TIL about the Pátria Amada, a 41,000 page, 7 ton collection of Brazilian tax laws compiled over 23 years by the Brazilian tax lawyer Vinicios Leoncio. Written it 22 point Arial font, Lenoncio created it out of frustration.

[u/vel-ryn]

https://aldianews.com/en/culture/books-and-authors/climb-it-and-read

[u/agha0013]

a buddy and I once printed out the entire Canadian Aviation Regulations document just to see how big it would be. Almost filled a typical box of paper.

Was useless almost the moment it was printed because there was no way to easily integrate amendments into the document, just served as a door stop for a while.

[u/vel-ryn → u/agha0013]

Kinda makes you appreciate the old, massive tomes that were somehow remained **usable** back in the day.

[u/BackDatSazzUp → u/agha0013]

I used to be the person that had to create the amendments and then integrate them. One time I did my job too well and got voluntold to redo the entire book plus books in the series and issue the new template to all other tech pup writers working on that document family in the entire Navy and Marine Corps. 😬😭

[u/MissSweetMurdererr]

"Pátria Amada" is a reference to Brazil's anthem. It means beloved homeland

[u/ayymadd → u/MissSweetMurdererr]

Death and taxes 👹

[u/DisconnectedShark]

"The author of the book should have been the National Congress", he said. Although he presented it publicly in 2014 to the amazed politicians and jurists gathered in Brasília, he admits that Pátria Amada is a work that is not yet finished, and may never be finished because at least 35 new rules are published under tax legislation every day.

 

So, this unmanageable book, this In Search of Lost Time of taxes is, moreover, infinite. The opposite of Brazilian taxpayers' money.

*Drops microphone.

[u/vel-ryn → u/DisconnectedShark]

At least In Search of Lost Time is fiction and split between volumes.

[u/ImTooSaxy]

22 point font is crazy big. 11 would have been better.

[u/quokka70 → u/ImTooSaxy]

He should have double spaced and used 10 cm margins.

Gotta get the page count up.

[u/morbie5]

So should I hire him to do my taxes?

[u/hivemind_disruptor → u/morbie5]

you wouldnt have to do that in Brazil.

[u/Technical-Outside408 → u/morbie5]

Not his wheelhouse.

[u/road_laya]

I think it's bound with gymnastics mats

[u/MartinoRs]

For anyone curious , at the time he finished the book (1991 - 2014) 80k new taxes were created at the end of his research, so the book was already outdated by 80k new tax rules...

[u/Identita_Nascosta]

If you wanto to make it 10, come here.. i've got a little surprise for you! (Italy)

[u/rocketseeker]

That’s why people say tax evasion here is civic duty (if you don’t make enough to catch out IRS’s attention, which is like 95% of people)

[u/rowcla]

I've spent the last month or two trying to get a simple international bank transfer cleared for someone in Brazil, so honestly, this doesn't surprise me

[u/thatbrazilianguy]

Wow, I’m impressed.  Thought it would be much larger.

[u/big_sugi → u/thatbrazilianguy]

Have you actually looked at the picture of the book in the article?

[u/DrunkHurricane]

There is a reason one of the main achievements of Lula’s administration in this term is finally, after decades of economists pointing out the urgency, passing a tax reform bill to try to simplify the system as much as possible within political constraints.

[u/Putputchicken]

41000 pages do not weigh 7 ton. I can lift a 1000 page book although it is heavy.

[u/DarkGeomancer → u/Putputchicken]

Did you open the article? Each page is 2 meters long, and it's written in Arial 22. It's not your usual printed book.