What has changed with the elimination of the DIRF in 2026?

Find out how the DIRF will be filed starting in 2026, its replacement by eSocial and EFD-Reinf, and the generation of the Income Report.

2026 brought one of the most significant changes in recent years to companies’ tax routines: the elimination of the DIRF. That annual marathon of filing returns is now a thing of the past, but that doesn’t mean the IRS has given up on the data. On the contrary, tax enforcement is now integrated and real-time.

What does this mean in practice?

The Federal Revenue now operates with a continuous data flow through eSocial and EFD-Reinf, eliminating the need to download the PGD (Declaration Generator Program) to report income, since information on withholdings for income tax (IR), PIS, COFINS, and CSLL has already been submitted on a monthly basis throughout the previous year.

eSocial vs. EFD-Reinf: Who Receives What?

The elimination of the DIRF has divided the responsibilities for collecting information among the following systems:

• eSocial (Focus on Individuals): data related to labor, social security, and tax matters pertaining to payroll. It is the channel for reporting income paid to employees and self-employed individuals; and
• EFD-Reinf (Focus on Services and Legal Entities): it consolidates information on payments to legal entities, federal tax withholdings, and social security contributions.

The requirement to submit the Income Report remains in effect

Although the annual tax filing deadline has passed, the Income Report must still be submitted to beneficiaries by the last business day of February each year.

The Risk of Inconsistency

The biggest challenge now is consistency. It is important for the company to review the following items:

• Individual Taxpayer Registry (CPF) of dependents and Withholding Income Tax (IRRF);
• Health insurance, reimbursement, and supplemental pension plan settings;
• Review simplified deduction and apportionment rules for pensioners; and
• Amounts generated by the system prior to submission.

If discrepancies are identified in the figures or information submitted monthly, the pending periods must be reopened to make the corrections. If the error is a data entry error, the correction must be made during the Annual Adjustment, under the January reporting period, by February 18.

Our team monitors the filing of tax and ancillary obligations to ensure your business remains fully compliant. With the support of a firm that has 20 years of experience in the market, you gain the peace of mind you need to focus on growing your business, knowing that your accounting compliance is in good hands.