Latin Lawyer 250 highlights Machado Associados in the latest edition

Once again, we were recognized as a leading firm in Latin America by Latin Lawyer 250 research guide. According to the publication, we have a “accomplished tax team with corporate bent” which “have helped the firm to develop a loyal (and expanding) client base that is the envy of firms with less sophisticated tax offerings”. We are very proud of all our experts, who do their best to deliver quality with unconditional dedication and...   Read more >>

WTS Global is Tier 1 by Chambers and Partners

Focused on the tax area and one of the worldwide leaders in this field, the renowned international network WTS Global is composed of top tier consulting firms in more than 100 countries. As part of this select group and representing WTS Global in Brazil, Machado Associados is honored and celebrates that the network is ranked as Tier 1 by Chambers and Partners for the 8th time. Ricardo Marletti Debatin da Silveira is the partner who...   Read more >>

Brazil evaluates input criteria for PIS and COFINS credits

Although Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ) rendered a binding decision defining the concept of inputs for PIS and COFINS credits under the non-cumulative system, Normative Opinion 5/2018 issued by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service establishes certain limitations. Learn more in the new article written by partners Ricardo Marletti Debatin da Silveira and Gabriel Caldiron Rezende for the International Tax Review Indirect Tax...   Read more >>

National Data Protection Authority

The Brazilian Data Protection Law (LGPD) begins to assume greater weight with the creation of the National Data Protection Authority. To enlighten the power and competences assumed by the agency, partners Mirella da Costa Andreola de Almeida and Renata Almeida Pisaneschi wrote an article for the new edition of RECHT & STEUERN, organized by Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Brasil-Alemanha.   Read more >>

Opening chapter of the Tax Litigation section at the Leaders League guide Brazil’s Best Counsel 2019

French publication Leaders League have published on their website the chapter about Tax Litigation, part of the Brazil’s Best Counsel 2019 guide. Machado Associados’s partners Júlio de Oliveira, Paulo Rogerio G. Ribeiro and Rogério Gaspari Coelho were the authors. Read the full text on the Leaders League page.   Read more >>

Brazil’s proposal to define the ‘export of services’

Partner Carolina Romanini Miguel wrote about the recent Normative Opinion issued by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service regarding the definition of export for the International Tax Review Indirect Tax column. For the PDF file, click here. Original page here.   Read more >>

Machado Associados is part of the global Tax Law elite by International Tax Review

The 2019 editions of the World Tax e World TP guides, edited by International Tax Review – the most respected ranking in the tax area worldwide and member of the Euromoney PLC Group – have highlighted Machado Associados in all areas evaluated. With its unique approach to Tax Law, the firm is now Tier 1 in the World Tax guide. Listed below are all the categories in which Machado Associados was highlighted: World Tax General...   Read more >>

WTS Global Transfer Pricing Newsletter

The second edition of WTS Global TP Newsletter is now available. The vehicle aims to provide information regarding transfer pricing in ten selected countries, Brazil among them, and to bring updates on the OECD. The Brazilian chapter was written by Machado Associados’ partners Luís Rogério Farinelli, from the direct taxes and international taxation areas, and Cristiane M. S. Magalhães, from the direct taxes area. Read here.   Read more >>