Revenue auditors see government neglect and reinforce standard operation

Annoyed with what they consider the government’s unwillingness to negotiate, the tax auditors say they are willing to proceed with the so-called standard operation, which has increasingly hampered the pace of imports landing at the country’s ports and airports.

According to Unafisco (National Union of Federal Revenue Auditors), the mobilization is greater in the Federal Revenue controls located in the Port of Santos (SP) and Viracopos Airport, in Campinas (SP).

In the standard operation, according to Unafisco, the loads are inspected with due diligence, which has not been done normally due to lack of personnel. Due to this restriction, the inspection started to be carried out by sampling.

In the case of Viracopos, there are currently 95 tax auditors, but the union argues that 140 Revenue officials are needed to handle the inspection of 30,000 tons of products that pass through the airport monthly.

In Viracopos, customs clearance for importing a common cargo, which normally took up to 48 hours, is already taking at least 21 days, says Unafisco.

Already the express loads, also according to the union, which were cleared on the same day, now take five days, with the prospect of reaching seven days soon.

In a meeting this Wednesday (13), at the Port of Santos, the federal tax auditors dealt with the inclusion of wheat among the priority items. The cargo was removed from the group included in the standard operation started in January.

The tax auditors’ agenda includes three points. They are asking for a recomposition of the Federal Revenue’s budget, the holding of a contest and the regulation of a performance bonus, linked to the growth in tax collection.

This week, with the support of the Joint Parliamentary Front for Foreign Trade and Investment, businessmen and executives from large companies sent a letter to Minister Paulo Guedes demanding the end of the standard operation as it was harming various segments of the industry, from cleaning products to automobiles. and electronics.

“We ask for the refund of the IRS budget, which was made unfeasible with the 50% cut that the government made. So we only have resources to work until May. The government will necessarily have to provide resources”, says auditor Marcus Dantas, from the command of category mobilization.

The mobilization of tax auditors, according to Unafisco, will not be affected by the federal government’s decision to grant a 5% readjustment.

In the case of the auditors, the announcement at the end of last year that there would be a cut in the IRS budget and an increase in the number of police officers served as the trigger for a collective request to leave leadership positions.

“We are able to continue with the mobilization until the next government, if that is the case”, says the president of Unafisco, Mauro Silva. “And the category is mobilized as never before to reach our guidelines. We will not accept this posture of the government, which is political, of not negotiating”, he says.

In two weeks, the auditors intend to hold another national meeting to assess the situation, to be held in Porto Alegre (RS).