Invoices for Brazilian individual microentrepreneurs: what they record
What the document is for An invoice records a commercial transaction or the provision of a service. In electronic form, an NF-e exists only digitally…
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Brazil’s external debt: what it means and how to read the figures
What counts as external debt External debt is made up of financial obligations owed to creditors outside a country. It can include liabilities of the…
Read articleDollar: what the name means and which currencies it identifies
A name used by different currencies Dollar does not identify just one currency. It is the official name of currencies in several countries and territories,…
Read articleTesouro Direto: what it is and how it works
A program for investing in government bonds Tesouro Direto is a program of Brazil’s National Treasury Secretariat, launched in 2002 in partnership with B3. It…
Read articleWho created the MEI? The law that established Brazil’s individual microentrepreneur category
A legislative creation The MEI was not created by a single individual. Brazil established the Microempreendedor Individual category through Complementary Law No. 128, dated December…
Read articleCNPJ: what it identifies and what information it contains
A national identification registry CNPJ stands for Cadastro Nacional da Pessoa Jurídica, Brazil’s National Register of Legal Entities. It identifies legal entities and certain arrangements…
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