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Social Security Multilateral Convention of Portuguese Language Countries Community (“CPLP”) was approved
Decree no. 24/2023, of 25 August was published, approving the Multilateral Convention on Social Security of Portuguese Language Countries Community (“CPLP”).
Social Security Convention between Portugal and East Timor
Decree no. 21/2023, 7 August was published in the official gazette. This Decree introduced the Convention on Social Security between the Portuguese Republic and the Democratic Republic of East Timor.
Portugal: Decent Work Agenda New Regulation
The Decent Work Agenda consists of a reform of labour relations that includes measures to improve working conditions and, simultaneously, facilitate the conciliation of employees' professional and family life.
Portugal: Creation and regulation of the AVANÇAR program
This program grants financial support to employers who enter open-ended employment contracts with young unemployed persons aged 35 or under.
2023 does not want to be a fiscal outlier for Portugal
The competitiveness of the tax system, its simplification, the ongoing study of policy solutions, the stability of legal rulings and their interpretation in line with the objective underlying their creation, in particular in the case of tax…
Simplification in real estate transactions in Portugal: what changes
The set of measures proposed by the Government for parliamentary approval is ambitious and bold, with a view to simplifying processes in carrying out urban development operations and executing real estate transactions. It is important to understand…
Portugal: Clarifications regarding the conventional remuneration of the share capital and postponement of the deadline to submit the CIT Modelo 22 return
Through Dispatch no. 148/2023-XXIII, of May 22, the Portuguese Government approved the extension of the deadline to submit the annual Corporate Income Tax return (Modelo 22), as well as has clarified the application of the tax incentive…
Portugal: Amendments to the Sustainable Employment Commitment measure
Ordinance no. 109/2023, of April 19 was published in the Official Gazette, introducing amendments to the Sustainable Employment Commitment measure (“Compromisso Emprego Sustentável”).
Portugal: Approved the withholding tax rates applicable in the second semester of 2023
The withholding tax rates applicable to employment income (category A) and pensions (category H), obtained by the resident taxpayers in mainland Portugal, during the second semester of 2023, were approved by Order no. 4930/2023, of 26 April.
Portugal: Amendments to withholding tax rates applicable in 2023
Had been amended the withholding tables applicable to employment income (category A) and pensions (category H), received by residents in mainland Portugal, by Order no. 4732-A/2023, of 19 April.
Portugal: Meal allowance amount increases to € 6.00
Ordinance no.107-A/2023, of April 18th was published in the Official Gazette (Diário da República), increasing, from € 5.20 to € 6.00, the meal allowance amount for civil servants.
Portugal: Temporary VAT exemption to certain food products
Law no. 17/2023, of April 14, recently approved determines the exceptional and temporary application of VAT exemption to certain food products, from 18 April to 31 October 2023, to mitigate the inflation effect.