Are you losing this tax-free right in Brazil?
The cheapest repatriation path may disappear soon.
Are you losing this tax-free right in Brazil?
The cheapest repatriation path may disappear soon.
Three main ways to send money home from your Brazilian company: dividends, interest on equity, and service fees. One path is entirely tax-free—for now. Pending legislation could change everything.
R$ 0
Withholding tax on dividends paid to non-residents since 1995.
✘ Mito
Before: Paying high taxes on every remittance
✓ Verdade
After: Only 0.38% IOF on dividends, no IRRF
Dica
To use dividends, your Brazilian company must have recorded profits. Approve a shareholder resolution and instruct your bank to wire the funds. That’s it.
When could the tax-free regime end?
Bill 1.087/2025 may impose a 10% withholding tax on dividends to non-residents.
Audit & prove profits
Approve shareholder resolution
Instruct bank exchange & pay IOF
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For R$372,000 in profit, the tax bill is just R$1,413.60—about US$280.
Protect your right to tax-free dividends before it’s too late.