Call for papers "The Reform of the Brazilian Tax System: between advances and setbacks”

2025-12-02

The Revista de Estudios Brasileños (REB), published by Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca in collaboration with the Universidade de São Paulo, opens the call for the submission of articles, interviews, and reviews for its issue number 28.

REB is a dynamic, leading academic publication open to all those interested in the complex reality of Brazil from the perspectives of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Legal Studies. As a specialized platform for Brazilian studies, and through the publication of original research, REB aims to promote and strengthen academic and scientific debate.

Submission deadline: April 19, 2026.

Journal sections:

  • The General Section accepts articles on Brazil in the fields of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Legal Studies. Special consideration will be given to works presenting results of original research projects.
  • The Reviews Section accepts texts on books published within the last two years.
  • The Interviews Section includes dialogues with relevant figures from Brazilian culture and international Brazilian studies.

Dossier: “The Reform of the Brazilian Tax System: between advances and setbacks”

The upcoming issue will feature the dossier “The Reform of the Brazilian Tax System: between advances and setbacks”, coordinated by Professors Marcelo Jabour Rios (Instituto de Educação Continuada, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais – IEC/PUC Minas, Brazil) and Alexandre Alkmim Teixeira (Faculty of Law, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Brazil).

In Brazil, tax-related matters have long been among the greatest challenges to economic and social development. The recent Reform of the National Tax System, approved by the National Congress in December 2023 (Constitutional Amendment no. 132/2023), offers a unique opportunity to assess the proposed changes from the perspective of building a fairer, more efficient system capable of contributing to the reduction of the profound inequalities that persist in the Federative Republic of Brazil.

The participation of different sectors of society—including academics, business leaders, workers, and public officials—will be essential to the success of this process, which forms part of the broader effort to build a more prosperous and equitable future for all Brazilians.

Thematic lines:

  • Tax System: inequality and fiscal injustice.

  • Fiscal Reform: simplicity, transparency, equity, and progressivity.

  • Taxation: competitiveness, economic efficiency, and reduction of inequalities.

  • Sustainability and fiscal responsibility.

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