If you are willing to do business in Brazil, you have to know about taxation for a LLC which is the most common company structure in Brazil.
Brazil taxes corporate income on a worldwide basis. The usual rate for offshore income, from our research, and this is not personal tax advice, is 34%. The country does not have known exemptions to bring in offshore income remitted back. Corporate Income standard tax rate is 15%. A surtax of 10% is applied on income exceeding BRL 240,000. In addition, there is a 9% social contribution tax, being 20% for financial institutions. Resulting in a 34% effective tax rate. This ranks Brazil as 162nd overall with regards to corporate tax rate worldwide.
The valued added tax rate in Brazil is 20.00%, that ranks Brazil as 133rd overall with regards to VAT taxation rate internationally. In terms of other taxation, an employer will contribute 28.00% to the equivalent of a social security fund and an employee will contribute 11.00%. The overall complexity of the tax system is high. This is measured by average time to comply with a country's labor tax requirements is as it is 490hours. Contributing to this is the number of yearly labor tax payments, which is 6 in BR.
Thin cap laws are officially enacted. This refers to any type of requirements on given company with respect todebt-to-asset ratios. Dividends received from resident entities are tax-exempted. Dividends received from foreign companies are included in taxable income. Dividends are distributions of company profits, established by the board, to a class of its shareholders. Dividends can be issued as stock, cash, or property. Capital Gains are considered business ordinary income and subject to CIT standard rates. A capital gains tax is levied on the profits that a corporation or natural person realizes when he or she sells sells a capital asset for a price that is higher than the purchase price.
Dividends are not subject to withholding tax. This means that payments on dividends to non-residents are not taxed. The interest withholding tax rate is estimated at 15%. Which means that the relevant tax authorities expects LLCs to automatically withhold 15% of payments abroad for interest payments. Royalties are subject to a withholding tax of 15%. This means that resident entities should pay 15% tax on payments on royalties to non-residents. Royalty and interest payments will be taxed at a 25% wht rate when are made to residents of considered low-tax jurisdictions. Withholding taxes may be reduced on payments to residents of jurisdictions where Brazil has concluded a tax treaty with.
There is no known tax on wealth in Brazil. There are inheritance, real property and transfer taxes in Brazil. We are aware of frequently implemented credits for innovation that include tax incentives in this country.
The above is not tax or legal advice for your company situation. We can to refer you to a tax advisor in Brazil who can give you an answer. Want to work together? Click incorporate now if you are in a hurry, or press the free consultation button above.
It takes approximately 736 hours to file and prepare documents for a Brazil Civil Law (Portuguese).
The corporate tax is approximately 34% which is 162 in the world.
Owners of a company in Brazil are not allowed to carry back a loss and may be allowed to carry forward a loss for 100 years.
The vat rate in Brazil is 20% which ranks 134 in the world.
The underlying legal code in Brazil is civil law (portuguese) law. You will want to get some local advice as to how to best structure a company in Brazil. E-signatures are allowed.
The country code BR is for Brazil and the most common company type structure in Brazil is a LLC.
You should expect a wait time of 152 Days to incorporate a LLC in BR. The types of consideration you can use to fund your business is most commonly any legal tender.
Yes, one is allowed to re-domicile a LLC from BR. You are usually allowed to change the jurisdiction of the company, pending certain procedures.
There must be at least This means it is not possible for you to own a LLC in Brazil as a sole shareholder. You must have other shareholders, they can be nominees or de facto shareholders. Corporate Shareholders are allowed, meaning you could have a company as a shareholder. Foreign ownership is permitted, up to 49% of the ownership of the legal entity.
A legal entity is only required to have one director. Speaking of shareholders, corporate directors are permitted. Directors are disclosed publicly. There is a requirement to have annual meetings of shareholders.
A registered legal firm must be retained for an address, paid by the company on an annual basis, for an agent which can receive any official legal correspondance on behalf of the business. Furthermore, a company secretary is not required in BR, which can save the company money if you can perform basic corporate governance internally.
There is an obligation to file yearly tax returns. Consequently, there is oftentimes a requirement to have these accounts audited.
Thin capitalization rules are not in effect.
A corporate director is permitted, meaning this country is a good option if you are setting up a structure where you want to protect director liability.
The directors are disclosed in the public registry of Brazil, CNPJ. Shareholders are disclosed in the CNPJ.
Typically companies take 152 days to setup and there are 1 director(s) required and 2 shareholder(s) required at the time of incorporation.
Overall we think Brazil is a ok option and have given it a score of 61 as an IO score, using the Incorporations.IO proprietary formula.
We can help you form a company in Brazil. Click the button above for a no-obligation quote. We will provide you with all the necessary documents to open a bank account as well as a registered office in Brazil, which is required by law.
