BRASILIA: Brazilian federal tax auditors will start a two-day strike on Tuesday to demand payment of a salary bonus, their union Sindireceita said, a stoppage that could further reduce income tax revenue.
Some 7,000 workers will strike, affecting a wide range of services to taxpayers and oversight at customs posts at Brazilian ports and airports, the union said in a statement on Monday.
The total amount of undeclared and unpaid taxes is already expected to drop 30 percent this year to 149 billion reais ($45 billion), tax officials said, though no more than 7 percent of that amount is ever recovered in the same year due to lengthy appeals processes.