Protocolo para tomada de decisão em planejamento tributário

Abstract

The purpose of the present work is the elaboration of a protocol for decision-making in tax planning as a methodological mechanism for risk management, through which the taxpayer can verify, prior or concomitantly, the legality and the legitimacy of the tax avoidance implemented through tax planning, reducing or eliminating the risks of its decharacterization, requalification, or disregard for tax inspection. In order to achieve this objective, it was carried out the survey of which elements or sources of evidence can be extracted from the anti-tax avoidance theories existing at international level, for the composition of the protocol, using a descriptive and exploratory research methodology, and of the jurisprudence of the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (CARF) and the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), using qualitative research methodology and content analysis. For the application of the protocol for decision-making in two specific cases of tax planning and confrontation of the results and the positive and negative aspects of each one, in order to characterize their lawfulness and legitimacy, using the multiple case study method and action research. Against the results obtained, it was verified that the confirmation of the legality and legitimacy of tax planning can be obtained due to the fill of all the steps established in the protocol for decision-making in tax planning, with the corresponding validation elements in the "element" column to the "yes" sub-item, in the "status" column.