Interest income increases tax refunds for pensioners
Taxpayers with lower incomes, including pensioners, may be eligible to recover tax withheld at source on interest income.

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Taxpayers with lower incomes, including pensioners, may be eligible to recover tax withheld at source on interest income.

The Minister of Finance admitted today that the Government may lower income tax by a greater margin than provided for in the AD's electoral programme, but did not guarantee that an extraordinary supplement will be paid to pensioners again this year.
Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento acknowledges that it will be 'harder to implement' further IRS tax cuts and a new bonus for pensioners between 100 and 200 euros in 2026. He stated, 'We have always been very transparent that 2026 would be the most demanding budget year of the legislative term, and we have always said that...'

The Lawyers and Solicitors' Pension Fund (CPAS) announced it will award a new extraordinary grant to pensioners later this year, as part of a broader package of social support measures. In his inauguration speech, Victor Alves Coelho, re-elected in November as president of the CPAS Board, emphasised the ambition of ...
