In addition to these additional expenses, the government plans to maintain the tax exemption on diesel and gasoline next year. In addition, there are other campaign promises adding pressure on the spending ceiling, such as granting minimum wage adjustments above inflation (Lula and Bolsonaro, although the current president has not done so in his four years in office), amending the Personal Income Tax table (Lula and Bolsonaro), increasing the salaries of federal employees, which have been frozen for four years and which have been losing with inflation (Bolsonaro), among other measures. Both measures tend to further increase the investment in the social program. And Bolsonaro suggests paying a 13th salary to women beneficiaries of the program. Lula also promises to give an additional R$150 per child up to six years old in each family. The handout paid by the cash transfer program that replaced Bolsa Família was increased from R$400 to R$600 in July by Congress, but the increase only lasts until the end of the year.īoth President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) promise to maintain Auxílio Brasil at R$600 if elected.

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