The federal government will need to seize $ 69.7 billion in the 2026 budget to pay the union’s debts recognized by the court. The data is included in a report issued on Wednesday (14) by the Ministry of Planning and Budget (MPO), based on the operations submitted until April 2025.
In all, they are 164,000 would benefit more than 270,000 people.
Most debts (97.7 %) reach a million Rand, which are of less value, but total of $ 32.5 billion.
For the report, it exceeds four billion dollars, with a total of $ 5 billion – a larger, 1.47 billion dollars, by the Federal Regional Court in the third region.
like The main areas concerned are social security ($ 23.6 billion) and the personality ($ 8.87 billion).
It also draws attention to the volume of $ 7.5 billion in Fundef Precracy, a fund that focuses on funding basic education.
At the top of the list of bodies responsible for debt, there is a “financial accusation” element, with $ 39 billion. Then comes the Ministry of Social Security ($ 25.4 billion) and the Ministry of Agricultural Development ($ 1.46 billion).
Although the value is high, part of these expenses is still out of the tax target account, by the Supreme Court’s decision – which reduces the pressure on the initial result of 2026.
But this satisfaction has a deadline: From 2027, everything would return to the account.
At the press conference to submit a draft budget guidance law for the year 2026 (PLDO), which was in April, Federal Budget Minister Clayton Montes said that the return of these payments to the financial goal will significantly reduce the budget space for other expenditures.
It is estimated that only notebooks represent between $ 63 and 65 billion dollars in 2027. Other provisions for the court can reach the account to $ 124 billion – which exposes the implementation of public policies directly, such as issuing passport, scholarships, sports programs and work inspection procedures.
Even in the face of this scenario, the government says it will not extend the current base that allows you to leave part of the financial goal.
The economic team is already aware of the need to search for new sources of revenues in 2027, but without increasing taxes.
