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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s authorities ought to revise the foundations for growing necessary bills and funds constraints earlier than the tip of the yr, as soon as reform of the tax system has been determined, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad mentioned.
“What we wish to talk about, after the tax reform, is a rule that ends the chopping and altering, and provides higher stability to the sort of spending,” Haddad mentioned in an interview printed on Saturday by newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.
Progressive governments eliminate rule that hyperlinks spending to income progress, he mentioned, after which conservative governments come alongside and reintroduce them, ending their obligation to spend mounted quantities in areas reminiscent of training and well being.
Brazilian governments completely face spending difficulties as a result of 95% of the federal funds is tied to compulsory expenditure, leaving solely 5% for discretionary spending.
Once they offered the brand new fiscal framework that proposes limiting actual progress in public spending, Treasury officers mentioned it could be essential to revise the ground for spending on well being and training, which is at present linked to the extent of presidency revenues, to keep away from discount in different areas.
Haddad mentioned he couldn’t anticipate which bills could be revised, whether or not they would come with the readjustment of the minimal wage and the remuneration of public servants, as a result of these selections had been as much as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
(Reporting by Bernardo Caram; Modifying by Leslie Adler)