The meek Mr Osborne and your estate
The meek shall inherit the earth, according to the Bible. In the case of the UK tax authority, the meek Chancellor levies 40% inheritance tax on estates. If you have
Taxation of Income
Income received by a resident is broken down into different categories: A) Salaries, B) Self-Employment, E) Capital, F) Property, G) Capital Gains and H) Pensions, and is taxable in Portugal
Need help filling out your tax return?
Portugal’s association of foreign residents, afpop, is again holding tax seminars in association with euroFinesco to help those who need to meet their tax reporting obligations. The afpop tax seminars,
HMRC issues new guidance on QROPS
Once you reach retirement age you need to carefully consider all your options for your UK pension funds, and how they affect your retirement income and the transfer of any
New counterfeit-proof €10 note
A new extra-resistant €10 note will come into circulation on September 23, the European Central Bank has announced. The new note will be “easily recognisable due to the likeness to
The moving target of finance
There has been much discussion and finger pointing following the events that produced the so-called financial meltdown of 2007/08 and the problems which followed, but whatever the reasons and who
Another year over, a new one just begun
Here we are at the start of a new year, when we tend to reflect on the previous 12 months, and ahead to what the coming year may bring. It
A tale of two leavers
Residence is a curious beast. For most countries, it determines what income and gains are taxable, and where, with many countries taxing residents on their worldwide income, and often gains.
New tax information exchange agreements
The UK Crown Dependencies have signed their new agreements with the UK to automatically exchange tax information. Portugal and Spain have agreed to strengthen automatic exchange of information on tax
Time to invest is now, says ever-upbeat Portas
“The time has come to look very closely at Portugal”. The sentence came from deputy prime minister Paulo Portas, who was speaking at a conference with Vice-President of the European