Prejudices and systematic practices of discrimination against people with disabilities in the work environment have motivated international bodies such as the International Labour Organization (ILO) to have this problem covered in their conventions and recommendations.

After the entry into force of Law No. 17,110/19, which prohibits the supply of plastic straws, Law No. 17,261/20, which prohibits the distribution of plastic disposables in commercial establishments in São Paulo starting next year, was passed on January 13.

In effect since December of last year, Executive Order (MP) No. 910 provides for changes in land regularization procedures for occupations on lands of the Federal Government, with the objective of reducing the bureaucracy in the process of granting definitive titles to settlers, especially small rural producers.

The São Paulo City Hall is preparing to discuss a draft bill to amend Law No. 16,402/16, the current Land Division, Use, and Occupancy Law (LPUOS), with the purpose of adapting real estate production to the urban policy guidelines defined by the Strategic Master Plan. The document was submitted for review by the public on October 31 of this year, through a participatory process in public hearings mediated by the Municipal Department of Urban Development (SMDU).

Since the Federal Supreme Court (STF) recognized, in 2016, the right to a refund of the difference in the Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services (ICMS) paid in excess of the tax substitution regime when the actual tax basis of the transaction is lower than the presumed one (Extraordinary Appeal (RE) No. 593.849) there has been discussion of whether the states of the Federation, supported by the same precedent, could charge the ICMS-ST supplement in transactions where the actual amount of the transaction is higher than the presumed amount.

Section 54 of Law n.9,430/96 (Law 9430) provides that legal entities that adopt the presumed profit regime for purposes of corporate income tax (CIT) shall, in the first calculation period in which they are subject to that regime, submit to taxation the balance of the amounts whose taxation was deferred during the adoption of the real profit regime.