Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies will hold a public hearing this week to discuss tax collection and fiscal oversight within the country’s regulated betting sector.
The debate, organised by the Finance and Taxation Committee, was requested by deputies Paulo Guedes and Marussa Boldrin and will focus on whether betting operators are properly reporting, calculating and transferring taxes owed under Brazil’s betting framework.
According to the lawmakers, the hearing will examine possible gaps in the supervision of operator revenues and the mechanisms currently used to monitor tax collection tied to online betting activity.
Deputy Paulo Guedes cited reports published by Intercept Brasil suggesting that part of the taxes owed by betting operators may not be reaching the Federal Government and designated beneficiary entities in full.
The concerns centre around the calculation of Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR), the metric used as the basis for betting taxation in Brazil.
Lawmakers argue that insufficient transparency regarding operator revenue declarations, combined with limited validation and auditing mechanisms, may create risks for public revenue collection and fiscal predictability.
The hearing is also expected to address issues surrounding the sector’s tax burden, including tax rates, calculation methods and differences between projected and effectively collected revenue.
“It is necessary to improve oversight and transparency mechanisms regarding betting tax collection to ensure that the resources owed are properly collected and allocated to the public policies established under the law,” Paulo Guedes stated.
Recently, Brazil’s Federal Revenue Service reported BR3.4bn ($680m) in tax revenue generated from betting and gambling activities during Q1 2026, representing year-on-year growth of 123.7%.
January 2026 marked the highest monthly federal tax collection ever recorded in Brazil since 1995
