Portugal

The State Budget Law for 2021 (Law 75-B/2020, of 31 December) just published confirms the already announced:

The form (Model 58) to comply with the report obligation to the Portuguese Tax Authority (AT) of the so-called "arrangements" was finally approved by Ministerial Order no. 304/2020, of 29 December.

Following the United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union and the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, it was approved, by Dispatch no. 514/2020.XXI, a transitional regime applicable to UK residents for the mandatory appointment of a tax representative.

The Portuguese Government approved, through Decree-Law 103-A/2020, of 15 December, a new regime for the payment of VAT, in three or six instalments, to be implemented during the first half of 2021.

Ministerial Order no. 289/2020, of 17 December, was officially published, which sets in EUR 492,00 the average value of construction per square meter, for the purposes of article 39 of the Municipal Property Tax Code, to enter into force in 2021.

Since 1 January 2020 new rules on EU trade have become effective, some of them immediately implemented since that date, others transposed later by Law no. 49/2020, of 24 August, but with retroactive effects.

The Decree Law 101-E/2020, of 7th December, which entered into force on 8th December 2020, one day after it was published in the Official Gazette, transposed into national law the Directive (EU) 2018/957 of The European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018, regarding posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services in the European Union.

Law nº 75/2020, published in the Official Gazette in November 27, 2020, and in force from November 28, 2020 to December 31, 2021, has established the following:

It was published in the official gazette the Ordinance no. 278/2020, of December 4, increasing the work accident pensions for 2020 in 0.7%.