Brazil’s Audit Court Orders INSS to Correct Improper BPC Payments

Brazil's federal audit court, the TCU, has ordered the social-security institute to correct improper BPC payments within 180 days. The ruling, Acordao 451/2025-Plenario, flagged cases where the means-tested welfare benefit was drawn alongside another benefit, and estimated that about 6.3% of recipients had income above the legal limit, an improper cost near R$5 billion a year. The BPC reaches about 6.4 million low-income elderly and disabled people at a cost close to R$127.2 billion in 2025.