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How to report REITs on the annual tax return
Module I5: Income tax for unitholders
In this lesson
- Assets and Rights at cost
- The year's exempt income
- Variable income and the new minimum tax
Brazilian REITs · Lesson I5.3
Reporting REITs: three sections, three numbers
What you own, what you received and what you sold.
The return map
Each item in its section
- Assets and Rightsthe shares you held on Dec 31, at cost
- Exempt Incomewhat the fund paid during the year
- Variable Incomeeach month's gain or loss on sales, plus DARFs
Sections of Brazil's IRPF tax return program (Receita Federal).
Section 1 · Assets and Rights
The value is what you paid
Law 9,250/1995, art. 25, § 2: assets are reported at acquisition cost.
The misconception
Today's market price stays out
Acquisition cost
R$ 29,400
- 300 × R$ 98 average price
Dec 31 market price
R$ 33,000
- 300 × R$ 110 on the market
- Appreciation only shows up when you sell
Inside the entry
What goes into Assets and Rights
- broker's annual statement
- trade notes
- your average price
Section 2 · Exempt Income
What hit your account during the year
Exempt only if the fund and you meet lesson I5.1's conditions. The income statement shows the total.
New from calendar year 2026
Minimum tax on high earners
of income a year: above that, a minimum tax applies
Income from listed REITs with 100 or more shareholders stays out of that math. It debuts on the 2027 return.
Law 15,270/2025 (Law 9,250/1995, art. 16-A).
Remember this
Three ideas from this lesson
- Assets at costQuantity × average price, with the fund's CNPJ. Never the market price.
- Distributions as exemptThe total the fund paid in the year, from the statement.
- Sales in variable incomeEach month's gain or loss, with the DARFs paid.
Quick quiz · 1 of 2
How do REIT shares go into Assets and Rights?
See answer
Acquisition cost. Quantity × average price paid. The market price stays out.
Quick quiz · 2 of 2
You had R$ 29,400 and bought 100 more shares at R$ 110. What do you report?
See answer
R$ 29,400 + 100 × R$ 110 = R$ 40,400, the cost of all 400 shares.
Lesson complete
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