How Brazil’s general application principle is increasing taxpayer certainty

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How Brazil’s general application principle is increasing taxpayer certainty

January 03 2013
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Marcos Joaquim Gonçalves Alves, of Mattos Filho, explains how the general application principle is helping to increase certainty in resolving tax disputes in Brazil.

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