Government postpones deadline for banks to start deducting losses due to default on IRPJ and CSLL (Image: Pixabay/joelfotos)
The government published a provisional measure that changes the deadline for banks to deduct losses resulting from default from the Corporate Income Tax calculation basis (IRPJ) and the Contribution on Net Profit (CSLL), informed the Ministry of Finance in a note this Thursday.
The start of deductions, according to the ministry, went from January 2025 to January 2026. The measure should generate additional revenue in excess of 16 billion reais next year, said the Treasury.
The MP was published in an extra edition of the Official Gazette of the Union on Wednesday.
In a note, the Treasury clarified that the deduction was provided for by law No. 14,467, of 2022, which standardized the accounting and tax criteria for recording losses.
“In the transition to the new rules, banks acquired the right to deduct, when calculating IRPJ and CSLL, within a period of 36 months from January 2025, the stock of these assets”, recorded the ministry.
“The MP provides for a one-year grace period to start the deduction, moving from January 2025 to January 2026; and extension of the deduction period from 36 months to 84 months (seven years), with the bank being able to opt for an even longer period of 120 months (10 years).”