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Just as it is easy to register, it is also very simple to cancel the individual microentrepreneur (MEI) registration. Check it out in the article below.
In 2021, around 80% of open companies were individual microentrepreneurs.
The ease of formalization and simplification of taxes are attractive for those who want to start a business.
However, just as many companies open in this modality, they also close many companies.
Whether because the business didn't work out or for personal reasons, the fact is that the cancellation of the MEI can be done at any time, immediately and virtually.
What is Simple Nacional?
Simples Nacional is a shared regime for the collection, collection and inspection of taxes applicable to Micro and Small Businesses, provided for in Complementary Law No.
It covers the participation of all federal entities (Union, States, Federal District and Municipalities).

It is administered by a Management Committee composed of eight members: four from the Federal Revenue Service of Brazil (RFB), two from the States and the Federal District and two from the Municipalities.
In order to join Simples Nacional, the following conditions must be met:
- Fit in the definition of micro-enterprise or small business;
- Comply with the requirements set out in the legislation; It is
- Formalize the option for Simples Nacional.
How to cancel MEI?
To download the CNPJ, just follow the steps below:
- Access the Entrepreneur Portal (https://www.gov.br/empresas-e-negocios/pt-br/empreendedor);
- Click on the option “Já sou MEI”;
- Tap on “Company Dismissal” and then “Request Dismissal”;
- Inform your access data;
- Enter your Simples Nacional access code;
- Check your data and check the option “Dismissal Declaration”, clicking on “Continue”;
- Download and print your Individual Microentrepreneur Condition Certificate of low CNPJ.
What to do after lowering the CNPJ?

Lowering the CNPJ is not the last step in canceling the MEI.
To confirm the write-off on a regular basis, it is necessary:
- Access the DAS Generator Program for MEI (PGMEI) through the Federal Revenue website and pay the DAS slips that are still open, from the opening month to the month of CNPJ withdrawal;
- Access the Simples Nacional Annual Declaration (DASN) in the specific area of the Federal Revenue website and send the Simples Nacional de Baixa Annual Declaration (Special Situation);
- Remember to close the bank account in the name of the company, if there is one.
Okay, your download has already been done quickly and correctly.
Bearing in mind that the CNPJ drop is definitive, which does not prevent the entrepreneur from opening a new CNPJ later on.
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