Federal tax debt lookup by CNPJ
Federal tax debt, installment plans, tax regime and tax benefits, in one answer.
What each source records
Federal tax debt PGFN
The entries in the federal tax debt — taxes, social security and FGTS —, with the consolidated amount, the status (registered, in court, in installments) and whether the company is the main debtor or answers jointly.
Installment plans RFB
The installment plans at the Federal Revenue — standard, special, Simples Nacional, MEI and public bodies —, with the start, the installments and the outstanding balance.
Tax regime ECF
The tax regime declared in the tax bookkeeping (ECF), year by year: actual, presumed or arbitrated profit, immune or exempt.
Tax benefits SISEN
The special regimes the company is approved for (SISEN, such as REIDI and RET), the IRPJ and CSLL waivers declared in the ECF and the import tax waivers (PIS/COFINS, II and IPI) published on the Transparency Portal.
Declared tax waivers (DIRBI)
What the company declared as tax benefits in the DIRBI, by year and by benefit, with the amount — the 173 benefits of RFB Normative Instruction 2,198/2024.
Questions about the federal tax debt
How do I know whether a company owes federal taxes?
Type the CNPJ in the lookup: the answer brings the whole company's federal tax debt from the quarterly PGFN snapshot — the total as main debtor, what it answers jointly for another taxpayer, the entries already in court and the largest ones, with the tax. The first 10 lookups of the day are free.
Does a branch's debt show up in the head office lookup?
Yes. The tax debt belongs to the company: the lookup adds up the entries of every establishment under the CNPJ root and flags when an entry is under another CNPJ of the same company.
Where does the data come from, and how recent is it?
From the open data of the PGFN (the tax debt, published every quarter) and of the Federal Revenue (installment plans every month, the ECF once a year, SISEN and DIRBI when the Revenue republishes). Each part of the record states the source's snapshot.
What is a tax debt in court?
It is an entry the PGFN is already collecting in court, through a tax enforcement action. The lookup shows how many are in court and flags each one.
What is the DIRBI?
It is the return in which the company tells the Federal Revenue the amount of each tax benefit it used (incentives, waivers, benefits and tax immunities). The lookup brings what was declared by year and by benefit, with the name the Revenue publishes.
Can I be alerted when a company enters the tax debt?
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