Tebet disagrees with Haddad and will present his own proposal on court orders

Minister Simone Tebet, of Planning and Budget, stated this Wednesday (4) that the Ministry of Finance’s proposal to deal with the impasse surrounding court orders is not yet a government decision, although it has been formalized by the Attorney General’s Office. (AGU) in a petition to the Federal Supreme Court (STF).

According to Tebet, there is nothing defined in the discussion on how to resolve the problem of court sentences, which could result in a tax liability of almost R$300 billion in 2027.

The Treasury’s proposal seeks authorization from the STF to regularize a liability of around R$95 billion in court rulings, without these amounts affecting tax rules. This measure has been classified as “creative accounting” by experts.

“[Para dizer] what it is [a proposta] First I have to pass it on to the minister [Fernando] Haddad, I’ll pass it on to you later. The proposal is already ready. We are already talking to the teams, still at the level of secretaries, and then we will also be presenting it to the Budget Execution Board, and the Board will decide which is the best path”, he told journalists after a public hearing at the Joint Budget Committee (CMO) of the Senate.

According to her, there are “at least two proposals already on the table”, but there is still “nothing closed”, as recorded by the Newspaper.

However, the Treasury is also seeking approval to reclassify charges and interest linked to court orders as financial expenses, which would leave part of future payments exempt from tax limitations or primary result targets.

This accounting maneuver displeases the Ministry of Planning, which classifies all expenses with judgments, including charges and interest, as primary expenditure, impacting fiscal rules.

Tebet stated that Planning intends to present its own suggestion, but did not provide details about the proposal. She said she plans to debate the matter at the Budget Execution Board (JEO), a collegiate of ministers that decides on issues related to federal finances.

“They [Tesouro e Procuradoria-Geral da Fazenda] They did not send a proposal. They were contacted by JEO, giving their position for a judicial decision. It is not a government decision yet, nothing has been taken for granted”, highlighted the minister.

Last Monday (2), the Secretary of the National Treasury, Rogério Ceron, stated that the proposal to “depeal” the court orders is still under discussion and that postponing payment would be like a “compulsory loan” or a “partial moratorium”. He highlighted that the government is looking for solutions to prevent the issue from becoming a “skeleton” in public accounts.

“What we did in the Judiciary was to create an option, because the Judiciary also systematically considers the payment of court orders to be a moratorium,” he said. He also stated that there is the possibility of Congress taking some initiative on the debts.