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Cobrança Perdida de Serviços Acessórios (Fumigação, Inspeção, Armazenagem)
Estimated: R$ 30,000–80,000 annually per freight operation; typical unbilled fumigation: R$ 800–2,500 per shipment; armed escort/GPS: R$ 1,500–5,000 per shipment. Industry average revenue leakage: 2–4% of total freight revenue due to missed accessorials.Search results [1] and [4] explicitly state: 'Storage not inclusive in this tariff. Additional services will be charged at costs when incurred due weather conditions, strikes, airport/port delays.' Fumigation 'is ready upon 72 hours from approval date and request' and 'Any shipment arriving in Brazil without proper wood treatment, will incur in additional fumigation.' However, manual processes fail to capture these events. Results [2], [3], [5] confirm accessorial fees for liftgate, detention, special handling often go unbilled because they are not proactively invoiced.
Desperdício de Tempo Manual em Cálculo de Surcharge por Tarifa Fiscal (Custo Brasil)
Estimated: 40–80 hours/month × R$ 50–60/hour (freight rate analyst wage) = R$ 2,000–4,800/month = R$ 24,000–57,600 annually per operation. If 10% of quotations contain rate errors leading to customer disputes and 2–5% revenue churn, additional loss: R$ 15,000–50,000 annually.Search results [1] and [4] confirm that quotations must embed ICMS, ISS, ad valorem insurance, toll fees, and fuel surcharges—each varying by state origin, destination, and cargo type. Brazil's tax complexity ('Custo Brasil') means staff must cross-reference 27 SEFAZ portals for current rates. Results [3] and [7] note that fuel surcharges 'fluctuate based on fuel prices' and 'are unpredictable, making challenging for businesses to budget accurately.' Manual recalculation on each quote creates overtime and errors.
Sobrecobranças em Fretes Não Auditadas
2–8% of annual freight spend. For a company with R$ 5 million annual freight costs: R$ 100,000–R$ 400,000 annually in unrecovered overcharges.Carriers systematically overcharge due to billing errors (weight miscalculations, incorrect rates, duplicate shipments, unauthorized accessorial charges, wrong fuel surcharges). Without audit controls, these errors accumulate across hundreds or thousands of monthly invoices. Companies in APAC and North America discover 2–5% recovery potential on average; Brazilian logistics operators using manual or no audit similarly lose this percentage.
Não-Conformidade em Cálculo de Comissão e Documentação de Frete
SEFAZ penalties: R$ 500–R$ 10,000 per incorrectly filed invoice; labor inspection fines: R$ 1,000–R$ 50,000+ per worker misclassification; interest and fines on back taxes/contributions: 20–100% of unpaid amount. For a fleet with 50 drivers and 5,000 invoices/year, estimated exposure: R$ 50,000–R$ 500,000 annually.Commission payments (6–12% of freighted value) must be properly documented in contracts and invoices (NF-e or complementary documents). Misclassification of drivers (employee vs. independent contractor) leads to tax evasion accusations, social contribution shortfalls, and SPED filing errors. SEFAZ can reject NF-e or impose multas for missing commission breakdown on fiscal documents.