Financial Analysis of Social Security in Brazil in Fiscal Reform Times

• Main Authors: Luciano Henrique Fialho Botelho, Thiago de Melo Teixeira da Costa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Conselho Regional de Contabilidade de Santa Catarina 2020-02-01
• Series: Revista Catarinense da Ciência Contábil
• Subjects: seguridade social; finanças públicas; previdência social; financiamento.
• Online Access: http://revista.crcsc.org.br/index.php/CRCSC/article/view/2922
• ISSN: 1808-3781; 2237-7662

Given the diverging discussions on the social security financial balance in Brazil, this article aims to analyze the evolution and comparison of revenues and expenses of the Social Security Budget (OSS) in the country, between 2006 and 2016, based on the rules of financing and social ideal proposed by the Federal Constitution of 1988. In addition, it seeks to debate the findings with national public finances. The literature review addresses the welfare state and social security, its costing and its relationship with economic and demographic indicators in Brazil. Methodologically, through a predominantly quantitative approach, it uses graphical, documentary, bibliographic and descriptive statistics analyzes with secondary data. The results show the financial sustainability of social security and the need to understand the triple costing and unity in the OSS ending the valuation of social policies, especially social security in the general regime. It is also clear the importance of economic scenarios and the influence of other fiscal actions (Untying of Federal Revenue and Tax Deductions) in the OSS. It is concluded that there is a need for fiscal restructuring, with strengthening of the economic bases, and not for structural reforms in social policies in Brazil, since social contributions are still relevant to the financing of the OSS, even if some measures are needed to contain it of expenses.