RestituiçãoIR

What RestituiçãoIR does

RestituiçãoIR (legal name: IR Restituição) is a privately held Brazilian tax-recovery advisory founded in 2008 and headquartered at Rua Quirino dos Santos, 271 in the Barra Funda neighborhood of São Paulo. The firm specializes in recovering income tax (IRPF) improperly withheld from labor-court settlements (ações trabalhistas), and in securing income-tax exemption and retroactive refunds for retirees and pensioners diagnosed with serious diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's, AIDS, and multiple sclerosis. Services are delivered through an administrative process — explicitly not requiring additional judicial proceedings — covering three product lines: (1) claimants from private-sector labor lawsuits, (2) public-sector employees (servidores públicos) who won labor-related claims, and (3) retirees/pensioners with qualifying serious illnesses.

The underlying "technology" is a professional-services workflow rather than a software product: case intake via website forms, WhatsApp and phone, eligibility analysis against Receita Federal rules and the nature of the court-awarded amounts, document preparation and submission, and navigation of the malha fiscal (tax-audit) process for clients whose declarations are flagged. Lead generation is sourced from partner law firms (escritórios de advocacia), client referrals, and proactive searches of court websites for recent lawsuit winners. Top-of-funnel awareness is supported by an educational blog and organic social media on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

The business model is contingency-based outcome pricing: clients pay nothing upfront and the firm is compensated only after the tax refund is received, typically as a percentage of the recovered amount. The company reports more than R$30 million in cumulative client refunds and 3,500+ clients served since founding, with a current headcount of approximately 5 employees and no external funding or parent-company relationship. It is led by partner Bruno Farias, with content authored by Daniel Lima.

Name

RestituiçãoIR

Legal name

IR Restituição

Website

https://restituicaoir.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RestituiçãoIR is a São Paulo-based, privately held tax-recovery advisory founded in 2008 that recovers income tax improperly withheld from Brazilian labor-court settlements and secures tax exemptions for retirees with serious diseases, on a contingency-fee basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tax Recovery Services

akta.pro primary industry

Tax Services (Withholding, Reclaims, FATCA/CRS) (FSAAAOAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Claims Advocacy & Loss Recovery Services (FSAEADAH)

Keywords

• Income tax recovery
• Tax refund services
• Labor lawsuit tax
• Retiree tax exemption
• Contingency tax services

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Contingency-based tax recovery services: Revenue generated on a success-fee basis where clients only pay for services after receiving the tax refund they are owed. This aligns company incentives with client outcomes and eliminates upfront cost barrier for clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RestituiçãoIR recovers income tax improperly withheld from labor lawsuit settlements and helps retirees and pensioners with serious illnesses obtain income tax exemptions and recover up to five years of improperly paid taxes. The firm delivers its services through an administrative process with the Brazilian Receita Federal, without requiring additional judicial proceedings, and charges clients only on a contingency basis after a refund is successfully obtained.

Product overview

RestituiçãoIR is a specialized tax consulting service company that operates three distinct service offerings to help individuals recover improperly withheld income tax. The company provides: (1) a service for employees who won labor lawsuits, (2) a service for public employees with labor-related court victories, and (3) a service for retirees and pensioners with serious diseases who qualify for income tax exemption. All services are delivered through an administrative process without requiring additional judicial proceedings, with the company only charging fees after the client receives their refund.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restituição de Imposto de Renda para Reclamantes (Ações Trabalhistas) Administrative service that recovers income tax improperly withheld from labor lawsuit settlements for individual claimants, without requiring additional judicial proceedings.
• Restituição de Imposto de Renda para Funcionários Públicos Specialized administrative service for public-sector employees who won labor-related lawsuits to recover income tax withheld from those settlements, handled without additional judicial process.
• Restituição de Imposto de Renda para Aposentados e Pensionistas com Doenças Graves Service that recovers income tax improperly paid by retirees and pensioners diagnosed with qualifying serious illnesses (cancer, Parkinson's, AIDS, etc.) and obtains ongoing statutory exemption from income tax on retirement/pension income. Capable of recovering up to five years of improperly paid tax where the illness has been present for more than five years.

Quantifiable outcome

• Recovered over R$ 30 million in improperly withheld taxes for 3,500+ clients

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• PwC Brasil: Big 4 firm offering tax consulting, recovery, and advisory services in Brazil. Comparable as an institutional provider of tax-recovery capabilities, though its client base is predominantly corporate rather than individual claimants.
• EY Brasil: Big 4 firm with a dedicated tax and indirect-tax recovery practice. Comparable for offering tax-recovery services in Brazil, operating at much larger scale and broader scope than RestituiçãoIR.
• KPMG Brasil: Big 4 firm with tax and people services practices in Brazil. Comparable as a broad tax services provider, though focused on corporate clients rather than individual labor-court claimants.
• eContador: Brazilian online accounting and tax-services platform targeting individuals and small businesses. Comparable for offering accessible tax and accounting services to Brazilian consumers, though not specialized in labor-court tax recovery.
• BDO Brasil: Brazilian member of a global mid-tier accounting and advisory network with a tax practice. Comparable as a tax-services provider operating in Brazil at a smaller scale than the Big 4, but still broader than RestituiçãoIR's niche.
• Grant Thornton Brasil: Brazilian member of a global mid-tier accounting network with tax advisory services. Comparable as a Brazilian tax-services provider at larger scale and broader scope than RestituiçãoIR.
• Conta Azul: Brazilian SaaS platform for SMB accounting and tax compliance. Comparable as a technology-enabled Brazilian tax/accounting services provider, though broader in scope and serving SMBs rather than individual legal claimants.
• Deloitte Brasil: Big 4 firm with a large Brazilian tax services and recovery practice. Comparable as a broad-based tax advisory serving individual and corporate clients, far larger and more diversified than RestituiçãoIR's niche focus.

Emerging players

• Pontotel: Brazilian payroll and HR SaaS platform for SMBs. Comparable as a technology-enabled payroll/tax services provider in Brazil, with adjacent rather than overlapping service offerings.
• FolhaCerta: Brazilian payroll and HR outsourcing services provider. Comparable as a domestic B2B/B2C outsourced services firm serving payroll- and tax-adjacent pain points for SMBs and individuals in Brazil.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Restituicaoir
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/restituicao-ir
• Instagraminstagram.com/restituicaoir

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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