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Tax
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Tax [Abstract]  
Tax

17. Tax

 

17.1 Taxes payable

 

   December 31,
2025
   December 31,
2024
 
Withholding taxes   16,049    7,908 
Payroll Taxes   40,795    35,647 
Social security contribution on revenues   40,534(1)   37,342 
Income tax and social contribution   721,522    562,557 
Other taxes   7,598    4,751 
Total   826,498    648,205 

 

(1)As of December 31, 2025 the amount R$ 20,491 was reclassified from Taxes Payable to Tax Claims as explained in note 19c. No amount was reclassified for December 31, 2024.

17.2 Income tax and social contribution

 

   December 31,
2025
   December 31,
2024
   December 31,
2023
 
             
Profit before income tax   317,339    345,972    1,667 
Income tax and social contribution (1)   (142,801)   (155,688)   (750)
Permanent additions/exclusions   967,068    61,503    36,438 
Effect of different tax rates – subsidiaries   30,528    6,461    6,683
Compensation of previously unrecognized deductible temporary differences   246    22,579    (10,616)
Compensation of previously unrecognized tax losses   72,658    26,463    14,913 
Deferred tax asset recognition (2)   790,244    
-
    82,959 
R&D Tax incentives (3)   64,910    20,245    
-
 
Others   8,482    (14,244)   (57,501)
Total income tax and social contribution   824,267    (94,184)   35,688 
Current taxes   (655,463)   (545,603)   (50,815)
Deferred taxes   1,479,730    451,419    86,503 
Total income tax and social contribution   824,267    (94,184)   35,688 
Effective rate (%)   (260)%   27%   2,140%

 

(1)The Group’s operations are primarily conducted in entities subject to income tax and social contribution in Brazil.

 

All material entities in Brazil are subject to corporate income tax of 25%. Social contribution is generally levied at 20% for financial entities and 9% for non-financial entities. The tax rate used was the one applicable to PicPay Bank, which represents the most significant portion of the operations of the Group. The effect of other tax rates is shown in the table above as “Effect of different tax rates – subsidiaries”.

 

(2)As aforementioned on Note 10, PicPay recognized the deferred tax asset on the previously unrecognized tax losses carryforward and temporary differences.

 

(3)The Company benefited from tax incentives under the Brazilian R&D program, which encourages technological innovation through research and development in technology. A total benefit was recognized as a reduction to income tax expense.

 

17.3 Unrecognized deferred tax assets

 

The Group has unrecognized deferred tax assets in its subsidiaries for which it is not expected that future taxable profits will be sufficient to consume the deferred tax assets in an appropriate period of time. The Group’s unrecognized deferred tax assets, shown on the table below, without expiration date, were calculated on income tax losses and temporary differences at a rate of 34% for Guiabolso (and its subsidiary), and Crednovo; and at a rate of 40% for PicPay Invest.

 

The reduction in the amount of unrecognized deferred tax assets was due to the recognition of PicPay deferred tax assets presented on Note 10 above.

 

   December 31, 2025   December 31, 2024 
   Gross amount   Tax effect   Gross amount   Tax effect 
Deductible temporary differences   14,054    5,262    218,875    74,953 
Tax losses   275,109    101,390    2,074,442    709,619 
Total   289,163    106,652    2,293,317    784,572