Portimão’s reviled new tax: Did the Mayor tell the truth?
Socialist Mayor Isilda Gomes is accused of having bent the truth to justify charging Portimão residents the maximum in IMI (rates) tax and introducing a reviled new “civil protection levy”
Portimão rates anguish hits the headlines
As new statistics show that feelings of well-being are dropping in Portugal – while poverty has now hit 123 million Europeans – news that a Portimão resident has gone public
IVA: Hoteliers snap at government’s heels
Relentlessly pushing the government to reduce “crippling” IVA (VAT) rates for the restaurant sector, hoteliers and restaurateurs are once again appealing for sense in the long-running controversy. As they say
Madeira threatens to tax hotels that close for winter
Madeira is to discuss a plan to penalise hotels that lay-off hundreds of workers every winter. The plan – aimed for its holiday island of Porto Santo – involves creating
Ratepayers protest in Portimão against new ‘tax’
Outrage || At least 500 angry ratepayers showed up in force at Portimão town hall on Tuesday to protest against the council’s introduction of a new ‘tax’, purportedly raised to
Could Portugal be a tax haven for you?
Are you planning to move to Portugal, or thinking about it? Have you been resident here at any time in the last five years? If you answered ‘yes’ to the
IVA: New push to ‘save restaurant sector’
Petition || Hoteliers and restaurateurs met in Pombal this week to draw up the latest round of battle-plans in a bid to save their sector from its lingering death. As
Tax drop on construction in Olhão
Taxes charged on construction work in Olhão will be reduced by an average of 20% starting on Monday (September 22). The proposal was approved unanimously by the local council last
50,000 passenger fines "on hold" as taxman struggles with new system
Portugal’s public transportation companies have registered nearly 50,000 fines this year that they cannot charge until the tax authority ‘Autoridade Tributária’ (AT) implements a new charging system that it has
Taxes pegged for year, but Portuguese Government “ready for IVA hike in October”
More confusion has been unleashed in the Portuguese press this morning as it is variously reported that Prime Minister Passos Coelho has “guaranteed” that taxes will not rise any further