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Trade receivables
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Trade Receivables  
Trade receivables

 

10Trade receivables

 

(a)Statement of financial position details

 

     
  December 31, 2025   December 31, 2024
Private sector:      
General (i) and special customers (ii) 2,436,976   2,409,094
Agreements (iii) 343,747   659,778
  2,780,723   3,068,872
Governmental Entities:      
Municipal 1,186,531   690,010
Federal 2,670   5,303
Agreements (iii) 274,508   370,823
  1,463,709   1,066,136
Wholesale customers – Municipal governments: (iv)      
Mogi das Cruzes 9,149   4,744
São Caetano do Sul 26,884   11,773
São Caetano do Sul - Agreement 51,589   65,213
Total wholesale customers – Municipal governments 87,622   81,730
       
Unbilled revenue (v) 1,157,382   1,253,826
       
Sub-total 5,489,436   5,470,564
       
Allowance for doubtful accounts (817,443)   (1,248,209)
Total 4,671,993   4,222,355
       
Current 4,413,449   3,894,557
Noncurrent 258,544   327,798
Total 4,671,993   4,222,355

 

(i)General customers - residential and small and mid-sized companies;
(ii)Special customers – large consumers, industrial and commercial customers, condominiums and special billing customers (fixed demand agreements, industrial waste, wells, among others);
(iii)Agreements - installment payments of past-due receivables, plus inflation adjustment and interest, according to the agreements;
(iv)Wholesale basis customers - municipal governments. This balance refers to the sale of treated water to municipalities, which are responsible for distributing to, billing, and charging end consumers.
(v)Unbilled revenue: represents revenue incurred, for which the service has been provided but has not yet billed by the end of each period, and is recognized as trade receivables based on monthly estimates.

 

(b)The aging of trade receivables is as follows:

 

       
  December 31, 2025 % December 31, 2024 %
Current 2,963,070   2,979,496  
Past-due:        
Up to 30 days 748,559 30% 637,375 26%
From 31 to 60 days 309,579 12% 303,238 12%
From 61 to 90 days 229,559 9% 177,777 7%
From 91 to 120 days 243,256 10% 168,515 7%
From 121 to 180 days 276,446 11% 241,030 10%
From 181 to 360 days 226,600 9% 47,992 2%
Over 360 days 492,367 19% 915,141 37%
Total Past Due 2,526,366 100% 2,491,068 100%
Total 5,489,436   5,470,564  

 

(c) Allowance for doubtful accounts (ADA)

 

     
Changes in assets 2025   2024
Balance at the beginning of year 1,248,209   1,377,209
Recognition/(reversal) of allowance (29,099)   41,793
Recoveries (401,667)   (170,793)
Total 817,443   1,248,209

 

       
Reconciliation of estimated/historical losses in profit or loss   2025   2024
         
Write-offs   (501,786)   (685,581)
(Losses)/reversal with state entities - related parties   8,953   (1,208)
(Losses)/reversal with the private sector/government entities   29,099   (41,793)
Recoveries   401,667   170,793
         
Amount recorded as expense (Note 31)   (62,067)   (557,789)

 

The Company does not have customers individually accounting for 10% or more of its total revenues.

 

(d)Registered warrants

 

The Company has registered warrants issued as a result of final and unappealable lawsuits for the collection of unpaid water and sewage bills from public entities. These bills are covered in full by ADA, and the updated amounts of said bills, calculated according to the respective registered warrants, are not recognized due to uncertainties about their realization.

 

Accordingly, the reversal of the ADA for the original bills and their update are recognized when uncertainties about their realization are mitigated, i.e. when the realizable value is determinable due to the predictability of the commencement of their receipt, without uncertainties or discussions about these amounts or when negotiated with third parties.

 

The Company had the following registered warrants issued on its behalf:

 

           
Debtor December 31, 2024 Discount (i) Receipt (ii) Assignment of Receivables (iii) Others (iv) December 31, 2025
Municipality of São Paulo 2,898,210 (992,289) (1,217,593) - 125,962 814,290
Municipality of Ferraz de Vasconcelos 22,883 (4,653) (9,865) (8,974) 609 -
Municipality of Cachoeira Paulista 12,608 (3,410) (4,408) (5,093) 303 -
Municipality of Agudos 14,039 (4,582) (2,913) (7,043) 499 -
Other 19,568 (13,727) (3,587) (5,382) 3,128 -
Total 2,967,308 (1,018,661) (1,238,366) (26,492) 130,501 814,290

 

(i)Regarding the other two settlement proposals approved on April 9, 2025, in the updated amount of R$ 2.48 billion, by applying the discount rate according to the chronological order of payment, totaling R$ 1.52 billion (discount of R$ 960 million). In July 2025, the uncertainties and discussions surrounding this process ceased, and the Company recognized the effects of these registered warrants in the 3rd quarter and already received R$ 716,302 related to this settlement.
(ii)Includes amounts received through lawsuits.
(iii)In June 2025, the Company negotiated the assignment of receivables from various registered warrants.
(iv)Mainly includes inflation adjustments.

 

As of October 21, 2024, the Registered Warrants Conciliation Chamber of the Attorney General Office of the Municipality of São Paulo approved part of the agreement proposals submitted by SABESP for the settlement of registered warrant credits under the Notice for agreement 1/2024 and the Company received R$ 55,399 in February this year. In March, the Municipal Government of São Paulo raised objections to the calculations made by DEPRE/TJSP, contesting the income tax percentage used, both in the tax base and the applied rate. On July 15, 2025, the DEPRE/TJSP sent the Company an official letter approving the calculations and thus putting to an end any uncertainty and room for discussion around that proceeding. In view of the conclusion of the uncertainties and discussions surrounding this process, the Company recognized R$ 401,679 in the 3rd quarter of the current fiscal year and this amount was received in full.

 

Additionally, the Company negotiated registered warrants for overdue bills with the municipalities of Guarulhos, Santo André, and Mauá in previous fiscal years, which are currently suspended as they serve as collateral for the provision of services in these municipalities.

 

Accounting practice

 

Trade receivables correspond to amounts receivable for services provided in the ordinary course of activities. They are classified as current assets, except when the maturity is more than 12 months after the date of the statement of financial position, when they are classified as noncurrent.

 

Unbilled revenue represents services provided to customers for which meter readings have not yet been made. They are recognized based on monthly estimates calculated according to the historical average billing of the respective account.

 

Due to the characteristics of the Company's accounts receivable, which have (i) an insignificant financial component; (ii) no complexity; and (iii) low credit risk, the simplified expected credit loss approach was adopted, which consists of recognizing the expected credit loss over the total useful life of the asset.

 

The Company recognizes the allowance for doubtful accounts in an amount considered sufficient by Management to cover probable losses, based on the analysis of trade receivables and in accordance with the accounting policy.

 

The methodology for estimating the allowance for doubtful accounts consisted of using an estimate calculated based on the average default observed in the last 36 months, by maturity range, in addition to estimating the recovery of overdue credits over 360 days, based on the history observed in the last 3 years. In addition, it considered for estimation purposes the category of private and public customers and segregated the accounts receivable between the normal consumption accounts and the agreements. The Company performed correlation analyses of the macroeconomic indicators Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Unemployment Rate and Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) and its default history, and did not identify relevant impacts in the estimation of allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

The methodology to determine such losses requires significant estimates, considering a variety of factors, including the evaluation of the receipt history, current economic trends, maturity of the accounts receivable portfolio and expectations of future losses. Although the Company believes that the assumptions used are reasonable, the actual results may be different.