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Brazilian municipal IPTU administrative developments

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Municipalities in Brazil are implementing administrative changes and incentives regarding the IPTU (Property and Territorial Urban Tax). In Curitiba, officials met with developers to address inconsistencies in transferring tax ownership for newly completed units. The city confirmed that sellers can use the PROCECB electronic system to update titles and prevent liability issues. Concurrently, the startup Desonera is expanding its services to institutional clients, utilizing AI to identify property tax overpayments. In Rio de Janeiro, the city government issued a decree to simplify the process for obtaining IPTU exemptions for properties with historical, cultural, or environmental significance. The new regulations reduce bureaucratic requirements by allowing owners to use a Property Aptitude Report instead of a Certificate of Property Adequacy, potentially allowing for a suspension of tax payments for up to three years. On a national level, the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) has issued a unanimous ruling prohibiting municipalities from setting IPTU rates based solely on a property’s physical area. Arising from a legal challenge to a 2018 law in Chapecó, Santa ~~Catarina, the~~ Catarina—which applied a higher rate to properties exceeding 400 square meters—the court determined that tax progressivity must be based on factors such as value, location, or use. Under Theme 1.455 of general repercussion, this interpretation must be followed by all judicial instances nationwide. Justice Dias Toffoli, the rapporteur, noted that while ~~the Constitution permits rate variations based on use and location,~~ property ~~area is not a valid~~ size can influence market value, it cannot be used as an isolated criterion ~~for~~ to increase the tax ~~progressivity~~ rate percentage under current constitutional amendments.

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