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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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Finance Ministry Scraps the 40% Automatic Cativação on Office Supplies in the Tuesday 26 May Diário da República Decree — Centralised Reserve Channels the Freed Spend to Salaries, Social Security and Overdue-Payment Clearance

Finance Ministry Scraps the 40% Automatic Cativação on Office Supplies in the Tuesday 26 May Diário da República Decree — Centralised Reserve Channels the Freed Spend to Salaries, Social Security and Overdue-Payment Clearance

The Portuguese Finance Ministry has dropped the system of cativações automáticas — the blanket spending freezes that automatically blocked execution above pre-set ceilings inside public administration — and replaced it with a centralised budgetary...
The Portugal Brief
Portugal Joins the 16-Member Amigos da Coesão Letter Pressing Brussels for a Slower Next Generation EU Repayment and Fresh Joint Debt Issuance — Coalition Defends the N+3 Rule, 85% CEF Co-Financing and GNI-Rebate Elimination

Portugal Joins the 16-Member Amigos da Coesão Letter Pressing Brussels for a Slower Next Generation EU Repayment and Fresh Joint Debt Issuance — Coalition Defends the N+3 Rule, 85% CEF Co-Financing and GNI-Rebate Elimination

Portugal has signed a joint letter with 15 other European Union member states — the Amigos da Coesão coalition — pressing the European Commission for a slower repayment schedule on the Next Generation EU borrowing programme and for a new round of...
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Seguro Signs the Subsídio Social de Mobilidade Reform on Tuesday 26 May But Warns That Removing the Eligible-Fare Ceiling Demands Careful Regulation — Açores and Madeira Drop Contributory Status and Receipt-Submission From the Parliamentary Amendments

Seguro Signs the Subsídio Social de Mobilidade Reform on Tuesday 26 May But Warns That Removing the Eligible-Fare Ceiling Demands Careful Regulation — Açores and Madeira Drop Contributory Status and Receipt-Submission From the Parliamentary Amendments

President António José Seguro promulgated on Tuesday 26 May 2026 the Assembleia da República decree that overhauls Portugal's Subsídio Social de Mobilidade (SSM) — the airfare subsidy scheme that underwrites travel between the mainland and the...
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