Revenue releases Income Tax services on the gov.br account; check what they are

The Federal Revenue released, this Thursday (3), a list of services that will help the taxpayer to fill out the 2022 Income Tax return. who has a silver or gold level gov.br account.

According to the tax authorities, the new services will be useful so that the citizen no longer needs to go to a IRS service unit in search of information about previous years’ declarations in order to fill out the 2022 document.

The services released are:

• Completion and rectification of the IR declaration
• Copy of declaration and delivery receipt
• Copy of transmitted files
• Receipt number view
• Viewing fine mesh issues
• Deliver documents to regularize the situation at the Federal Revenue
• Consultation of Individual Income Tax Debts
• Issuance of Darf (Tax Collection Document)

The deadline for submitting the 2022 IR statement will begin at 8:00 am on Monday (7) and ends at 11:59 pm on April 29. Those who are obliged to declare and delay pays a minimum fine of R$ 165.74, which can reach 20% of the tax due in the year.

This year, taxpayers will have less time to report to the tax authorities than in previous years. In general, the delivery of the declaration started on March 1st. According to the Revenue, the schedule was affected due to the stoppage of auditors, which took place in the last week of the year.

In 2022, 34.1 million declarations are expected. Among the novelties this year is the availability of the pre-filled declaration, but this option will only be available from March 15th. In addition, those who have a silver or gold level gov.br account will be able to complete the declaration on any platform.

This means that the taxpayer can start making the IR on their computer and then proceed with filling out the document in the Meu Imposto de Renda system, within the e-CAC, or using a tablet or cell phone. The measure is only possible for those who had an income above 5 million in 2021.

Workers, retirees and public servants who received taxable income of more than BRL 28,559.70 in 2021 are required to declare the IR, which gives BRL 2,379.97 per month. Values ​​received from salary, retirement and rents, for example, are considered taxable income.

UNDERSTAND THE GOV.BR ACCOUNT SECURITY LEVELS

The government provides three different levels of security: bronze, silver or gold in the gov.br account. All give access to digital services, but the last two allow the use of public services that require a greater degree of security.

The taxpayer can raise the security level of the account through the gov.br application. Silver requires the user to have validated their data through the internet banking of an accredited bank or to have facial biometrics registration for photo checking on the bases of the CNH (National Driver’s License).

There is also the option of having this level of security if the user is a federal public servant and has access to the federal government system Sigepe (People Management System).

The gold level is only achieved in the case of those who have facial biometrics registered with the Electoral Justice or for those who have opted for the validation of their data with a digital certificate compatible with ICP-Brasil, which works as a virtual identity document and allows digital signature of documents.

TAXPAYER MUST HAVE THE MAIN DOCUMENTS TO GO

As it is an annual adjustment with the tax authorities, the citizen must have proof of all income and expenses in the year 2021. It is also necessary to have documents that prove earnings and expenses of the dependents that appear in the declaration.

For the salaried worker, the INSS (National Social Security Institute) retiree and the self-employed person who provided services to companies in the past year, the main proof of income is the income report, which must contain all the amount received in the year, the social security discount, if any, and the IR that was withheld at source.

Companies, banks and other institutions are obliged to make the report available until the 28th of this month, under penalty of paying a fine. In the case of companies, the value is R$ 41.43 per document. Anyone who does not receive the report by the deadline must apply to the human resources department.

Anyone who will include dependents in the income tax return such as children, husband or wife, parents, grandparents or other dependents allowed by legislation to pay less tax or have a greater refund must have the CPF of each of them, even for those who have a few months to live . The IRS requires the document number since 2019.

In order to declare expenses that warrant deduction, such as children’s school and health expenses, you must have payment receipts. In the case of education, the individual value is limited to R$ 3,561.50 per year. That is, the holder of the declaration and the dependents can deduct up to R$ 3,561.50 each.

For health expenses on medical appointments, exams and dentists, for example, the deduction is made with the receipts of payments from the previous year, informing the name and CPF number of the professional or clinic. If you did not get the receipt on the date of the procedure, it can be issued this year.