AREAS OF PRACTICE

Tax Law

Companies nowadays need to have a view of their tax position that makes their activities more efficient, enabling them to adjust their tax costs to the legislation in force.

For this reason, in the consulting area we answer queries, prepare legal opinions, and do business tax planning as well as providing legal counsel prior to commercial and corporate transactions that may have tax repercussions.

Within the administrative sphere, we prepare defense arguments and appeals in the event of tax collection proceedings, tax deficiency notifications, and the imposition of fines during tax inspections by the government, as well as following up and protecting clients' interests in administrative proceedings involving refunds, offsetting, or reimbursements in relation to any tax, fee, contribution, or compulsory loan before any government authority, whether municipal, state, or Federal, anywhere in Brazil.

Within the Court system, we file actions aimed at obtaining exemption from – or reductions in – the payment of taxes, fees, contributions, or compulsory loans, whether Federal, state, or municipal, based on arguments of their illegality/unconstitutionality, aiming at the restitution of amounts unduly paid or their offsetting against future amounts payable to the government by the taxpayer. We also defend companies in tax foreclosure actions filed by the government to collect any taxes or contributions, likewise arguing the legality/constitutionality of the levy, with the intention of either exempting them from payment or reducing the amount to be paid.