Chamber Committee approves urgency and accelerates project that increases taxation on bets

The Finance and Taxation Committee (CFT) of the Chamber of Deputies approved this Wednesday (22), in a symbolic vote, the urgency regime for the project that increases the tax on gross revenue from online betting from 12% to 24%. The proposal on bets is considered one of the government’s main measures to recover tax losses after the expiration of the Provisional Measure which dealt with the replacement of the IOF.

With approval, the text can be voted directly in plenary, without going through other committees. The decision was articulated by the government base, which attended the session in large numbers. According to the president of the CFT, Rogério Correia (PT-MG), the choice of the project is strategic in nature, as the board can only indicate two proposals per year to be processed on an urgent basis.

“We are requesting it and I think this will sensitize President Hugo Motta to put this on the agenda, in addition to the other bills that will be added. We had the signature of 34 deputies, from all parties. This shows the strength of this debate that is being held here”, said Correia during the session.

PT leader Lindbergh Farias (RJ), author of the project, defended the increase in the rate as a way of aligning Brazil with international taxation. “I have a chart of taxation in the world… France has 33%, Italy has 20% and here in Brazil we have 12%. We can go much further”, stated the deputy.

The proposal, signed by the entire PT bench, changes the legislation on fixed-odd betting — known as bets — and redefines the division of net revenue: 76% remains with the operators, 12% goes to Social Security and another 12% will have new destinations defined by law, thus doubling the public sector’s share of the total collected.

Now, it will be up to the president of the Chamber, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), to decide when the text will be voted on. The expectation of the government base is that the proposal will be taken to the plenary this Wednesday. The government is betting on approval to compensate for part of the loss of revenue caused by the withdrawal of MP 1,303/2025, which was rejected last week.