Well, things are great here in Brazil. We are staying busy, but enjoying every ounce of culture and vocation we come across. So far, I have visited the Brazilian "IRS" and the locality side of things; both the tax and legislative areas. Interesting enough, they have the three part system here as well. Federal, State and Local. However, income is only taxed from the Federal level and the percentage of tax is much higher than our own. Sales tax is included in the price, which is a nice feature, but the average person doesn´t know how much they are paying. Above is a picture of the Receita Federal do São Jose dos Campos. They are working on educating o povo (the people) about why they should pay taxes and how the money is distributed. They also have a "transparency" website which shows the expenses and where the tax dollars go. This was a great visit. Piggybacking off of that was today´s visit to the Receita Federal do Taubaté (Above second picture). The delegate pictured next to me gave a good insight into the Brazilian tax system and was pleased to answer our questions. I would like to thank both Receita´s as well as the Cámara Municipão do São Jose dos Campos, the Municipão of São Jose dos Campos and the Municipão da Caraguatatuba for allowing me to view their fiscal system here in Brazil. Até logo.
~Candace~
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