Methodology · v1.1

JFBCommercial Registry Filings (BR)

Filing punctuality + completeness at the Brazilian commercial registries — Junta Comercial (state-level) via the federal gov.br portal — for {legal_name}. Toda sociedade brasileira (Ltda, SA) está registrada na Junta Comercial do estado e a SA publica suas demonstrações financeiras → returning absent:not_disclosed is essentially impossible for any company actually incorporated in Brazil. The registry is PORTUGUESE-language: cite the official hostname gov.br and accept local-language filings (demonstrações financeiras). EXTRACTION RULES — MANDATORY: (1) search gov.br (Junta Comercial / REDESIM / Cadastro Nacional via gov.br) using the company's legal name OR CNPJ — the result returns registro date, situação cadastral, and (for SA) the demonstrações financeiras publication date. (2) cross-check the company's IR site (for listed companies, the CVM/B3 filings via cvm.gov.br) and reputable aggregators. (3) search the company's own "Relações com Investidores"/"Governança Corporativa" page for published accounts. Return composite_signal with sub-signals (each 0-100 + source_url): (a) filing_punctuality — how close the last demonstrações financeiras publication / arquivamento is to the statutory deadline (SA publishes entro 5 days before AGO, AGO entro 4 months of fim do exercício = 60-100; late = 30-60); (b) filing_completeness — richness of the published accounts (consolidated + individual demonstrações + notas explicativas + relatório da administração + parecer dos auditores = 90+, Ltda minimal only = 50); (c) registry_status_active — entity active/situação cadastral ativa (ativa=90, baixada/em liquidação=20). Return type="absent" reason="no_company_specific_data" ONLY if the entity is verifiably NOT incorporated in Brazil. SUB-SIGNAL OBSERVABILITY (anti-fabrication, MANDATORY): registry EXISTENCE/status is almost always verifiable, but the deposited-accounts CONTENT (filing_punctuality / filing_completeness) is frequently paywalled, fee-gated, or simply not deposited for small/private companies. If you cannot OBSERVE the actual deposit dates or document richness from a CITED source, return that sub-signal as null — do NOT estimate or guess a band from the company's size, sector or country, and do NOT treat a paywalled/undisclosed content sub-signal as "low". registry_status_active must be scored ONLY from a POSITIVE registry hit you cite (the status field visible); if you cannot locate the entity in the national registry at all (ambiguous/non-English legal name, homonym, no hit), do NOT default it to active — return it null. Not-found is NOT active. If NO sub-signal could be observed from any cited source, return type="absent" reason="no_company_specific_data" (a genuine content-absence then resolves to a clean not_applicable, never a fabricated composite). Server composite_signal_score.