By Maria Martinez

BERLIN (Reuters) – An agreement on Brazil’s proposal to tax the super-rich remains off the table as officials from the Group of Twenty (G20) countries meet in Rio de Janeiro this week, German finance ministry sources said on Tuesday.

Brazil, heading the presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20), is aiming to build international consensus on the taxation of wealth this year, and was pushing for a joint declaration at the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers.

There will be no concrete discussions at the meetings in Brazil on Thursday and Friday and the plans are “not even close to consensus,” a source said.

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