Portaria 476/2025 fixes Portugal's 2027 retirement age at 66 years and 11 months — two months above 2026. The 2026 sustainability factor rises to 17.63%, life expectancy at 65 hits 20.19 years, and only very-long-career workers keep full exemption.
How foreign residents get a Portuguese social security number: the online request, the documents, the employer route, and setting up your online account.
How to register as a freelancer in Portugal: the free online steps, how income tax and VAT work, and what you pay to social security.
Portaria 225/2026 (DR, 19 May) pulls the email and postal lanes for proof-of-life submissions by emigrant pensioners from 1 May 2026. Canada joins Switzerland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, Cabo Verde and the UK; Segurança Social Direta is now the single channel.
Filipa Lima told the labour commission the Prestação Social Única will fold 13 solidarity benefits — RSI included — into a single cheque with a work-incentive taper. CSI stays out. Diploma must reach São Bento before the August PRR deadline or €500M is forfeit.
What each line on a Portuguese payslip means: base pay, meal allowance, holiday and Christmas pay, social security, income tax withholding, and net pay.
The taxes you pay in Portugal: income tax rates, special regimes, investment and rent rates, property taxes, social security, VAT, and the tax calendar.
