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First mandatory submission of the Stamp Tax Monthly Return in February 2021
We remind that, after the successive postponements of the implementation of this measure approved by the 2018 State Budget Law (Law no. 114/2017, of 29 December), the Monthly Stamp Tax Return (so-called "DMIS") will have to be mandatory…
COVID-19: Portuguese inventory communication postponed to 28 February 2021
The obligation to communicate inventories to the Portuguese Tax Authority was postponed from 31 January to 28 February 2021 by Dispatch no. 25/2021-XXII, of 28 January.
E-Privacy Regulation: Council of the European Union reaches a compromise agreement on the text that will succeed the E-privacy Directive
The Council of the European Union announced yesterday in a press release that Member States have agreed at negotiating a mandate for the revision of the rules on the protection of privacy and confidentiality in the use of electronic communications…
COVID-19: Return of the regime for the suspension of procedural periods and proceedings in Portugal
As a result of the exceptional worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic currently in Portugal, the Portuguese Parliament, at the proposal of the Government, approved Law No 4-B/2021, dated February 1, determining a set of exceptional, temporary and…
COVID-19: Changes to the rules on Portuguese advertising commercial practices with price reductions during the State of Emergency
Following Decree No. 3-A/2021 of 14 January which regulates the state of emergency decreed by the Portuguese President and in order to respond to the movement of people that was observed during the first days of the new confinement, the…
New measures within the State of Emergency and amendments to the support granted to companies in Portugal
As advanced by the Portuguese Government and in order to face the new demands of a general confinement, several legal diplomas were approved and published which resulted in (i) changes to supports already in force, and (ii) the introduction of new…
Minimum monthly wage increases to € 665 from January 1, 2021, onwards
It was published in the official gazette the Decree-Law no. 109-A/2020, of 31 December, ruling the increase of the minimum monthly wage to € 665,00, with effects from January 1, 2021, onwards.
Portugal: QR Code and IES with previous SAF-T filling postponed to 2022
The State Budget Law for 2021 (Law 75-B/2020, of 31 December) just published confirms the already announced:
Brexit: UK residents may appoint tax representative until June 2021 with no penalties
Following the United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union and the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, it was approved, by Dispatch no. 514/2020.XXI, a transitional regime applicable to UK residents for the mandatory…
DAC 6 – Form approved (Model 58)
The form (Model 58) to comply with the report obligation to the Portuguese Tax Authority (AT) of the so-called "arrangements" was finally approved by Ministerial Order no. 304/2020, of 29 December.
COVID-19: New VAT instalment payment scheme for the first half of 2021 in Portugal
The Portuguese Government approved, through Decree-Law 103-A/2020, of 15 December, a new regime for the payment of VAT, in three or six instalments, to be implemented during the first half of 2021.
Maintained the average construction value per square meter for 2021
Ministerial Order no. 289/2020, of 17 December, was officially published, which sets in EUR 492,00 the average value of construction per square meter, for the purposes of article 39 of the Municipal Property Tax Code, to enter into force in 2021.