Manifests
Manifesto for REDATA and Competitive Tax Conditions for Data Centers
To the Federal Senate - for the approval of Redata - a modern, secure and useful milestone for attracting investments to Brazil. Ladies and Gentlemen Senators, This manifesto brings together voices from different sectors — science and technology, businesses, the public sector, the third sector...
ABES supports the renewal of the moratorium on e-commerce at the WTO.
Letter of Commitment for the Renewal of the Moratorium on Electronic Commerce at the World Trade Organization (WTO) To the attention of the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, The undersigned associations and entities hereby submit this Letter of Commitment for the Renewal of the Moratorium...
Brazil misses yet another opportunity to advance its digital transformation. For how long?
Brasilia (DF), February 25, 2026. The undersigned Associations regret that Bill 278/2026, which deals with incentives for data center infrastructure in Brazil, was not scheduled for debate and approved today by the National Congress. Brazil continues to expand its...
Open letter from organizations: why does Brazil need a robust digital policy with a global vision?
Aligning Brazil with the 21st Century: Why the Country Needs a Robust Digital Policy with a Global Vision. Brazil is going through a decisive moment for its integration into the global digital economy. The expansion of cloud computing, the accelerated adoption of artificial intelligence...
ABES points out contradictions in the new tax increase on hardware and incentives for the data center sector foreseen in Redata.
ABES MANIFESTO ON GECEX RESOLUTION No. 852/2026: CONTRADICTION WITH BILL 278/2026 (REDATA) COMPROMISES THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE BRAZILIAN DIGITAL ECONOMY São Paulo, February 2026 ABES, the Brazilian Association of Software Companies, one of the legitimate representatives of...
ABES and 12 other entities launch manifesto demanding urgent and autonomous processing of REDATA.
Provisional Measure No. 1,318/25, which establishes the Special Regime for Data Center Equipment (REDATA), is a strategic action to attract robust investments in digital infrastructure to Brazil, with a direct positive impact on the entire economic chain...
Parliamentary groups and organizations reject the urgency of the bill on Digital Markets and request a Special Committee in the Chamber of Deputies.
In response to the submission of Request No. 4612/2025, which proposes expedited processing of the Digital Markets Bill (PL 4675/2025), the Parliamentary Fronts, Associations, and Confederations sent a letter to the President of the Chamber of Deputies and to...
ABES and 18 other entities launch manifesto for the improvement of the bill that establishes the taxation of profits and dividends.
For Legal Certainty and Respect for Acquired Rights in the Taxation of Profits and Dividends, the undersigned entities, representing the Brazilian productive sector, publicly express their support for the central objectives of Bill No. 1087/2025, which seeks...
Information Technology Sector Unites Against Bill 4557/2024, Which Threatens Internet Governance in the Country
The main representative entities of the Information Technology (IT) sector expressed on May 30, through a joint manifesto, their deep concern about Bill No. 4557/2024, which proposes substantial changes to Internet governance in the...
IT and Accounting Sectors Mobilize in the National Congress for the Implementation of Tax Reform
Representatives from the technology and accounting services sector were in several offices of the National Congress to present critical points in the process of implementing the Tax Reform currently underway and delivered the Manifesto for the Fair Operationalization of...
In a multi-sector note, ABES asks for caution in the judgment of article 19 of the Internet Civil Rights Framework by the STF
ABES and 5 other entities released a multisectoral public note entitled “The Future of the Internet in Brazil and the Fundamental Values at Stake”, released on Monday afternoon (09/12), in which they express concerns regarding the developments of...
13 entities send letter to the Senate about new version of AI bill
A group of 13 entities representing the Brazilian productive sector, including ABES, sent a letter to the Federal Senate, requesting adjustments to Bill No. 2338/2023, which is currently being processed by the Temporary Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CTIA). The...
Brazil could be left out of AI development, says ABES
According to the Brazilian Association of Software Companies, the new text brings improvements, but imposes restrictive measures for model training, harming the advancement of national technology and exports of data center services. The Brazilian Association of...
Hiring of women in the 17 exempt sectors is higher than other sectors
According to data from Brasscom, from January 2020 to February 2024, the 17 sectors had a growth of 17.5% in job creation for women. With the government's recent decision to question the extension of the payroll tax exemption until 2027, for quite...
Joint note from sectors subject to payroll replacement taxation
The action filed by the government at the Federal Supreme Court (STF), on April 24, 2024, to question the extension of the payroll tax exemption until 2027, puts the positive socioeconomic impacts of the measure at risk and creates a clear situation of... .
Data reveals how the Folha Exemption generates jobs and better wages
According to research carried out by Brasscom, in January 2024 alone, 80,975 jobs were created in the 17 sectors exempted by the policy. Payroll Exemption is the tax replacement of the conventional social security contribution, 20% on the value of...
Exemption from Folha: PL 493/2024 – Dialogue is Imperative
Throughout 2023, during the processing of PL 334, the Federal Government did not present alternative proposals to the public policy approved by Congress, which is fundamental to the lives of more than 9 million formally employed workers. The Congress...
ABES participates in the press conference and the manifesto in favor of democratic discussion on payroll tax relief
This Wednesday (21/02), a new press conference was held at the National Congress in defense of the continuity of PAYROLL EXEMPTION, with the significant presence of senators Efraim Filho and Esperidião Amin, together with deputies...
Entities speak out on the MP's announcement on payroll tax relief by the Ministry of Finance
On the same day that the National Congress enacted Law 14,784, which extends the validity of the payroll tax exemption policy until December 31, 2027, the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, announced a package of fiscal measures that he will send to the ...
ABES regrets the veto on the extension of the Folha Exemption and trusts that Congress will reverse the decision
ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies) regrets the full veto of Bill No. 334/2023, which ensures the continuity, until December 31, 2027, of the payroll tax exemption for the 17 segments of the economy that employ the most in the country. To the...
ABES joins the COALITION FOR INNOVATION AND RESPONSIBILITY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ABES has just joined the COALIZATION FOR INNOVATION AND RESPONSIBILITY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, formed by sectoral entities, institutes and with the participation of Prof. Demi Getschko, considered the “father of the Brazilian internet”. The Coalition announced, on the 10th of...
Entities ask for urgency in the approval of the Folha Tax Exemption in the Federal Senate
ABES and 24 other entities, which represent the 17 labor-intensive sectors covered by the Social Security Contribution on Gross Revenue (CPRB), sent a manifesto to Senator Vanderlan Cardoso (PSD/GO), president of the Affairs Committee...
Manifesto: ABES and 4 IT entities demand reduced rate in Tax Reform
ABES, Abranet, Assespro, Brasscom and Fenainfo have just released a new manifesto on the Tax Reform PL, under evaluation in the Federal Senate, in which they ask that the final proposal have “a focus on the future of the country, in order to bring adequate treatment to the sector of...
ABES and 6 other entities publish IT sector manifesto on Tax Reform
With an attentive and proactive eye, entities from the Digital Services, Software, Information Technology, Innovation and Internet sector evaluate the text of the Tax Reform (PEC 45/2019) approved by the Chamber of Deputies on July 7, 2023. ...
ABES Positioning: analysis of the text approved for the Tax Reform
ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies) aims to contribute to the construction of a more digital and less unequal Brazil, in which information technology plays a fundamental role in the democratization of knowledge and the creation of...
Data protection: ABES and 17 other entities launch a manifest against the ineffectiveness of the CNPD
An important group of 18 entities, including ABES, representing various economic sectors in Brazil, publicly expressed in an open letter to the Minister of State for Justice, the Minister of State Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic and...
17 Sectors publish a manifesto for the continuity of payroll exemption
Coalition formed by sectors that employ the most in Brazil defends the approval of PL 334/23, which extends the policy until December 2027 .
Business Sector Manifesto regarding PL 2630/2020 and the LGPD
Entities representing various business sectors, signatories of this document, express their concern with the current text of PL 2630/2020 ("PL de Fake News"), in view of the need to maintain the centrality of the General Law for the Protection of ...
ABES presents its Contributions to the 2023-2027 Government Programs
ABES presented its Contributions to the Electoral and Government Programs 2023-2027, in an event attended by leaders of the presidential candidacies of Ciro Gomes, Lula and Simone Tebet, held on August 10, 2022, highlighting its purpose to help. ..
ABES sends contributions on AI Regulation to the Committee of Jurists of the Federal Senate
In order to ensure a business environment conducive to innovation, ethical, sustainable, dynamic and globally competitive, ABES has followed and participated in debates on the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Brazil and in different countries and...












