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End of the party
Airbnb announced this Tuesday (28) the definitive ban on holding parties and events in accommodations listed on the platform.
What explains: The measure had been applied in August 2020 on a temporary basis to contain the advance of the pandemic and to prevent people from circumventing restrictions by promoting closed parties.
- Since then, the platform says it has registered a drop in the number of complaints and sees the policy as a way to support hosts and neighbors, who can report irregularities in the Support Channel.
In numbers: complaints of disturbances resulting from parties decreased 44% since the beginning of the measure, says Airbnb. In 2021, over 6,600 users were suspended for trying to violate the ban.
Record location: The platform recorded a record number of rentals in the first quarter of this year in the face of easing pandemic restrictions and pent-up demand for travel.
- Airbnb said the trend generated by the health crisis to book places far from urban areas and close to home continues, but also sees an increase in demand for cities in other states and countries.
About to leave: in May, the platform cited challenges imposed by the pandemic to announce that it will stop offering accommodation in China from July 30.
Gasoline price starts to fall
Gas stations in some regions of the country have already started to receive gasoline with a discount on the portion of federal taxes, which were zeroed by the same law that established a ceiling for ICMS.
Understand: In addition to imposing a limit of approx. 17% for the state tax, the law enacted last week also zeroed the PIS/Cofins and Cide rates.
Dispute: while some states have reduced the ICMS charge on gasoline, as is the case of São Paulo and Goiás, others are still negotiating with the federal government, through the STF, proposals to alleviate the drop in revenue.
In numbers: the ICMS ceiling on gasoline should generate an average cut in the country of R$ 0.657 per liter (see the impact by state), according to calculations by consultant Dietmar Schupp.
- Added to the end of the collection of federal taxes, the cut on the final price of gasoline should be, on average, 21%, estimates the government.
- For diesel, federal taxes were already zero and ICMS, below the ceiling in most states.
‘Bitcoin Pharaoh’ turned R $ 228 million arrested
The “bitcoin pharaoh”, Glaidson Acácio dos Santos, used a lawyer like orange to convert cryptocurrencies into BRL 228 million even after his arrest, points out a report from the Federal Revenue Service delivered to the Federal Police.
The authorities claim that the criminal organization was still active even after the arrest of the first suspects, and the transactions would have taken place through the lawyer Eliane Medeiros de Lima, arrested in February this year.
Glaidson’s defense denies wrongdoing attributed to him. The lawyer’s representative, in turn, did not respond.
Plans for Congress: the ex-waiter joined the Christian Democracy party while still imprisoned and announced earlier this month his candidacy for federal deputy.
Who is the “Bitcoin Pharaoh”: he worked as a pastor at Universal in Venezuela and when he returned to Brazil he worked as a waiter.
- He claims that he started investing in cryptocurrencies and attracting customers in 2012. See here for more details on the history of the “pharoah”.
More about cryptocurrencies:
The report of the bill that intends to impose rules on the crypto-assets market removed two pillars of the projects defended by the BC.
- They had been passed by the Senate in an attempt to stop the use of cryptocurrencies for money laundering and fraud.
- As it has not yet been presented to the Chamber, the draft may still undergo changes.
Formal employment surprises
Brazil recorded opening balance of 277,018 formal jobs in May, according to Caged data released this Tuesday.
The result positively surprised analysts, who had expected net creation of 192,750 jobs, according to a Reuters poll.
In numbers: there were 1.961 million new hires and 1.684 million dismissals in May, with the second best result in 12 years in the maladjusted series.
- A positive balance was recorded in all sectors, but services (opening of 120,294 jobs) and commerce (creation of 47,557 jobs) stood out.
What explains: these sectors are more linked to consumption, a segment in which economists projected growth in the first semester in view of government incentive programs (anticipation of the 13th, extraordinary withdrawal from the FGTS, increase in AuxÃlio Brasil, etc).
Income drop: Caged also pointed out that the average hiring salary fell in May (BRL 1,898.02) compared to April (BRL 1,916.07).
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