Port sector accounts for up to 67% of ISS collection

Companies operating in the Ports of Paraná are responsible for more than half of the amounts collected by municipalities through the Services Tax (ISS). In Paranaguá, port activity accounted for almost 66% of the amounts received with the tax, between January and August 2019. In Antonina, the participation was 67%.

The ISS focuses on the provision of services of any nature and the application of resources is determined by the Federal Constitution. Of the total collected, 60% are used freely, such as payment of servers, constructions, renovations, and public equipment, for example. Another 25% must necessarily be invested in education and 15% in health.

Paranaguá

Data from the Municipal Department of Finance show that, in the first eight months of this year, the municipality raised about R$103.4m in ISS. Of these, R$67.5m was paid by companies related to the port sector.

According to Secretary Mauricio Coutinho, the tax represents almost 30% of the municipal collection. “Port activity is the backbone of the municipality’s collection,” he says. It is thanks to the sector that we are not solely and exclusively dependent on the transfer of the Municipal Participation Fund, like other cities,” he says.

In July, the participation of services related to the Port of Paranaguá in the City Hall’s cash was even higher. Of the R$12.5m collected in the month, R$11.5m came from port services – the equivalent of 92% of the total.

“This value is only what we collect directly from the port activity. We still have to consider all the economic movement that revolves around the sector,” adds Coutinho.

Antonina

According to the Antonina Municipal Finance Department, from January to August, the city raised R$6.9m in ISS. Almost 67% of the amount (R$4.4m) came from the port sector.

“Port activity is essential to our economy. In addition to taxes, port companies generate direct jobs by hiring employees and single workers. It still creates a series of indirect jobs that, in some way or another, serve the industry,” says Mayor José Paulo Vieira Azim.

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