The current Corporate Law in Brazil considers the VAS
to be a financial statement similar to the other statements,
based on the data extracted from the accounting records.
The Accounting Pronouncements Committee (Comitê de
Pronunciamentos Contábeis, or CPC), in Technical Pronouncement
CPC 09 (of 2008), established the framework
for preparation and disclosure of the VAS, and stated that
it is one of the elements comprising the set of a company’s
financial statements, and that the great majority of the data
for its preparation is obtained from the Profit and Loss
Account. The model presented by the CPC is very similar
to the model suggested by FIPECAFI, which was used by
many companies before it became obligatory. CPC 09 specifies
that the model to be followed for the VAS is in two
parts. The function of the first part is to show the total value
added to be distributed, which includes the net value added
produced by the entity, plus the total of value added received
by transfer, and can be represented as: