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Start an online business in Brazil

The steps the government of Brazil sets for a new business that sells online, each linked to the official page that runs it, then the steps to open your store. Read from the official sources on October 14, 2026.

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Set up your business in Brazil

The steps in the order most new sellers take them. Each is read from the official page linked under it.

1. Choose a legal form
Official gov.br sources name the Microempreendedor Individual (MEI), Empresario Individual (EI) and the Sociedade Limitada with a single partner (Sociedade Limitada Unipessoal).
Open the official page
2. Register the business
Companies open a CNPJ and register through Redesim, the national integrated registration network; MEIs formalise free on the Portal do Empreendedor via gov.br.
Open the official page
3. Get your tax number
The Cadastro Nacional da Pessoa Juridica (CNPJ) is administered and issued by the Receita Federal.
Open the official page
4. Follow the rules for selling online
The Ministry of Justice states consumers have a 7-day right of withdrawal (direito de arrependimento) for online purchases under Decreto 7.962/2013.
Open the official page

Open your store in Brazil

What Tanqory sets up for a store based in Brazil. You change any of it in Settings.

Tax: Your store starts with a tax entry for Brazil, collecting off, until you confirm the rate or connect a tax service.
Card payments: Through your own Stripe account, which Stripe opens for businesses in Brazil. Tanqory adds no transaction fee; Stripe charges its own rate.
Shipping labels: DHL Express and Easyship, bought in your admin, with the customs declaration sent with each label for parcels that cross a border.

What stays with you

Registering the business and choosing its legal form. Tanqory does not register a business for you.
Registering for tax, filing returns and paying the tax authority.
Licences or permits your products need in Brazil.
Legal or tax advice. This page points to the official sources; an adviser in Brazil can apply them to your business.

Questions about starting a business in Brazil

Which legal form should I choose in Brazil?

The official page in step 1 lists the forms a business in Brazil can take. Your choice decides how you register, how you are taxed and whether your own money is kept apart from the business, so an adviser in Brazil is worth asking before you decide.

What does Tanqory set up for a store in Brazil?

A tax entry for Brazil with collecting off, card payments through your own Stripe account, and DHL Express and Easyship labels you buy in your admin. You change any of it in Settings.

What do I have to tell buyers when I sell online in Brazil?

The official page in step 5 lists the information and rights a buyer in Brazil must get before and after they order. Put that information on your store before your first sale.

How current are these steps?

Each was read from its official page on October 14, 2026. Rules change; the official page is the authority, so open it before you act.

How we checked

Each step on this page was read from its official page on October 14, 2026. The store facts come from Tanqory's tax settings, payments and shipping setup.