The mayor of the city of São Paulo, Ricardo Nunes (MDB), stated, in an interview with CNN this Tuesday (31), that it is necessary to reach a consensus so that states and municipalities do not lose income in changes in ICMS collection.
A bill pending in Congress provides for this tax to be capped at 17%. Several mayors, however, argued that this could affect the income of Brazilian cities, since, according to administrators, 25% of what is collected with this tax goes to the municipal coffers.
“This project that talks about the reduction of ICMS, which foresees loss of revenue for the state and municipality, from our point of view is very worrying. (…) It is necessary to reach a consensus in which there is no loss of revenue for the state and municipality”, said Nunes.
The mayor also highlighted that it is important for fuel prices to decrease, but that “it is not fair to take money from the state and, especially, from the municipalities”.
“It is in the municipality that we need to take care of the issue of housing, social assistance, health… and taking money from the municipalities is to cover the sun with a sieve, because you will be taking away those who need municipal assistance”, he observed.
During the interview, Nunes also commented on actions aimed at homeless people in the city, which exceed 31,800, and defended a bill for the federal government to transfer the amount corresponding to the gratuity of the elderly in public transport.
Finally, the mayor said he was happy with the pre-campaign of Simone Tebet (MDB) for the presidency so far, and that a “very strong decision” by the leaders of the PSDB, MDB and Citizenship is needed so that the “democratic center ” is “very well established with Simone’s candidacy”.
*watch the full interview in the video above
Source: CNN Brasil
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