A tributação passiva como instrumento de intervenção do estado para a preservação ambiental

Abstract

This research presents a detailed study of passive taxation to be used as an instrument of environmental protection by the State, by analyzing legal, economic, and environmental foundations. The bibliographic and legal reference in Brazil was used and also from other countries in America and Europe. We tried to analyze the use of an environmental excessive preocupation with the creation of taxes to induce the taxpayers to protectionist behaviors. The legal feasability of such taxes was approached, as well as its effectiveness in the preservation of the environment. The inducing taxes are presented as a means of internalizing negative externalities. Examples of tax incentive, diferentiated tax rates, and reductions in the basis of calculation were approached, those that were in force or in bills in normal course through legal channels. Passive taxation is shown as a form of environmental protection that should be combined with an active taxation, resulting in an effective public policy of environmental protection.