The Impacts of Changes in ICMS Rates on the Tributary Balance of the State of Rio de Janeiro: A Study of the “Novo Regime de Recuperação Fiscal” in Computable General Equilibrium model
Tax Recovery Regime, Computable General Balance, Economic Projection
The research is aimed at evaluating the possible impacts generated by changes in ICMS rates, through the “Novo Regime de Recuperação Fiscal” in the stage of approval in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As a fundamental hypothesis, it is believed that it is possible to improve the fiscal balance of the State through changes in ICMS rates. To achieve results for such an assessment, an in-depth study of the Computable General Equilibrium methodology was developed, defining the database and the main mechanisms of the model to be develop. The main expected results are related to finding the most relevant sectors for tax collection in the State and discovering sectors in which changes in ICMS rates (such as reductions) can lead to an improvement in tax collection in the short and/or long term.