Benefit was granted in 2019 and, in return, Consórcio Sorriso should offer 25 buses with air conditioning by the mayor.
According to the city hall, the deadline has ended and there are still seven vehicles to go.
Mayor of Foz do Iguaçu suspends ISSQN exemption for bus companies The mayor of Foz do Iguaçu, in the west of Paraná.
Chico Brasileiro (PSD) suspended the exemption from the Tax on Services of Any Nature (ISSQN) of the three companies that make up Consórcio Sorriso.
The decision was announced on Tuesday (18). The exemption had been granted, in September 2019, after an agreement between the consortium and the city hall.
On the other hand, companies should put 25 buses with air conditioning to operate.
However, according to the city hall, the deadline for fulfilling this contract ended on January 31 and, until this Tuesday, there were still seven buses with air conditioning.
The exemption would represent approximately R$ 1.5 million per year, according to the City Hall.
The Transport and Traffic Institute of Foz do Iguaçu, informed that the measure occurred so that improvement could be offered without reflecting on the bus fare.
Mayor's decision
According to a spokesperson for Consórcio Sorriso, at first, no one will comment on the mayor's decision.
The suspension According to the city hall, of the 25 buses with air conditioning that should make up the city's bus fleet, only 18 are working.
Among them, 15 started operating in 2019 and the other three started running in February 2020.
“Bearing in mind that the consortium did not fully comply, it partially complied, our decision is that starting in January, the ISS exemption for companies' collective transport will be suspended”, said the mayor.
According to Brasileiro, the exemption was valid only for the months of October, November and December, while the consortium fulfilled the contract.
municipal consortium
Buses from a company that makes up the municipal consortium of public transport in Foz will be stopped during the work stoppage Raphaela Potter/Foz Bus removal.
The City Hall of Foz do Iguaçu informed that it works with the hypothesis that, without the tax exemption, the companies can remove the buses.
If that happens, according to the mayor, the administration of the municipality will resort to Justice for the buses to continue working.
“If they do, the municipality will take action.
Because it was not the population or the municipality that made a mistake.
It was the consortium that did not fulfill the contract, so if they remove the municipality, it has the means and will act, and it will not let them act as they want”, he highlighted.
