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Hiring a Domestic Worker (Empregado/a Doméstico/a) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Decreto-Lei 235/92 Contract Regime, the Segurança Social Doméstico Code, the IRS Categoria A Reporting Path and the Multiple-Employer Acumulação Mechanics

Hiring a Domestic Worker (Empregado/a Doméstico/a) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Decreto-Lei 235/92 Contract Regime, the Segurança Social Doméstico Code, the IRS Categoria A Reporting Path and the Multiple-Employer Acumulação Mechanics

A practical guide to hiring a domestic worker in Portugal in 2026 — the Decreto-Lei 235/92 contract regime, the Segurança Social doméstico code, the IRS Categoria A reporting path, the multiple-employer acumulação mechanics and the IAS-indexed base reference values.
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Building a PPR (Plano Poupança Reforma) Portfolio in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 20% IRS Tax Credit, the €400/€350/€300 Age-Banded Caps, the 5- and 8-Year Lock-In and the Categoria H Withdrawal Mechanics

Building a PPR (Plano Poupança Reforma) Portfolio in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 20% IRS Tax Credit, the €400/€350/€300 Age-Banded Caps, the 5- and 8-Year Lock-In and the Categoria H Withdrawal Mechanics

A practical guide to Portugal's PPR (Plano Poupança Reforma) — the 20% IRS tax credit, the €400/€350/€300 age-banded caps, the 5- and 8-year lock-in, the 8% withdrawal tax, the Categoria H Modelo 3 reporting flow and how the PPR stacks against the state pension and IFICI.
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Government's Terra+ Estratégia Mobilises €2.3 Billion to Steady Portugal's Resíduos Crisis Through 2030 — €1.6 Billion Public Investment Targets 13 Aterros Near Capacity as the 10% EU Landfill Cap by 2035 Frames the Recycling Trajectory

Government's Terra+ Estratégia Mobilises €2.3 Billion to Steady Portugal's Resíduos Crisis Through 2030 — €1.6 Billion Public Investment Targets 13 Aterros Near Capacity as the 10% EU Landfill Cap by 2035 Frames the Recycling Trajectory

Sunday's edition of Público maps the full mechanics of the Terra+ Estratégia approved by the Conselho de Ministros at the end of April: a €2.3 billion mobilisation through 2030 designed to steady a Portuguese urban-waste system that still routes...
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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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