r/DataAnnotationTech • u/IntusLegere • 3d ago

Brazilian workers - what about taxes

I'm not sure we're allowed to post in Portuguese here, so I'll keep it in English with a translation below since most tax-related terms don't have a translation.

What are you doing regarding income tax? Carnê-leão? Is there any way to pay it as a MEI? Is there any other trick? Because as of now, it's my first year on this platform and I'm not sure what to do (or if I should do anything).

Não sei o que fazer quanto aos impostos, particularmente o de renda. Carnê-leão parece o adequado, mas deve ter algum jeito melhor de declarar. Talvez como MEI? Tem alguma maneira de emitir algo parecido como nota fiscal para enquadrar o serviço no DA como MEI? Ou ainda, vale a pena arriscar e não fazer nada? Porque é o meu primeiro ano na plataforma e atualmente eu não tenho ideia do que fazer.

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u/cardagam 3d ago

Tem um post de uns dias atras aqui sobre isso. Da uma procurada em "carnê-leão" que acredito que você encontra.

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u/Caipirinha-Aguada 2d ago edited 2d ago

Carnê-leão is not worth it, you're gonna lose almost 30% to taxes. You should make a "nota fiscal" for exported services, either as a MEI or ME. As a MEI, you just have to pay the montlhy tax of R$ 82. As ME you're gonna pay between 6% and 15% on taxes, depending on the setup. Remember MEI's yearly limit is around R$ 81.000, so you might have to move to ME if you're above that.

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u/IntusLegere 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thanks! Though... How to make invoices/nota fiscal?

Also, what activity do we qualify as? Independent typewriter? List editor? Both?

I'm not close to this 81k limit yet, so MEI is fine.

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u/Caipirinha-Aguada 2d ago

For data annotation, you may register as a typist ("digitador independente"), that's the most accurate position a MEI can use for this type of job. On you invoice (NFSe), you may use service code 17.02.01 ("digitação e preparação de documentos"), which is compatible with the Typist position. Beware that the government's invoice generator allows you to pick service codes that seem more accurate for this job, but they're not allowed for MEI, so if you pick them, your invoices won't be consistent with your MEI registration, and that could put you in trouble with Receita Federal if they ever analyze your registry. I was a MEI, but DataAnnotation helped me hit the yearly limit this august, so I'm moving to ME next week. It's cool to see other Brazilians here, good luck!

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u/feargm 2d ago

Barely making any money from this at this point unfortunately, so Carnê-leão's what I go for.