Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Tuesday at the Planalto Palace a package of economic measures under the “Prospera MEI” program aimed at rescuing the country’s individual microentrepreneurs.
The package seeks to provide financial breathing room to the sector through mass debt relief, access to new credit and expanded annual income limits, and comes 12 days before the runoff election in which Lula will face far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro.
The centerpiece is a supplementary bill providing for total amnesty and exoneration of 12.6 billion reais in tax debts owed by 3.6 million microentrepreneurs on the Union’s active debtor list. Formal implementation is planned for 2027, pending approval by Congress.
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Complementing the tax relief, the federal government will include bank debts linked to the entrepreneurs’ CNPJ, estimated at about 6 billion reais, in the Desenrola 3.0 program, guaranteeing minimum discounts of 90% in auctions for the State’s acquisition of these obligations.
📢 O governo Lula anunciou o Prospera MEI!
💰 R$ 12,6 bilhões em dívidas públicas com previsão de perdão
💸 Pix de até R$ 5 mil para investimentos
📈 Teto do MEI pode chegar a R$ 140 mil em 2028
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The program also includes the Pix/MEI project, which will allocate up to 5 billion reais between 2027 and 2030 for financial support of up to 5,000 reais (about 1,000 dollars) for equipment purchases and productive investments, directly prioritizing low-income women. These funds will function as a direct subsidy and will not require repayment.
Another measure presented to the Chamber of Deputies through Complementary Bill 186/2026 would substantially raise the annual revenue cap for MEIs, progressively increasing from the current 81,000 reais to 110,000 reais in 2027 and 140,000 reais in 2028 (approximately 28,000 dollars), allowing more entrepreneurs to grow without losing access to the simplified tax regime and social security.
To boost commercial activity, the package prioritizes small taxpayers in direct public contracts of up to 25,000 reais through the Contrata+Brasil platform and raises the exclusive bidding limit for micro and small businesses from 80,000 to 100,000 reais.
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