Tag: tax evasion

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to recently released Brazilian Federal Court documents, international Brazilian football (soccer) superstar Neymar has brought a lawsuit against the Brazilian federal government alleging that it leaked confidential details to...

By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - State-controlled oil giant Petrobras is in danger of seeing its commercial transactions come to a grinding halt after the Procuradoria Geral da Fazenda Nacional (National Treasury Attorney-General's Office)...

By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With three days left to still file taxes for Brazil’s 2013 tax season, the Receita Federal (equivalent to the IRS, Internal Revenues Services) has already found 21,000 tax forms suspicious...