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A Prio filling station on a Portuguese roadside with a car at the pumps under the canopy and a price board listing diesel and petrol prices in euros

Diesel Tax Falls Another Cent on Monday, and the Prime Minister Refuses to Go Further: 'I Am Not Going to Be the Father of Austerity'

Friday's gazette order sets the extraordinary rebate at 10.88 cents a litre on diesel and 7.42 on petrol. Montenegro put the measures at 2,300 million euros this year and ruled out the deeper cut Iniciativa Liberal wants.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

A BP filling station on a street corner in Porto with cars at the pumps under the green and white canopy and a shop alongside

Two Bills to Cut VAT on Fuel and Food Reach Parliament on 24 September, and Neither Can Take Effect Before January

Article 167 of the Constitution bars the opposition from cutting state revenue in the current financial year. That is the fact underneath a fortnight of PS and Chega accusing each other.

The Portugal Brief 14 Sep 2026

Joao Paulo II Airport at Ponta Delgada in the Azores seen from a hillside, aircraft parked along the low terminal building with the runway and the Atlantic beyond.

An Azorean Student Pays at Most 89 Euros to Fly to the Mainland, and the Socialists Want the Rest of the Journey Off the Tax Bill

Francisco Cesar told the regional Socialist Youth congress in Horta on Sunday that flights should count as an education expense for IRS, and announced a regional accommodation supplement for students who study off their own island.

The Portugal Brief 13 Sep 2026

A Galp filling station in the Algarve under a clear blue sky, its yellow canopy over the pumps and a black and yellow Desconto banner strung along the forecourt edge.

Portugal Hands Back 9.76 Cents a Litre of Diesel Tax From Monday, and the Order Doing It Appeared in a Friday Night Gazette Supplement

Protesters marched on the prime minister's house in Espinho over fuel prices on Saturday. The night before, a portaria had already cut the fuel tax again, as it has done every week since 16 March, by exactly the extra VAT the higher price brings in.

The Portugal Brief 12 Sep 2026

A closed village shop in Cercal, Portugal: a red painted building with the old sign Mercearia e Fazendas, Vinhos e Tabacos, Manuel Costa on the wall and the shop doors shuttered.

Closing a Business in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the 30-Day Cessation Declaration, the Same-Day Route, the Two-Year Liquidation, and the Debts That Follow the Shareholders

Portugal makes a company easy to open and slower to close. A freelancer files one declaration within 30 days. A company has to be dissolved, liquidated and struck off, unless every member signs minutes saying there is nothing left to divide.

The Portugal Brief 11 Sep 2026

Three front doors of neighbouring Lisbon houses at Largo de Sao Cristovao, with azulejo tiling around the windows and washing hanging on a line above.

Usufruct in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Usufruto and the Nua Propriedade, the Thirty-Year Company Cap, the Twenty Years of Non-Use, and Who Pays the IMI

Portuguese law splits a property into the right to enjoy it and the right to own it, and the split reaches almost every tax. Who pays the IMI, how the CIMT age table prices each half, the stamp duty that lands when the two halves consolidate, and the twenty-year rule that ends a usufruct.

The Portugal Brief 10 Sep 2026

A shopping street in Porto with a trading clothes shop on the corner and, next to it, a vacant ground-floor unit carrying a retail letting board.

Renting a Shop or Office in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Non-Residential Lease, the Five-Year Default, the Trespasse, and the 5 Percent Stamp Duty

Commercial leases in Portugal sit in their own subsection of the Civil Code, and almost all of it can be contracted away. What the law gives you when the contract is silent, what the landlord can never take away, and the three taxes that catch people out.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

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