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Tax credit recovery with an audit of 100% of your data
Over the last 5 years your company generated millions of tax documents. Somewhere in them there are PIS, COFINS, ICMS and IPI credits that were never used — and they expire. Azets processes all of those documents with AI, cross-checks them against the legislation applicable to your tax regime, and delivers only opportunities validated by tax experts. No aggressive theses, no unnecessary risk: money that is already yours, with complete documentary support.
✓ You only pay after the credit reaches your account
Who it is for
Where credits usually hide
The profile most likely to hold unused credits combines transaction volume with regime complexity:
- Actual Profit (Lucro Real) and the non-cumulative regime — where every input not credited for PIS/COFINS is money left with the tax authorities.
- Industry in general — long procurement chains, cascading taxation and thousands of items per period.
- Resale of single-phase products — wholesalers and distributors in sectors such as pharmaceuticals and personal care, with frequently ignored PIS/COFINS credits.
- Operations with systemic gaps — ERP migrations, parameterisation changes and product registrations that created silent bookkeeping failures.
How it works
From data collection to credit in your account, in five phases
An end-to-end approach: from identification to the constitution of the credit — with robots doing the heavy lifting and tax experts signing every conclusion.
Your operation, mapped
We map the operations and talk to your team to understand the business and the applicable opportunities. Everything under a confidentiality agreement, before any data changes hands.
Minimal effort on your side
We obtain the files through electronic powers of attorney (e-CAC) and validate the reports from your ERP and tax solution. No IT project, no disruption to your team.
Everything cross-checked electronically
We cross XML × SPED × ERP across 100% of the records: credited and non-credited items by supplier, product and operation, non-taxable revenue, legislation and case law. The output is a preliminary report with the credits quantified.
Automated amendments
Once the credit base is approved, robots amend the ancillary obligations, we generate the new monthly tax computation and prepare the refund request (PER) with the complete defense file.
The credit doesn't stop
Dashboards and compliance recommendations fix the root cause of the failures — so the credits identified keep being captured in the following periods.
What you receive
Credits classified by risk — you decide what to pursue
The focus is data bookkeeping and credit history, not tax theses. Every opportunity arrives classified:
| Class | Nature of the credit | Risk of challenge |
|---|---|---|
| A | Eligible for refund and offsetting at the administrative level | Low |
| B | Eligible for refund and offsetting, backed by favourable case law | Medium |
| C | Derived from tax theses — requires court action | You decide whether to pursue |
- Quantified preliminary report — credits by nature, cause and origin (e.g. input not booked, parameterisation failure on goods receipt).
- Defense file — a book detailing the documentary support of each credit, ready to sustain the request before the tax authorities.
- Amended obligations and refund request prepared — with the new computation evidencing the credits on a monthly basis.
- Action plan — fixes for the credit-generation failures and compliance attention points identified along the way.
Results
Numbers from those who process everything
"Azets demonstrated deep knowledge of tax legislation combined with a highly data-driven approach. Beyond supporting our recurring demands, they identified relevant tax credit recovery opportunities that generated direct value for the company. They are a technical partner we trust to face complex tax challenges."
Frequently asked questions
Straight to the point
Which taxes can generate recoverable credits?
The most frequent cases involve PIS and COFINS under the non-cumulative regime (inputs not credited, single-phase products in resale operations), ICMS and IPI. The typical origin is not a legal thesis: these are credits left behind due to bookkeeping, ERP parameterisation or registration failures — and they surface when 100% of the documents are cross-checked.
What is the deadline to recover credits?
Five years, counted from the undue or excess payment (Brazilian Tax Code, art. 168). Older credits become time-barred — every month without reviewing all the data is credit silently expiring.
Does this increase my inspection risk?
The right question — and it deserves an honest answer. Azets focuses on credits with documentary support (bookkeeping and history), not on aggressive theses. Every opportunity is classified by risk level (A, B or C) and you decide which ones to pursue. Every amendment ships with a defense file detailing, line by line, the support for the credit. Amending returns and requesting refunds are taxpayer rights provided for by law — the real risk lies in poorly documented credits, and that is exactly what 100% data coverage eliminates.
Do I need to change my accountant or my systems?
No. We work with the systems and the team you already have. Collection uses electronic powers of attorney and reports from your ERP and tax solution — with minimal effort from your team and no changes to your operation.
How does Azets charge?
Success fee: a percentage of the amount effectively recovered, charged only after the credit reaches your bank account (refund) or, if you opt for the immediate gain, upon offsetting. If nothing is recovered, you pay nothing.
How much is hiding in your data? There is only one way to know.
Book a diagnostic: you share your tax files under a confidentiality agreement and receive an objective report with the opportunities quantified.
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