City's Book Itapecerica da Serra - SP 2021-22

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Strategic location in Latin America
Support for micro
and small businesses.
Check out more details of Bill
1.105/2003 and its criteria below:
The municipality of Itapecerica da Serra has a
SEBRAE service center for entrepreneurs; which comes
from a partnership among SEBRAE-SP, Itapecerica da
Serra City Hall, Itapecerica da Serra Commercial and
Business Association (ACEIS), and the Itapecerica da
Serra Development Agency (AGENDIS). The objective
is to provide assistance to future entrepreneurs and
micro and small entrepreneurs to improve and develop
their projects through courses, lectures, workshops, and
guidance.
For companies looking for new locations for their
businesses, Itapecerica da Serra offers tax incentives
for small and medium-sized companies. In addition,
the city has other favorable aspects for new ventures
that come to live on Itapecerican soil. The location is
privileged, since it is crossed by two important highways:
Rodovia Régis Bittencourt and Rodoanel Mário Covas.
The Régis Bittencourt Highway interconnects the
most important economic hubs in the Southeast and
South regions, consequently connecting with the main
MERCOSUR countries. For example, the highway that
connects São Paulo to Curitiba covers 17 municipalities
along its entire length, cutting through cities such as
Taboão da Serra, Itapecerica da Serra, Embu das Artes
and São Lourenço. It is estimated that around 22
thousand vehicles move Régis Bittencourt daily.
Greater São Paulo and connecting all the highways to
the port of Santos, which receives around 80 million
goods per year.
The road ring circles the central region of Greater
São Paulo, crossing cities such as: Santana de Parnaíba,
Barueri, Osasco, Itapecerica da Serra, Embu das Artes,
among others.
Tax Benefits
Itapecerica da Serra is concerned with the city’s
long-term development and job creation, which is why
it invests in business through the Tax Incentive Law
for small and medium-sized companies to generate
jobs and increase municipal revenues.
Investment opportunities
The city is among the 100 best in the country to
invest in the education sector. A survey carried out by
Urban Systems took into account factors of elementary,
technical, higher education, number of enrollments,
variation in the number of students per school,
identifying Itapecerica da Serra as the 79th city.
The same survey resulted
in the municipality’s 99th
position in terms of the best
cities in the country for
investment in a business. In
addition, the organization
that developed the research
took into account variables
such as the number of jobs
in the industrial sector, the
income of industrial workers,
and others.
The Rodoanel Governador Mário Covas was born
with the principle of improving the quality of life in
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The law allows tax exemptions such as exemption
from the Tax on Services (ISS) and exemption from
the Urban Property and Land Tax (IPTU).