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Sao Paulo Gazes into a Fiscally Sound Future with SAS®When resources are scarce and expenses are running high, how do you get the most out of every dollar spent? How can you swiftly analyze large amounts of complex economic data? Are you able to pinpoint places where inefficiency or leakage may be occurring in your revenue stream? 
Check out this video to learn more about the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil and its success with SAS.View Video (Runtime: 3 mins, 47 secs)You have questions; our customers have answers. Check out this video Q& A. 
Andre Luis Grotti Clemente
Director Strategic Studies, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil View Video (Requires Windows Media Player 6.4.7 or higher or RealPlayer 6 or higher) Refining the tax system in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been an ongoing challenge for the state's Department of Finance. Fiscal issues are so complex in this center of industry and commerce that a special academy was created to educate public administrators about the ever-changing dynamics. Its instructors identified a need for more advanced analytics to help inform decision makers about the effectiveness of the state's tax programs, their impact on business and how public tax money should be spent. For the past 10 years, officials in Sao Paulo have used SAS to run the payroll system for state employees. Recently, officials decided to study past revenue patterns and make projections about the state-collected ICMS tax, which is assessed on value added to goods produced and sold. They chose SAS analytic tools because of SAS' solid reputation in the arena of data analysis. SAS/ETS software now is helping the government conduct time-series studies of tax collections and forecast future tax collection behavior and results. "Studying the behavior of tax collection requires powerful analytical instruments so that we can have a good forecast, which is necessary to have a good flow of the budget," says Andre Luis Grotti Clemente, Director of Strategic Studies for the Public Administration School in Sao Paulo. "SAS provides us with a series of tools that make data analysis much easier." Use of SAS analytics could ultimately strengthen the overall economy of Sao Paulo, Clemente believes. "If we can have better tax policies in Sao Paulo State, no doubt this is going to benefit corporations and citizens because there will be more jobs and the tax structure will be more efficient. So this is a clear benefit to the whole population." Copyright © SAS Institute Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Challenge:
Improve efficiency of revenue stream and provide budget forecasting for public agencies
Solution:
SAS makes it possible to analyze data about existing tax collections and show how economic variables will affect those revenues in the future
Benefits:
SAS offers extensive capabilities for analyzing time-series data and performing financial analysis involving large numbers of variables, thus enabling better tax policies that could benefit businesses and citizens alike in Sao Paulo "SAS provides us with a series of tools that make data analysis much easier." Andre Luis Grotti Clemente, Director of Strategic Studies for the Public Administration School in Sao Paulo Read more:
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