Nearly 200 women from Brazil’s tax administration, private sector and legal profession gathered in São Paulo on 20 August 2026 for the “Mulheres que Transformam a Tributação” event, organized by Afresp (the Association of State Tax Auditors of São Paulo) in partnership with Women in Tax Brazil. The meeting highlighted the need for closer cooperation between tax authorities and taxpayers as the country prepares to implement a comprehensive tax reform that will take effect on 1 January 2027.
According to Folha de S.Paulo, the agenda covered the reform’s core components—a federal Contribuição sobre Bens e Serviços (CBS) and a state‑municipal Imposto sobre Bens e Serviços (IBS)—as well as the use of artificial intelligence in public administration, fiscal compliance measures and the chronic debtor (devedor contumaz) issue.
Mônica Paim, president of Afresp, stressed that the success of the reform will depend not only on its legal enactment but on joint effort across the fiscal relationship. "Although we may operate from different perspectives, taxpayers and the tax authority, I believe this integration is essential. The tax reform will not be realized solely by its legal promulgation. Its success will depend on the combined effort of all of us," she said.
Panels featured Tatiana Martins, Fabiane Botechia and Maria Augusta Sanches discussing the reform from the tax administration viewpoint, while Raquel Preto, Tatiane Piscitelli, Kenia Cunha and Flávia Guimarães Leardini examined the chronic debtor problem, which links tax collection, business competition and obligation fulfilment.
Later sessions addressed AI in tax audit, led by Lilian Lima and Sheyne Leal, and fiscal compliance, presented by Simone Terra, Zabetta Macarini Gorissen and Danielle Fratini, focusing on procedures that reduce tax risk and improve corporate‑state relations. The event closed with an inspirational talk on authority and negotiation by Luciana Grillo.
Afresp noted that the gathering also marked an institutional milestone: Paim is the first president drawn from the public sector in the association’s 78‑year history, and she hopes the encounter will spark a lasting dialogue between women working on opposite sides of the tax equation.