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The Tax and Customs Authority (Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira or AT) has evaluated 31 of the approximately 540 existing tax benefits in Portugal. Director-General Helena Borges stated that the agency is currently assessing another ten incentives to determine their ongoing effectiveness.
Following the European Commission's Savings and Investment Union initiative, the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM) has proposed introducing tax-exempt Individual Accounts after three years to encourage households to redirect a portion of their €204.2 billion in low-yielding bank deposits into financial investments.
Single and divorced parents may be eligible for specific IRS tax benefits that can increase refunds or reduce tax liabilities, provided they meet certain criteria and follow necessary filing procedures.
According to the municipal director of urban planning, Paulo Diogo, challenges regarding urban rehabilitation in the city persist, with 'a lot of degradation of the building stock'.
The Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation conducted an analysis of the Portuguese tax system, concluding that while there are approximately 800 active tax benefits, nearly 40 per cent remain unquantified.
'Grain by grain' with monthly transfers from the state for children
The decree-law amending the Statute of Tax Benefits and creating the National Patronage Platform – a system for the management, processing, and promotion of cultural patronage – was published this Monday in the Diário da República, establishing new incentives for patrons and a 130% increase. Thus, donations made will now be considered expenses...
More advantages for those who support social, cultural, and scientific projects. The new patronage regime has been promulgated and reinforces tax benefits for donors.
The government aims to reduce bureaucracy in patronage requests and shorten response times with the National Patronage Platform.
Between 2017 and 2022, the local authority granted tax benefits to companies without “objective criteria” and “with a strongly discretionary bias.”
Expenditure on tax benefits amounted to at least 21 billion euros in 2025, equivalent to 6.8% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), about 3.2 billion euros more than in 2024, when it stood at 17.817 billion euros. In just one year, the increase is around 18%, driven by...
The vote took place in general terms and will now proceed to the committee stage. The PS managed to align its vote with Chega to ensure the salary bonus is maintained and remains cumulative with the Youth IRS.
The 2025 tax expenditure totalled approximately 21 billion euros, corresponding to 6.8% of GDP. The Portuguese legal system in the tax area includes about 540 tax benefits.
CDS-PP is also bringing a draft resolution (non-binding) to this debate, recommending that the Government create a national strategy for the birth rate.
Parliament debates this Thursday, at the initiative of the CDS-PP, measures aimed at providing greater tax benefits to families with three or more children and proposing that the Government create a national strategy for birth rates. The centrist party set the agenda for this Thursday's plenary session of the Assembly of the Republic with the debate on...
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The Director-General of the Tax and Customs Authority stated that the number of tax benefits has remained stable for seven years, and that tax expenditure has hovered between 5% and 7% of GDP. Another 11 of the 540 benefits are currently being evaluated.
The tax authority has evaluated 31 of the approximately 540 tax benefits that exist in the Portuguese legal system in the tax area and is currently assessing a dozen more incentives, the Director-General of the Tax and Customs Authority (AT) said today.
The 31 tax benefits already evaluated represent 77% of tax expenditure, and the 10 currently under assessment concern benefits whose expiry date is approaching, according to Helena Borges, Director-General of the Tax and Customs Authority.
Refers to households with three or more children, often eligible for specific social benefits or tax considerations.
IRS discounts for 'brains' cannot be set by ministerial order, says Constitutional Court
The Secretary of State for Tax Affairs, Cláudia Reis Duarte, stated this Wednesday that any disagreement regarding the application of IRS tax benefits for cancer patients, based on their degree of disability, has been resolved, with the Tax Authority (AT) aligning itself with the jurisprudence of higher courts. “The principle of the most favourable assessment...”
E-Fatura has new icons to validate invoices as cultural expenses. Those who have already validated them in another category can correct the classification.
Parliament rejected the creation of a public nursery network, but approved the potential creation of tax benefits for companies that wish to create them and the opening of spots under the PARES programme.
From direct payments to tax benefits or price support, environmentally harmful subsidies have the side effect of encouraging excessive resource consumption or pollution.
The tax authority admits that a taxpayer registered as a non-habitual resident (NHR) may benefit from the Young IRS regime, provided they have never effectively used the tax advantages of that status and request its cancellation. This understanding is contained in a recent binding information from the Tax and Customs Authority (AT), published on the Finance Portal, which clarifies the matter.
Commentator Camilo Lourenço appeared on 'Manhã CM' to give tips on how to save during this time of year.
