Question 1
According to Article 3 of the Brazilian National Tax Code (Código Tributário Nacional - CTN, Lei nº 5.172/1966), what is the legal definition of a tax (tributo)?
Correct Answer:
Every compulsory pecuniary prestation, in currency or whose value can be expressed therein, that does not constitute a sanction for an illicit act, instituted by law and collected through fully bound administrative activity.
Question 2
Under the 1988 Federal Constitution of Brazil (CF/88), the principle of tax legality (princípio da legalidade tributária) mandates that taxes can only be created or increased by statutory law. Which group of federal taxes represents a constitutional exception allowing the Executive branch to alter rates by presidential decree within statutory limits?
Correct Answer:
Imposto de Importação (II), Imposto de Exportação (IE), Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados (IPI), and Imposto sobre Operações Financeiras (IOF).
Question 3
The constitutional principle of anteriority prevents the collection of taxes in the same fiscal year (anterioridade anual) or before 90 days have elapsed (anterioridade nonagesimal) from the publication of the law that created or increased them. Which pair of federal taxes is constitutionally exempt from BOTH annual and 90-day anteriority rules?
Correct Answer:
Imposto de Importação (II) and Imposto sobre Operações Financeiras (IOF).
Question 4
Regarding the reciprocal tax immunity (imunidade recíproca) established in Article 150, VI, 'a', of the Federal Constitution, which statement correctly describes its application to federal autonomous agencies (autarquias) and public foundations (fundações públicas)?
Correct Answer:
It applies exclusively to taxes (impostos) on equity, income, and services linked to their essential statutory purposes or resulting from them.
Question 5
In Brazilian tax law, what is the fundamental distinction between legislative tax competence (competência tributária) and active tax capacity (capacidade tributária ativa) according to Article 7 of the CTN?
Correct Answer:
Competência tributária is the political power to enact laws creating taxes and is indelegable; capacidade tributária ativa is the administrative power to collect, inspect, and enforce taxes, which may be delegated to another public legal entity.
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