Brazil Issues a Normative Instruction to Amend its Minimum Tax Act for the June 2024 OECD Administrative Guidance

On October 3, 2025 Normative Instruction RFB No. 2282, of October 2, 2025 was published in the Official Gazette. This includes amendments to Brazil’s DMT Law for the June 2024 OECD Administrative Guidance and other sundry amendments.

The general text that accompanies the issue of the original draft Normative Instruction provides that no amendments were needed for the January 2025 OECD Administrative Guidance

The amendments in the law will generally apply for tax years beginning after January, 2025. However, a number of the amendments are to apply from January 1, 2026 with an option to apply them from January 1, 2025.

Amendments in the 2025 Amended Normative Instruction

Fourth Set of OECD Administrative Guidance (Article)RuleImplementation in BrazilEffective From
1.2.1Aggregate DTL Category basis
Articles 52A-52J
January 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
1.2.1Exclusion of certain types of GL accounts and separate tracking
Articles 52A-52J
January 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
1.2.1Exclusion of GL accounts that generate standalone DTAs
Articles 52A-52J
January 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
1.2.1Exclusion of swinging accounts and separate tracking
Articles 52A-52J
January 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
1.2.2FIFO/LIFO Basis
Articles 52A-52J
January 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
1.2.3Aggregation of Short-term DTLs
Articles 52A-52JJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
1.2.2Reversal of DTLs that accrued before the Transition Year
Articles 52A-52J
January 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
1.2.25 year unclaimed accrual election
Article 53AJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
2.1.2Recalculated deferred tax where GloBE carrying value differs from accounting carrying value
Article 50AJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
2.1.2GloBE and accounting carrying values and the Transition Rules
Article 78January 1, 2025
2.1.2Exclusion of GloBE carrying value from SBIE
Article 78January 1, 2025
3.1.3General rules for allocating cross-border, current taxes under a cross-crediting corporate tax system: 4 Steps
Articles 48A-48FJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
3.1.3Specific rules for foreign PEs/CFCs, Hybrids/rev hybrids with domestic source income
Articles 48A-48FJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
3.1.3Cross-crediting between Permanent Establishments and distributions from foreign subsidiaries
Articles 48A-48FJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
4.1Extension of the Substitute Loss Carry-forward DTA to PEs, hybrids and rev hybrids
Article 49January 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
4.2Allocation of deferred tax expenses and benefits from a Parent Entity to a CFC, PE Hybrid or Rev Hybrid: 5 step process
Articles 47/49January 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
5.2.2Determining GloBE status when a Flow-through Entity is held directly by another Flow-through Entity
Articles 29A-29EJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
5.3.2Non-group owners: Partially owned Flow-through Entities
Articles 29A-29EJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
5.3.5Non-group owners: Indirect minority ownership
Articles 29A-29EJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
5.4.2Taxes allocated to a flow-through entity
Articles 29A-29EJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
5.5.2Hybrid entities – Taxes pushed down include indirect owners
Articles 29A-29EJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
5.5.4Hybrid entities – Entities located in jurisdictions without a Corporate Income Tax system
Article 31AJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
5.6.2Extension of taxes pushed down to include Reverse Hybrids
Article 47January 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
6.1.4Option to not impose top-up tax liabilities on SPVs used in securitization transactions
Article 89AJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
6.1.4New definition: Securitization Entity
Article 89BJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025
6.1.4New definition: Securitization Arrangement
Article 89BJanuary 1, 2026 but subject to an option to apply from January 1, 2025