Federal revenue collection exceeds a trillion reals in 2012 and is a record The annual federal revenue collection achieved, in 2012, the total record of R$ 1,029 trillion, meaning a nominal growth of 6.85%, (based on IPCA) and a real growth of 0.70%, in comparison with the volume collected in 2011, which was R$ 969,89 billion.
Although the annual collection has exceeded for the first time the figure of a trillion reals, disclosing data relating to the previous year, the Deputy Secretary of the Receita Federal, Zayda Manatta stated that there was only "positive growth" in the period. December Last December the collection also showed a positive growth, totaling R$ 103.24 billion, which represented a nominal variation of 6.85%, (based on IPCA) and real variation of 0.96%, if compared with collection in December 2011, which totaled R$ 96.62 billion. The global analysis of the RFB on the collection behavior in 2012 highlights, among other negative points, falling profitability of companies in the period, pointing as evidence the reduction of R$ 5.6 billion in total proceeds of IRPJ/CSLL, configuring a real fall of 8.26 % in the period between April and December last year compared with the collection of these taxes in the same period in 2011. Zayda Manatta also mentioned the tax exemptions as source of reduction in collection, which totaled R$ 46.44 billion last year. For 2013 the Federal Revenue predicts a collection reduction of $ 53.23 billion.
Administered The collection of revenue administered by the RFB also grew in December, reaching R$ 101.35 billion. In comparison with the collected in December 201, they total R$ 94.95 billion, a nominal growth of 6.74% and a real growth of 0.86%. Annual cumulated revenues administered also showed growth. The revenue during the 12 months of 2012 reached R$ 992.08 billion, which, in comparison with the period of 2011, in which they were raised R $ 938.91 billion, represented a nominal increase of 5.66%, and a real index of 0.27%. Predictions for 2013 During the interview for the presentation of collection data, the Deputy Secretary, Zayda Manatta declined to make predictions on collection growth index for this year. She claimed that the RFB can only issue any type of evaluation after budget law is approved by Congress, and the Government will publish a decree establishing the collection goals. She also did not want to give any opinion on tax burden issues, saying that this "this is not a mission of Federal Revenue, since it is the society as a whole which defines what size of State it wants".