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TAX, CIVIL AND LABOR CLAIMS AND CONTINGENT ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
TAX, CIVIL AND LABOR CLAIMS AND CONTINGENT ASSETS |
Schedule of provisions for tax, civil and labor claims |
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
a) Tax provisions |  | 396,821 |  | 268,009
b) Labor provisions |  | 357,130 |  | 449,350
c) Civil provisions |  | 55,348 |  | 52,946
|  | 809,299 |  | 770,305
Schedule of changes in the tax, labor and civil provisions |
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Balance at the beginning of the year |  | 770,305 |  | 827,883 |  | 2,239,226
(+) Additions |  | 249,868 |  | 177,684 |  | 527,543
(+) Monetary correction |  | 70,788 |  | 85,626 |  | 77,257
(-) Reversal of contingent liabilities |  | — |  | — |  | (929,711)
(-) Reversal of monetary update of contingent liabilities |  | — |  | — |  | (369,819)
(-) Reversal of accrued amounts |  | (282,239) |  | (319,719) |  | (715,081)
(+) Foreign exchange effect on provisions in foreign currency |  | 577 |  | (1,169) |  | (201)
(-) Loss of control of subsidiary |  | — |  | — |  | (1,331)
Balance at the end of the year |  | 809,299 |  | 770,305 |  | 827,883
Schedule of judicial deposits related to tax, labor and civil lawsuits |
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
Tax |  | 1,837,967 |  | 1,963,859
Labor |  | 113,379 |  | 126,620
Civil |  | 40,369 |  | 44,935
|  | 1,991,715 |  | 2,135,414

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