On 3rd December 2015 Brazil’s tax authority (Receita Federal do Brasil – RFB) announced new deadlines for certain information filings by corporate taxpayers for 2015.

The guidance of Instruções Normativas nº 1.594/15 and nº 1.595/2015, establishes the following filing deadlines for companies that are required to maintain:

  • Digital accounting, bookkeeping (Escrituração Contábil Digital – ECD) – due by 31 May 2016 or the last business day of May.
  • Accounting, tax bookkeeping (Escrituração Contábil Fiscal – ECF) – is due by 30 June 2016 or the last business day of June.