Digital Inheritance: The Future of Estate Planning
Estate planning aims to ensure the proper transfer of assets, preventing disputes and protecting property. When it comes to digital assets, such as social media accounts, cloud-stored files, and email accounts, the complexity increases due to technical and legal factors, including online access and the intangible nature of these assets. Without a strategy for managing …
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Impact of Tax Reform on Contracts
The tax reform represents a significant change in the Brazilian tax system, potentially affecting pricing, risk allocation, and, most notably, contractual obligations. The replacement of taxes such as PIS, COFINS, ICMS, and ISS with the Value-Added Tax (VAT), in the forms of CBS (federal) and IBS (state/municipal), alters the taxation of goods and services, requiring …
Updated Regulatory Standard Requires Companies in Brazil to Address Psychosocial Risks
Beginning May 26, 2025, the updated provisions of Regulatory Standard No. 01 (NR-01), issued by the Ministry of Labor and Employment (Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego – MTE), will enter into force. The revised regulation requires companies operating in Brazil to assess and manage psychosocial risks in the workplace. Its primary objective is to protect …
Challenges in Implementing Public Housing Policies
The recent revision of the Master Plan (Plano Diretor Estratégico – PDE) of the City of São Paulo, pursuant to Article 47, restructured two key instruments of the public housing policy: HIS – Social Interest Housing, and HMP – Popular Market Housing. These programs are essentially characterized by the granting of urban planning and tax …
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