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Learn how card issuers may assess over-limit purchases, calculate the impact on your card statement, and compare payment options before you decide.

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# Emergency Credit Card Limit: How to Evaluate an Over-Limit Purchase

Learn how card issuers may assess over-limit purchases, calculate the impact on your card statement, and compare payment options before you decide.

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You get to the checkout with a R$ 580 purchase and see in the app that you have R$ 350 in available credit. You are R$ 230 short of the amount you need on the card. If the issuer offers a review for purchases above your available credit, it can assess that particular transaction and decide whether to authorize the full amount. The term “emergency credit limit” usually refers to this kind of review or to the extra room an issuer may allow as an exception. The name and the way the feature works depend on the card. The issuer can still decline the purchase even if you have access to the feature.

01 

## What the Card Issuer Assesses When You Run Short of Available Credit

In this hypothetical example, if the merchant charges the full R$ 580 to the card and the issuer approves the transaction, the purchase amount is R$ 580. The R$ 230 is how far the transaction exceeds the available credit at that moment. To plan your payment, start with the full purchase price and add any applicable charge. If you pay in installments through the merchant, spread the price across the statements on which the installments will be billed, and check how much of your credit limit the purchase uses at the time of authorization.

The word “emergency” describes a way you may be able to use credit. The urgency of the expense depends on what happens if you put it off. Delaying a repair that someone needs in order to work can have concrete consequences. Waiting out a short promotion may mean losing the discount while keeping your budget intact. To decide, compare the cost of waiting, the cost of buying now, and the amount of money you will have available by the statement due date.

02 

## Why Available Credit and Your Statement Show Different Amounts

Your total credit limit is the ceiling the issuer sets for the card. Available credit is the amount of room left at a given moment, based on the charges and authorizations the issuer has registered. Your statement brings together the amounts billed in one billing cycle. An installment purchase can use up credit today while appearing on your statements a little at a time. A pending authorization can also reduce your available credit while the final amount is still being processed.

Suppose your card has a total credit limit of R$ 2,400. The app shows R$ 1,120 in charges on the current statement, R$ 760 in installments from earlier purchases spread across future statements, and a pending authorization of R$ 170 that still uses part of your limit. Assuming the issuer counts each of these amounts once, you have used R$ 2,050 of your limit and have R$ 350 left. If you subtracted only the current statement total from the credit limit, you would get R$ 1,280, even though some of that apparent room is already taken up by future installments and the pending authorization.

If the figures seem inconsistent, check the breakdown of your credit limit and review your transaction history. If a supplementary card or virtual card is linked to the same account, check whether its purchases draw on the same limit. Payments, refunds, and releases of pending authorizations can also show up at different times. If a purchase depends on having that room on the card, go by the available credit confirmed in the account before relying on an amount that is still being processed.

03 

## How to Check the Terms of Your Card

In the app, look for the credit limits section, the card settings, or the card agreement. Terms such as “emergency credit assessment,” “over-limit purchase,” and “additional credit limit” can refer to different services. Open the description and check what situation it covers. One screen may offer a review for individual transactions, while another may show an offer to revise your total credit limit. Check whether the option applies to the card you plan to use and whether the setting is currently enabled.

If you need to contact the issuer through its official support channel, describe the transaction. Say that the purchase exceeds your available credit and ask whether that type of transaction can be reviewed, whether you need to enroll in or activate anything, and at what point any charge would be incurred. Ask how much it would cost, how it would be billed, and how to recognize the entry on your statement. If the feature can be turned off, check when the change takes effect and which transactions it covers.

A previous purchase approved above your available credit tells you what happened on that particular transaction. The conditions for a new purchase can vary with the amount, where or how you make the purchase, and the card you use. Even if the app shows that the option is enabled, the individual transaction may still require authorization. If the purchase is essential and you are unsure whether it will go through, arrange another form of payment the merchant accepts before you try.

04 

## From the Attempt at Checkout to the Charge on Your Statement

The first response from the card terminal or online store concerns the authorization attempt. A decline can be related to your credit limit, a block on the card, a setting for online purchases, a security check, or a communication failure. The app may give a more specific reason. If the transaction is declined, find out why before asking the merchant to try the charge again or changing a credit setting.

An approved authorization may first appear as pending. If the merchant confirms the charge, it posts to your statement according to the processing timeline and the card’s billing cycle. Some transactions, such as a preauthorization for a security deposit, can use part of your credit limit while the final amount is being determined or until the hold is released. If your receipt and the app show different information, check the status with the merchant or the issuer before trying the payment again.

Keep the purchase receipt and any cancellation confirmation. When you review the transaction history, compare the merchant, amount, and status of each entry. Two similar entries could be a pending authorization and the final charge, or they could be two charges that need to be checked. Telling those situations apart helps you avoid counting the same purchase twice in your budget and identify what is taking up your available credit.

05 

## Over-Limit Purchases, Credit Limit Increases, and Statement Financing

An emergency credit review takes place when a purchase is being authorized. A credit limit increase changes the ceiling displayed in your account and can affect your ability to make other purchases for as long as the new limit applies. An approved purchase above your available credit and an offer to raise your limit therefore have different effects. After an over-limit purchase, check how the charge posted and how much credit remains available. For a limit increase, confirm the new ceiling in the account and when it takes effect.

Revolving credit comes into play at a later stage, when part of the statement balance remains unpaid and that balance is financed through revolving credit under the applicable terms. A statement installment plan also finances an outstanding balance and follows its own payment schedule. Read any down payment or payment amount shown on your statement in light of the option you choose. Paying an arbitrary amount, paying less than required, or missing the due date can leave the account past due, with consequences that differ from those of an agreed financing plan.

Purchase installments are arranged when you pay the merchant. They determine how much of the price goes on each statement, and the total can differ from the price for paying in full up front. If your card counts the full price of an installment purchase against the credit limit, even a small first installment can require enough room for the entire purchase. Use the sales receipt to understand the installment purchase and the statement terms to understand how any balance financed later will be handled.

06 

## Where the Cost Shows Up and Which Amount to Compare

Start with the price the seller will charge for the payment method you choose. Then check whether there is a specific charge for the review or for going above your available credit, when it applies, and where it will be recorded. If you finance part of the statement balance when it comes due, add the cost of that step as well. Keeping the three amounts separate shows whether a difference in cost comes from the seller’s price, a card-related service, or financing the balance later.

Imagine that a repair costs R$ 560 via Pix and R$ 580 as a single card charge. To see how the calculation works, assume the issuer of this hypothetical card also applies a R$ 20 charge for the over-limit transaction. You would pay R$ 600 for the repair on the card if you paid the statement in full and financed none of the purchase balance. That is R$ 40 more than the Pix price. The price difference accounts for R$ 20 and the hypothetical charge accounts for the other R$ 20. If that specific charge is zero, the difference falls to R$ 20.

The option with the lowest price and the option that puts the least pressure on your cash flow can be different. Pix requires the money now. A card purchase moves the payment to the statement due date. Compare how much cash remains after each payment and when your essential expenses come due. If you receive a financing offer, ask for the total amount payable, the installment schedule, and the total effective cost, known in Brazil as CET, when applicable. The CET combines interest and other components of the financing in a single measure that helps you compare offers.

07 

## A Complete Walkthrough from Purchase to Statement

Go back to the hypothetical card with R$ 350 in available credit, a current statement of R$ 1,120, R$ 760 in future installments, and a pending authorization of R$ 170. Now suppose the issuer approves a R$ 580 purchase as a single charge and it posts to the current statement along with the hypothetical R$ 20 charge. Also assume that the R$ 170 hold is released without becoming a charge and that the R$ 760 stays on future statements. With no other entries, the current statement will reach R$ 1,720. That is R$ 1,120 plus R$ 580 plus R$ 20.

In this scenario, the R$ 230 overage is calculated at the time of the payment attempt, when the R$ 170 authorization is still using some of the credit limit. The statement projection counts the amounts that actually post during the cycle. If the pending R$ 170 were confirmed in full and posted in the same cycle, the statement would rise to R$ 1,890. If it posted in the following cycle, the projected statement would stay at R$ 1,720 and you would need to include the R$ 170 commitment in the next budget.

The effect of the purchase also depends on when the statement closes. If the R$ 580 purchase and the R$ 20 charge both posted in the next cycle, the current statement would stay at R$ 1,120 under the same assumptions. You would still need to add the R$ 600 to your spending for the next cycle, including any portion of the R$ 760 in earlier installments billed then. For a real purchase, work through the amounts due on both payment dates if you are unsure which billing cycle will include the charge.

08 

## Start with the Money You Will Have by the Due Date

To work out whether you can afford the statement, add the money you already have available to the income you can reasonably count on receiving by the due date. Subtract expenses paid outside the card, other commitments for the period, and the amount you need to keep available for fluctuations in monthly spending. Leave purchases already included in the statement within the statement total. Subtracting one of those expenses again as a separate item will make your budget look tighter than it actually is.

In a hypothetical budget, you have R$ 3,400 available by the due date. Bills and expenses paid outside the card add up to R$ 1,510, and you set aside R$ 140 for fluctuations in essential spending. That leaves R$ 1,750 for the card statement. With a projected statement of R$ 1,720, you have R$ 30 left in addition to the amount you set aside. Without the new purchase and the R$ 20 charge, the R$ 1,120 statement would leave R$ 630 beyond that reserve. The repair would take R$ 600 of the room you previously had for other decisions.

If money comes in at different times, the order matters. A deposit that arrives after the due date can help restore your cash position, but it falls outside the amount available to pay the statement on time. If some income depends on a job you are still negotiating or a reimbursement with no confirmed date, build a version of the budget using only the income you are more certain of receiving. The difference between the two versions shows how much of the purchase depends on money that is still uncertain.

09 

## What Changes If Money Comes In Late or Another Bill Appears

In the hypothetical budget, suppose R$ 300 of the R$ 3,400 arrives only after the statement due date. Keeping the R$ 1,510 in expenses and the R$ 140 set aside as before leaves R$ 1,450 to pay a R$ 1,720 statement. You are R$ 270 short. The shortfall is greater than the R$ 230 by which the purchase exceeded your available credit because the budget has to cover the entire statement and account for the gap between the due date and the date the money comes in.

Now assume the money is still late and an essential expense paid outside the card rises by R$ 90. Your expenses outside the card rise to R$ 1,600. If you keep the full R$ 140 set aside, you have R$ 1,360 for the statement and are R$ 360 short. If the extra R$ 90 is the kind of fluctuation you set the money aside for, you can use R$ 90 of it and keep R$ 50 in reserve. That brings the amount available for the statement back to R$ 1,450, leaving a R$ 270 shortfall and less room to absorb another expense during the rest of the period.

Test scenarios that reflect how you earn and spend money. If you are paid when a job is finished, you can model a late payment from a customer. If you share household expenses, check what happens if someone else’s contribution arrives later. If you need to keep money for transport or medicine, try a higher expense than you originally expected. If the scenario leaves a shortfall, the amount tells you what you need to address next, whether that means reducing the purchase price, negotiating payment terms, or finding out what it would cost to finance the remaining balance.

10 

## If Your Statement Is Already More Than You Can Afford

Set aside what you can pay by the due date and calculate the balance that would remain unpaid. In the example with a R$ 1,720 statement and R$ 1,450 available to pay it, the difference is R$ 270. Ask the issuer how a payment of R$ 1,450 would be treated, what options are available for the remaining balance, and whether you need to accept a specific offer. The minimum payment shown on the statement, the down payment on an installment plan, and a one-off payment can each affect how the statement is handled.

To compare two hypothetical offers for the same R$ 270 balance, imagine three monthly installments of R$ 100 or six monthly installments of R$ 55, with no down payment or amounts due outside the installments. The first adds up to R$ 300 and costs R$ 30 more than the balance financed. The second adds up to R$ 330 and costs R$ 60 more than the balance financed. Including the R$ 1,450 paid on the original due date, the total amount you would pay is R$ 1,750 under the first offer or R$ 1,780 under the second. The installments are hypothetical and illustrate how repayment time and total cost compare.

Add the new installment to the purchases and bills already due that month. If you have R$ 80 left each month after those commitments, a R$ 100 installment leaves you R$ 20 short. A R$ 55 installment leaves you with R$ 25 to spare for as long as it lasts. Compare the full payment schedule, since the amount left over can vary from month to month. For an actual offer, confirm the final amounts, when billing starts, how early repayment works, and which terms apply if a payment is late.

11 

## How to Compare Pix, Split Payments, and Extra Time to Pay the Seller

If the merchant accepts split payment, assume the R$580 repair is paid with R$230 by Pix and R$350 on the card. If approved within the regular limit, the R$350 raises the open statement from R$1,120 to R$1,470. The R$230 leaves your account immediately. Total cash outflow is R$1,700, compared with R$1,720 if the whole repair goes on the card with the hypothetical R$20 charge.

If the Pix payment comes out of the same R$ 1,750 you set aside for the statement, you have R$ 1,520 left to cover the R$ 1,470 statement. That leaves R$ 50 to spare, provided you have the R$ 230 on hand when you make the purchase. If the money only becomes available closer to the statement due date, splitting the payment may be impossible at checkout even though the totals fit your budget for the period. Also confirm whether the price changes when you combine payment methods, since a discount for paying entirely by Pix can have its own conditions.

You can also ask the seller for more time to pay or separate the urgent part of the work from a stage that can wait. Compare what you will receive now, the total price, and the date of each payment. If waiting would result in a penalty or a service interruption, include that cost in the comparison. Using a second card can get around the shortage of available credit on the first card. To see how much room you actually have in your budget, add the two statements together and check whether both due dates depend on the same income coming in.

12 

## How Installments Spread a Purchase Across Statements

Imagine another hypothetical purchase of R$ 600, offered in three installments of R$ 200 at the same total price. If the card reserves the entire purchase amount at authorization and you have only R$ 400 available, you are R$ 200 short of the required credit even though the first installment is R$ 200. If the purchase is approved and the first installment posts to the current statement, you will be billed R$ 200 in that cycle and another R$ 200 in each of the next two cycles.

Now consider a lower-priced version of the purchase that costs R$ 390 in three installments of R$ 130. Under the same assumption that the entire purchase price counts against your limit up front, it fits within the R$ 400 available and leaves R$ 10 before any other activity on the card. The total cost is R$ 210 less than the R$ 600 purchase. The new installment is R$ 70 lower on each of the three statements. This example works if the R$ 390 option meets your needs and the merchant offers that installment schedule.

Before confirming the purchase, check the total installment price, the first charge, and the installments you already have scheduled for upcoming cycles. Also check how much available credit will remain for expenses you can only pay with that card. When your available credit is restored depends on the card and on payment processing. If the purchase is canceled or returned, track how the refund and any remaining installments are handled, since a statement credit and the restoration of your available credit can show up at different stages.

13 

## Paying Your Statement Early to Free Up Available Credit

Paying part of your statement early can free up room for a purchase if the issuer recognizes the payment, restores your available credit in time, and keeps the other card terms in effect. Confirm the amount still outstanding, the payment channel, and the status shown in the app. A receipt tells you that the payment was initiated or completed through the channel you used. The credit limit screen shows whether the amount is already available to use for a new purchase.

Return to the example with R$ 350 in available credit and a current statement of R$ 1,120. Suppose you pay R$ 230 toward the statement before making the purchase. On this hypothetical card, assume the issuer applies the R$ 230 to the statement and restores the same amount to your available credit. With no other activity, you now have R$ 580 available. If the R$ 580 purchase is approved within the restored limit and posts in the same cycle, the amount left to pay is R$ 1,470, calculated as R$ 1,120 minus R$ 230 plus R$ 580. The early payment and the balance paid at the due date add up to R$ 1,700 out of your budget.

This calculation assumes you have R$ 230 available before you make the purchase. If the issuer takes time to restore your available credit, the money may already have left your bank account while the card still shows the earlier amount. An older installment or another debit about to count against the limit can also change the available amount in the meantime. Confirm the available credit displayed before returning to the checkout, and include the early payment in the budget for the period when the money actually left your account.

14 

## How to Decide When the Expense Is Urgent

Work out what has to happen now. With a home repair, you may need to stop a leak immediately and leave the finishing work until later. If you have a transport problem, you may be able to pay for a temporary ride while comparing repair costs. By narrowing the job to the urgent part, you can ask for a quote on a smaller amount of work and compare the actual consequences of waiting with the cost of putting the full purchase on the card now.

In a hypothetical example, a repair costs R$ 420 if you pay in full today or R$ 390 if you wait and pay in full later. While you wait, you would need two extra trips at R$ 25 each. Waiting would cost R$ 440 in total. In this scenario, paying for the repair in full today costs R$ 20 less. If your only way to get the repair done today is to charge R$ 420 to the card and incur an additional R$ 35 charge, the total cost is R$ 455, or R$ 15 more than waiting, before any financing of the statement balance. To plan your cash flow, check the due dates for the R$ 420 purchase and the R$ 35 charge. The choice also depends on whether the two extra trips will be enough and whether the repair can wait.

If you have savings available, check how much will be left after the expense and what those savings still need to cover. Paying in full up front may lower the price and leave more of your income available when the statement comes due, but it uses cash you may need sooner. Using the card keeps that cash available in the short term and creates a future payment obligation. In either case, look at which commitment you would be unable to cover first if another expense came up.

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## How to Check Charges, Cancellations, and Refunds

After the transaction, find the purchase in your transaction history and check the amount, the number of installments, and the billing cycle in which it posted. If you see a charge for the over-limit review or purchase, compare its description and amount with the terms the issuer gave you. Keep the sales receipt, any confirmation of the terms you received, and the support reference number if you asked for clarification. These records help you tell the difference between a change in the seller’s price and a separate card charge.

If the merchant cancels the sale, ask for a cancellation receipt and watch for the update. A pending authorization can be released without becoming a charge. A purchase that has already posted can be corrected through a statement credit, depending on how the issuer processes it. If the refund appears in a different cycle or the charge connected to the credit limit stays on your transaction history, ask the issuer to identify each entry and confirm how much you should pay by the due date while the matter is being reviewed.

If you see an unrecognized transaction, use the issuer’s official channel to confirm whether it is a pending authorization or a posted purchase. Ask about blocking the card and disputing the transaction as appropriate. A pending authorization can use available credit before it becomes part of the amount due. In consumer transactions, Article 54-G(I) of Brazil’s Consumer Protection Code allows you to deduct a disputed purchase from the statement and pay the undisputed amount while the dispute remains unresolved, provided you notify the card administrator at least ten days before the statement is due. Check whether a provisional credit has already reduced the amount due, so you deduct the charge only once. Keep the case reference and the date you notified the administrator.

16 

## What to Look For If You Keep Running Out of Available Credit

The same message at checkout can have different causes. A card can be short of available credit because installments from earlier purchases are using up the limit, even when your income can cover the current statement. In another case, you may have plenty of available credit and too little money to pay the statement. To identify the cause, track three amounts separately. Look at available credit on the card, installments by due date, and cash left after essential expenses. Record which of those three amounts fell short each time.

If accumulated installments are the issue, mark the statements on which they end and check how any new purchase would affect those same billing cycles. If essential expenses exceed income across several periods, add up the shortfall before looking for more credit. In a hypothetical example, you are R$ 180 short of what you need for one month’s bills and another R$ 180 short the next month. If you put the first month’s R$ 180 shortfall on the card and it falls due in the second month, the second month’s shortfall rises to R$ 360 before any additional charges. The extra time moved the payment to the next month while your regular expenses continued.

If your income is irregular, tracking your budget by due date can reveal tight spots that a single monthly total hides. Record what you have already received, what you can reliably expect to receive, and the commitments due before your next income arrives. If you keep running short of available credit because of the same kind of expense, see whether you can plan for it in the billing cycle when it usually comes up. That applies to maintenance, recurring household purchases, and annual expenses that come due all at once even though you know about them in advance.

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## A Decision You Can Put in Four Lines

On the first line, write down what needs to be paid now and what happens if you wait. On the second, write down the total price for each payment method, your available credit, and any confirmed charge. On the third, calculate the total of each statement affected and the money you will have available on each due date. On the fourth, record a plausible change, such as money arriving late, and calculate how much you would be short if it happened. These four lines let you use the same figures to compare going ahead with the full purchase, choosing a smaller version, and changing when you pay.

When you are missing a detail, work out whether it could change the decision. If an extra charge would use up all the money left in your budget, find out the amount before buying. If the charge could post in either of two cycles and you have enough cash to cover it on either due date, the exact processing date matters less. If the purchase only works when available credit is restored immediately, wait until the app confirms the new amount before relying on it.

Under the assumptions in the R$ 580 repair example, putting the whole purchase on the card would leave R$ 30 beyond the amount set aside. Splitting the payment would leave R$ 50, provided you could make the Pix payment on the spot. A delay in receiving R$ 300 would leave you short with either option. In that situation, the figures show what to negotiate first. Work out how much has to be paid before the money comes in and how much of the repair can be done with the cash available.

FAQ 

## Frequently asked questions.

### Does turning on the feature change the credit limit shown in the app?

The setting may allow the issuer to review purchases above your available credit while keeping the displayed regular credit limit the same. The effect depends on the card. Read the option description and check whether the app indicates a change to the credit ceiling or a setting that affects how you can use the card. If you are unsure, ask the issuer how it affects that card and which transactions can be reviewed.

### Does only the amount above my available credit go on the statement?

A purchase charged entirely to the card goes on the statement at its full value. In a hypothetical example, if you make a R$ 580 purchase when you have R$ 350 available and it is confirmed as a single charge, the statement entry is R$ 580. The R$ 230 is the amount by which the purchase exceeded your available credit at the time. If the merchant lets you pay in installments, check how the installments are spread across statements and how the authorization affects your available credit.

### Does paying my statement in full avoid all costs associated with the emergency credit limit?

Paying the full statement by the due date avoids financing that cycle’s balance. A specific charge that applies to the purchase may still be included in the statement, and the merchant may have offered different prices for card and Pix payments. Compare the sale price, any separate statement entries, and the statement total to see where each cost came from.

### Does a declined purchase mean I need to ask for a higher limit?

Check the reason given by the issuer before making changes to your credit limit. A setting for online purchases, a block on the card, or a processing failure can also prevent authorization. If the issue is a shortage of available credit, the breakdown can show whether an installment, a supplementary card, or a pending authorization is using it. The right response depends on what is taking up the limit and how much time you have to pay for the purchase.

### Does an over-limit purchase affect my credit score?

A single authorization gives you too little information to predict whether your credit score will move up or down or by how much. Scoring models and the information they consider vary, and the card issuer may use its own criteria when making decisions about your card. To track the financial effects you can measure, check how much your statement increased, how much of your income is committed, and whether your payments are up to date.

### Can I decline the option or turn it off after using it?

After using the feature, ask the issuer whether you can disable the assessment and when the change takes effect for future purchases. For an authorized purchase, track the statement and request cancellation from the merchant when applicable. Report an unrecognized or otherwise disputed charge to the card administrator. Disabling the feature does not itself cancel an earlier transaction.

### Can I count on the extra credit to pay a boleto or make a Pix payment on credit?

Paying a boleto or making a Pix payment on credit can come with its own authorization, pricing, and eligibility rules. Check the specific payment option and confirm how much the recipient will receive, how much will go on your statement, when payment will be due, and what happens if the transaction fails. If a bill is about to come due, compare the total cost with the cost of negotiating more time directly with the person or business you need to pay.

## References and context

Institutional reference points for checking applicable rules and guidance. Calculations and scenarios are original examples, not quotes, historical results or individualized recommendations.
- [Código de Defesa do Consumidor, arts. 52, 54-B e 54-G ↗](https://www2.camara.leg.br/legin/fed/lei/1990/lei-8078-11-setembro-1990-365086-normaatualizada-pl.html)
- [Banco Central — Cartão de crédito ↗](https://www.bcb.gov.br/meubc/faqs/s/cartao)
- [Banco Central — Resolução CMN 4.549, versão consolidada ↗](https://normativos.bcb.gov.br/Lists/Normativos/Attachments/50330/Res_4549_v2_L.pdf)
- [Banco Central — Resolução CMN 4.881 ↗](https://www.bcb.gov.br/content/estabilidadefinanceira/especialnor/Resolu%C3%A7%C3%A3o4881.pdf)
- [Banco Central — Resolução CMN 3.919 ↗](https://normativos.bcb.gov.br/Lists/Normativos/Attachments/49514/Res_3919_v7_P.pdf)
- [Lei 13.455 — Preços por meio e prazo de pagamento ↗](https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2015-2018/2017/lei/l13455.htm)

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