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The OECD–Brussels Pincer Frames Portugal's 2030 Fiscal Math — 1.8% Growth, Zero Budget Balance and a 15.1%-of-GDP Pension Trajectory Land on the Same Day Brussels Asks Lisbon to Rebase the IMI Patrimonial Values

The OECD–Brussels Pincer Frames Portugal's 2030 Fiscal Math — 1.8% Growth, Zero Budget Balance and a 15.1%-of-GDP Pension Trajectory Land on the Same Day Brussels Asks Lisbon to Rebase the IMI Patrimonial Values

Three macro letters reached Lisbon on the same Wednesday: OECD trimming growth to 1.8%, Brussels projecting pension spending at 15.1% of GDP by 2045, and Brussels nudging an IMI patrimonial rebase. Read together, they cinch Portugal's fiscal corset for the rest of the decade.
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Autoridade Tributária's Informação Vinculativa Subjects CGA Work-Accident Pensions to Full IRS Under the Decreto-Lei 503/99 Carve-Out — Retroactive Public-Service Payouts From 2013 Trigger the Article 74 Splitting Option

Autoridade Tributária's Informação Vinculativa Subjects CGA Work-Accident Pensions to Full IRS Under the Decreto-Lei 503/99 Carve-Out — Retroactive Public-Service Payouts From 2013 Trigger the Article 74 Splitting Option

AT informação vinculativa confirms CGA work-accident pensions for civil servants are taxed under IRS — the Decreto-Lei 503/99 carve-out blocks the Article 12 exemption, and retroactive lump sums qualify for the Article 74 splitting option.
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Praça do Comércio in Lisbon under blue sky, framing Portugal's Q1 2026 listed-company earnings cycle.

Portugal Inc.'s Q1 2026 Earnings Cycle Splits Bank-Industrial — €1.279bn at the Big Five, Crédito Agrícola Falls 26% on Storm Kristin and TAP Trims Its Loss to €39.9 Million

Portugal's Q1 2026 earnings tape lands with a bank-industrial split — Big-Five banks clear €1.279bn against Crédito Agrícola's 26% slide on Storm Kristin claims, while Altri swings to a €7.3M loss and TAP cuts its quarterly loss to €39.9M as Americas long-haul demand kicks in.
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