$30 for the hour worked by drivers, and R$17 for motorcycle couriers.

The idea is that companies pay 20% of the social security tax, and drivers pay the other R$7.5%. Delivery drivers must pay their share of the tax on half of the net earnings, that is, 7.5% of the value of the hour worked.

The ministry’s minister, Luiz Marinho, had already asked the IFood to increase the value of an hour worked from R$12 to R$17. In return, the government would have committed not to regulate the value as hours logged on the platforms.

If the project is approved, the expectation is that the new rules will be implemented through negotiation between companies and unions.

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