Brazil

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Brazil

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Brazil. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

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Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region Latin America & Caribbean
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 196,655,014
GNI Per Capita (US$) 10,720
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
130 128 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
47.5 47.8 down -0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 121 122 up 1
Dealing with Construction Permits 131 130 up -1
Getting Electricity 60 61 up 1
Registering Property 109 105 up -4
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 82 79 up -3
Paying Taxes 156 154 up -2
Trading Across Borders 123 123 No change
Enforcing Contracts 116 120 up 4
Resolving Insolvency 143 139 up -4

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

DB 2013 Rank 121 DB 2012 Rank 122 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 53.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 52.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.1
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2009 2.38315,645
Indicator Brazil Latin America & Caribbean OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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13 9 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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119 53 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
4.8 33.7 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

View methodology Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
0.0 3.7 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Check company name with State Commercial Registry Office 1 day no charge
2 Pay registration fees 1 day see following procedures
3 Register with the commercial board of the state where the main office is located and obtain identification number (NIRE) 1 day R$75 registration + R$50 (expediting fee)
4 Register for federal and state tax (Secretaria da Receita Federal do Ministério da Fazenda, SRF/MF) to obtain the CNPJ number and state tax number , which also registers employees with the National Institute of Social Security (Instituto Nacional da Segur Between 15 to 25 (including inspection visit) no charge
* 5 Receive state tax inspection 1 day (simultaneous with procedure 4) no charge
6 Register with the Municipal Taxpayers’ Registry (Secretaria Municipal de Finanças) of the City of São Paulo 5 days no charge
* 7 Pay TFE to the Municipal Taxpayers’ Registry 1 day (simultaneous with previous procedure) R$ 425.46 (for retailing business), may vary in accordance with the company’s activities
8 Apply and obtain digital certification (token) for the use of e-invoice 2 days The cost may vary from R$ 450.00 to R$ 600.00
9 Apply to the municipality for an operations permit (auto de licença de funcionamento) 90 days no charge
* 10 Register the employees in the social integration program (Programa de Integração Social, PIS) 1 day, (simultaneous with procedure 10) no charge
* 11 Open a special fund for unemployment (FGTS) account in bank 1 day, (simultaneous with procedure 10) no charge
* 12 Notify the Ministry of Labor (Cadastro Geral de empregados e desempregados, CAGED) 1 day,(simultaneous with procedure 10) no charge
* 13 Registration with the Patronal Union and with the Employees Union. 5 days, (simultaneous with procedure 10) Annual fee to be paid depending on the Union.
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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