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TAX, CIVIL AND LABOR CLAIMS AND CONTINGENT ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
TAX, CIVIL AND LABOR CLAIMS AND CONTINGENT ASSETS |
Schedule of provisions for tax, civil and labor claims |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
a) Tax provisions |  |  |  |  |
ICMS (state VAT) |  | 2,821 |  | 67,942 |
Corporate Income Tax and Social Contribution Tax |  | 39,256 |  | 37,376 |
Emergency Capacity Charge and Extraordinary Rate Adjustment |  | 9,278 |  | 8,852 |
Financing of social integration program and Social security financing |  | 163,981 |  | 1,678,778 |
Other tax provisions and Social security contributions |  | 42,285 |  | 36,823 |
b) Labor provisions |  | 517,329 |  | 358,901 |
c) Civil provisions |  | 52,933 |  | 50,554 |
|  | 827,883 |  | 2,239,226 |
Schedule of changes in the tax, labor and civil provisions |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Balance at the beginning of the year |  | 2,239,226 |  | 1,904,730 |
(+) Additions |  | 527,543 |  | 313,246 |
(+) Monetary correction |  | (419,567 | ) | 178,661 |
(-) Reversal of accrued amounts |  | (1,517,787 | ) | (144,025 | )
(+) Foreign exchange effect on provisions in foreign currency |  | (201 | ) | (3,235 | )
(-) Effect of selling of subsidiary |  | — |  | (10,151 | )
(-) Loss of control by joint venture creation (note 3.4) |  | (1,331 | ) | — |
Balance at the end of the year |  | 827,883 |  | 2,239,226 |
Schedule of judicial deposits related to tax, labor and civil lawsuits |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Tax |  | 1,883,562 |  | 1,716,996 |
Labor |  | 128,849 |  | 107,191 |
Civil |  | 38,770 |  | 37,597 |
|  | 2,051,181 |  | 1,861,784 |

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