A law backdated to 2009 means works in urban rehabilitation areas needed no approved operation plan to get 6 percent VAT. Builders can refund the extra 17 points by credit note, but only within four years and if the area had not lapsed.
A new ordinance sets the coefficients that raise a property's purchase price before capital gains tax is worked out on 2026 sales. A home bought in 2010 now carries 1.31, up from 1.28. Here is how the correction and the 50 percent rule work.
The PJ carried out 53 searches in Lisbon, Porto and Setúbal. Banco Carregosa and BAI Europa were among the places searched. Investigators say sham resales between shell companies unlocked an IMT exemption meant for property traders.
A ministerial order in Tuesday's Official Gazette sets the maximum rent by home size in all 308 municipalities, almost four months late. Landlords who stay under it pay no income tax on the rent.
Article 138 of the budget bill prolongs the IMI and IMT exemptions for rehabilitated buildings, in urban rehabilitation areas or over 30 years old, and the tax break for common land, to the end of 2031. What owners get, what Mais Habitação already removed, and the vote dates.
A bill approved on 8 October puts the high value-added activities behind NHR's 20 percent IRS rate into law, without widening them, for people still under the transitional rules. Its text is not yet public. What the April ruling said, and what NHR holders should know.
Parliament approved on Friday the authorisation for lower IRS rates on the first six brackets, applying to all 2026 income. The new table, what happens before November's payslips, and what is still unknown about the months already taxed.
