Highly recognized as one of the most admired law firms in the area, Velloza Advogados has proven and capable teams dedicated exclusively to corporate taxation and individual taxation, including tax litigation (both at the administrative and judicial levels).
Our advice comprises federal, state, and municipal taxes, as well as cross-border tax planning in the context of international treaties.
We specialize in consulting services designed to achieve tax efficiency in full compliance with all applicable laws and court rulings, whether through corporate reorganization transactions such as joint ventures, acquisitions and divestitures, mergers, spin-offs and amalgamations, as well as in debt renegotiations.
And clients look to us for sophisticated cross-border tax planning. We are brought in to analyze international treaties, give legal opinions on structures that involve the inbound or outbound payment of commissions, interest, dividends, royalties and other sums and avoid or minimize double taxation. Our effective integration with foreign counsel for reconciling contrasting jurisdictional tax system treatment is one of our many recognized strengths.
We represent clients in tax-related defenses and appeals at all levels of administrative and court jurisdiction. This includes the filing of lawsuits seeking the suspension, compensation and refund of undue payment/overpaid taxes, among others.
With over two decades of experience in tax law, we also provide guidance on the eligibility to and compliance with regional and sectoral tax incentives, as well as other tax incentive programs and regimes made available under governmental industrial policies, in addition to incentives enjoyed under specific customs systems.
We are frequently called upon to review the calculation of and issue legal opinions on payments and installments of fiscal debts, including in the context of self-reporting initiatives and fiscal amnesty, monetary updates of credit balance, the survey of untimely tax credit and the amortization and rescheduling of tax liabilities.