The income tax you pay can directly help charities in our city. Find out how.

We often wonder where the taxes we pay go, whether it's an annual tax like Income Tax or another, like the state ICMS (a state sales tax), which we pay daily on all the products we buy. The answer is: both go directly to the Federal Government or, in the case of ICMS, to the state government. Generally speaking, everything collected first goes to pay the expenses of the Federal Government (Income Tax) or the state government (ICMS). What's left over, which isn't much, is divided among the municipalities, which then apply these resources to their city's expenses and investments. In short, almost nothing is left for the municipality to do the much that is needed to meet the needs of the population.

But you can directly interfere with this unequal distribution of collected resources. One way is to do this is by donating a portion of your income tax to cultural and social organizations in your city through the CMDCA – Municipal Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents of Ribeirão Preto. It's very simple, and you can help more than one organization if you want. Here's how it works:

• Let's assume you have determined that you owe R$ 1,000.00 in taxes.
• From this total, you can allocate 6% to be applied directly to a registered child and adolescent support organization, i.e., R$60.00. At the end of this article, you will find a link to the form for issuing the Payment Slip (DARF).
• You can divide this amount, for example, among 3 entities, allocating R$ 20.00 to each of them. In this case, you must issue a DARF (tax payment slip) for each of them.

Even if you are entitled to a tax refund, you can still make this contribution (for example):

• Tax due calculated: R$ 100.00.
• Tax withheld at source: R$ 300.00.
• Allocation to social entities: R$ 60.00 (note that the 6% are applied to the calculated tax due and not to the balance).
• Amount to be refunded: R$ 206.00 (Since you deducted 6 reais from the tax due, the amount drops to R$ 94.00. Therefore, R$ 300.00 minus R$ 94.00 = R$ 206.00).

In Ribeirão Preto, there are several registered entities that can receive this donation. They were qualified by fulfilling the requirements of probity and capacity to execute projects demanded by the Municipal Government's public notice. The Cineclube Cauim is among the qualified entities. (link to the 2019 announcement)

Click here to access the donation allocation form for the entities. To choose Cauim, simply click on the last field of the form (Touched by:) and select Cineclube Cauim.

The children and teenagers of Ribeirão Preto thank you in advance for your donation.