The Secretary of State for Fiscal Affairs, Cláudia Reis Duarte, admitted on Tuesday in Lisbon that the reduction in VAT to 6% on the construction of housing for sale or The post 6% VAT on housing limited by EU’s legal framework appeared first on Portugal Resident.
6% VAT on housing limited by EU’s legal framework
Friday, 27 March 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
VAT is Value Added Tax (Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado), a consumption tax charged at each stage of production and sale; the standard mainland rate in Portugal is 23%. Parliamentary proposals to cut VAT on bottled gas from 23% to 6% would directly reduce consumer prices if approved.
