The supply chain management efficacy of today s competitive environment in Brazil has been identified, in print, as a solution to guarantee profitability, and therefore continuity of companies that are increasingly seeking to integrate their respective supply chains in order to achieve some sort of competitive advantage. However, in the management models presented in print, the tax issue has been considered in a superficial way and thereby failing to fulfill an important role in identifying opportunities that can be converted into economic benefits arising from tax transactions well planned. This study aims to analyze the taxation impact on the supply chain management and, in particular, in the retail sector, through a case study of locating a distribution center, in which a real situation is presented where a company in this sector, drawing on the concepts of tax avoidance, established a distribution center in a distant region of his main consumer market and its suppliers.