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Congress Panel Unanimously Backs Five-Year Taximeter Fee Exemption for Taxi Drivers

The vote sends the measure to the Chamber for expedited consideration.

Overview

  • Lawmakers on the mixed committee approved MP 1,305/2025 on Oct. 22, adopting rapporteur José Nelto’s favorable report.
  • Committee president Sérgio Petecão said he would push to place the proposal on the Chamber’s agenda immediately, including outreach to Speaker Hugo Motta.
  • The provisional measure exempts taxi drivers from initial and subsequent taximeter verification fees for five years and changes periodic inspections to every two years.
  • Inmetro remains responsible for mandatory metrological checks and for monitoring the policy’s effects, with the prior fee around R$52 per annual verification.
  • The government pegs the annual impact near R$9 million with planned offsets from other tax measures, while reports differ on whether benefits cover roughly 300,000 drivers or about 100,000 taximetered vehicles.