The Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) concluded on Wednesday, 28, that it is not possible to verify the viability, reasonableness, and feasibility of the estimated cost savings of R$ 7.8 billion by the National Social Security Institute (INSS). This value was used as a reducer for the projection of pension expenses in the 2025 Budget Bill (PLOA), which has already been sanctioned. The calculation of the budget projection for benefits in the 2025 PLOA considered the cost savings of R$ 7.8 billion, specifically with measures to improve operational efficiency and reduce expenses. In the Budget Law (LOA), the projected value was reduced to R$ 7.3 billion, with R$ 6.2 billion related to the implementation of Atestmed (a tool that allows for the exchange of medical expertise from a physical examination to an electronic document analysis) and R$ 1.1 billion for cautionary and administrative measures. The TCU judged a fiscalization process on the conformity of the procedures for forecasting revenues and expenses and the establishment of fiscal goals in the 2025 PLOA. The INSS reported an estimate included in the 2025 PLOA of R$ 7.8 billion, resulting from the gain in efficiency resulting from management measures. The TCU's fiscalization team pointed out that there is no detail on the calculation and methodology used to reach this value. The 2025 PLOA set the total expenses of the General Regime of Social Security (RGPS) at R$ 1.01 trillion. In addition to pension benefits, this amount also includes values from judicial sentences, which have increased significantly in recent years.
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