The real question isn't control, it's architecture: who holds the settlement layer, how the data is stored, and whether the state can extend it beyond tax collection later.
The sharper critique isn't about entitlement to the tax, it's about the float. Many small businesses implicitly rely on the lag between collecting a sale and remitting the tax (often 30+ days) as informal short-term working capital. Split payment collapses that window to zero, instantly, with no phase-in.
That's a real transition-cost problem, not a philosophical one: firms operating on thin margins that structured cash flow around that float will face a genuine liquidity shock — even if, technically, they were never entitled to the money. The policy question is whether Brazil pairs this with something to smooth the adjustment (credit lines, phased rollout, exemptions for MEI/Simples) — historically, similar reforms elsewhere have needed exactly that.
pardal
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2026-08-20 18:52:37 UTC
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