Brazil’s Federal Revenue Service projected R$260 million in revenue from an increase in gross gaming revenue taxation for betting operators. Secretary Robinson Barreirinhas said tax measures affecting betting, fintechs and interest on equity are expected to generate R$4.4 billion in total.
The projected tax increase affects the fiscal costs of regulated betting operators in Brazil.
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Brazil’s government issued rules for the Contribuição Social sobre Bens e Serviços and the Imposto sobre Bens e Serviços, which together are expected to carry a rate of about 26.5%. The framework taxes betting and lottery GGR after prizes and specified mandatory allocations are deducted, while the GGR levy is scheduled to rise from 12% to 15% in 2028.
Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan advocated stronger oversight and higher taxes on betting companies at an event on 24 July, while also backing restrictions for people in financially vulnerable circumstances. He said the government wants to use operator betting data to identify frequent bettors and prevent benefit recipients and people using the Desenrola debt programme from betting. Durigan also said the government was working to reduce betting advertising.
Brazil Finance Minister Dario Durigan called for stricter betting regulation, higher taxes and tighter advertising limits, saying the sector’s growth had become a government concern. In an interview, he argued against a full ban because it could push activity into illegal channels and said the government had asked the Comptroller General of the Union to help review cases and disclose data proactively.
Receita Federal secretary Robinson Barreirinhas said Brazil’s fixed-odds betting ban would redirect spending and increase tax receipts elsewhere in 2027, reported by BNLData. The outlet contrasted the government’s estimated R$5.8bn revenue loss with R$6.3bn collected from betting between January and August 2026.
Robinson Barreirinhas, secretary of Brazil's Receita Federal, said in an interview that he is not concerned about the revenue lost through the provisional measure that banned fixed-odds betting. According to Barreirinhas, money that would have gone to betting operators will instead be spent in retail, services and goods, which he said would raise tax receipts in other sectors. He said he had no doubt that receipts from other segments would rise in 2027.
ANJL challenged an investigation involving a betting business in Recife on 28 August. The association argued that retrospective taxation lacked a legal basis before regulation established tax reporting arrangements. Federal Revenue secretary Robinson Barreirinhas said evidence indicated the business had operated locally with employees and beneficiaries without paying Brazilian taxes.