Monthly checklist for a food MEI to stay under the limit

Most MEI problems — exceeding the cap, getting flagged for review, forgetting the DAS — come from the same cause: leaving everything to look at year-end. Once it becomes a 15-minute monthly routine, the business stays on track by itself. Here's the checklist.

Note: guidance only; for specific cases, consult an accountant.

Every week (quick)

• Record sales (Pix, card, cash) — nothing left out.
• Separate what's the business's from what's personal.

Every month

1. Total the month's revenue and add it to the year's running total.
2. Compare with the cap: R$81,000/year (2026), ~R$6,750/month average. Are you on pace?
3. Pay the DAS (monthly form) on time.
4. Keep the month's invoices and receipts (sales and purchases).
5. Check the business account: did all the revenue come in through it?

Every 3 months

• Project the year: at the current pace, will I exceed the cap? If so, start planning the move to ME.
• Review prices and costs (did the COGS change?).

Once a year

• File the DASN-SIMEI on time (usually by May 31 — confirm the date).
• Review with your accountant whether the status still makes sense.

Why this avoids 90% of the headaches

Whoever follows the checklist isn't caught off guard: they know how much they made, don't exceed the cap unnoticed, don't miss deadlines, and declare correctly. It's the opposite of year-end despair.

How Quickap helps

The step that most stalls the checklist — "total the revenue" — becomes automatic: in Quickap, orders and payments via Mercado Pago are logged in the dashboard. You open it, see the month's and year's total, and run the rest of the checklist in minutes. Control without a spreadsheet hunting for numbers.

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