Tax Matrix and Racial Relations in Brazil: Taxation as a tool for maintaining the 'Casa Grande e Senzala’.
Critical theory - Critical tax law - Racial equality - Taxation and race
The present research examined whether, in Brazil, the regressiveness of the tax burden has its primary element of differentiation in racial issues, based on the observation that the Brazilian taxation system does not adhere to the constitutional principles of equity, contributory capacity, and progressivity. This results in the penalization of Black individuals. These deleterious effects stem from political choices that make taxation regressive in Brazil. The research method employed was predominantly theoretical and qualitative, supplemented by secondary quantitative data. Drawing on concepts from Critical Theory, critical Tax Law, Tax Matrix, and racial inequalities, among others inherent to Brazilian taxation, it was concluded, after traversing the described path, that it is crucial to relate the Brazilian Tax Matrix to race to understand the iniquities, as taxation serves as one of the drivers of the promotion and maintenance of racial inequalities in the country. Finally, we presented some studies conducted in Brazil that begin to introduce this debate and the formation of a field of knowledge called Taxation and Race.