Tax policy, fiscal changes, and financial planning for residents of Portugal.
President Seguro has promulgated a law making business buyers, not sellers, pay the VAT on petrol and diesel down the supply chain, with a 3 million euro guarantee for fuel traders. He notes the fuel rule needs EU authorisation before it can apply.
The public sector banked 5,064.4 million euros to September, down on 2025 mainly because the SNS paid 1,427.3 million of overdue debts. IRS and VAT drove a 6.5 percent rise in state tax revenue, and storm Kristin support has cost 607.9 million.
Portaria 471-A/2026/1 lifts the ISP discount to 10.99 cents a litre on diesel and 6.46 cents on petrol from 2 November. Forecasts still see diesel up 2 to 2.5 cents and petrol down 2.5 to 3.5. Plus: Seguro signs a law tightening control of fuel resellers.
The Council of Ministers approved the decree-law cutting IRS rates on the first six brackets by 0.3 to 0.5 points for all of 2026. It still needs the President's signature. November withholding is halved; the rest is settled in the 2027 return.
Lisbon's council has voted to redraw its urban rehabilitation area from 1 January 2027, adding districts built up since 2012. Livre calls it a blank cheque for 6,450 hectares. What ARU status can mean for owners, and what the municipal assembly still has to do.
The vets' professional order delivers a petition to parliament on Thursday asking for VAT on pet care to fall from 23 to 6 percent. Here is what owners pay now, the signature bar for a plenary debate, and the IRS deduction you can already claim.
Pending first-instance tax cases fell from 39,912 to 18,480 between 2020 and 2025, the FFMS "Portugal Fiscal" study shows. Arbitration at CAAD now takes a third of disputes and decides in 4.5 months on average. The deadlines and fees if you challenge the AT.
