Política pública, extrafiscalidade tributária e meio ambiente : possibilidades e limitações no âmbito municipal

Abstract

In the current constitutional system is beyond question the responsibility of the State towards the environment. In this sense, in the face of this constitutional duty this dissertation aims at fostering discussion on the adoption of environmental public policies on the part of the federated entities, more specifically, of the Brazilian municipalities through the increase of tax instruments used by the extrafiscalidade tax system. This form of public policy is a reality experienced by the countries of the old continent and that, currently, has been gaining strength in the American continent. Therefore, the present study aims to speculate their applicability in context where, in General, are experienced continuously the problems arising from unbridled economic growth. For this reason, we focus our lenses mister to the municipal entities that comprise the Federal Pact in eagerness to investigate about the feasibility of implementation of environmental policies through taxes municipal competence, so that at the end of the day, we can glimpse in this scenario the formation of new mechanisms propagators of a potentiation of environmental responsibility encrusted in article 225 of the epistle.