President Enacts Key Decrees: IRS Cuts, Reduced Electricity VAT, Toll Elimination to Boost Economic Stability

July 24, 2024
President Enacts Key Decrees: IRS Cuts, Reduced Electricity VAT, Toll Elimination to Boost Economic Stability
  • President promulgated seven parliamentary decrees related to IRS, including rate reductions, electricity VAT, and toll elimination, marking a crucial moment in the legislative term to balance conflicting legitimacies in Portuguese politics.

  • President faces a significant decision amidst a legitimacy conflict between the government's approved program and minority representation of government-supporting parties in opposition to other parliamentary groups.

  • Promulgation of decrees expected to facilitate the discussion and approval of the Budget for the following year to enhance the country's financial, economic, and political stability.

  • Government to assess the impact on the upcoming year's budget due to approved measures, aiming to ensure budgetary coverage for their execution.

  • Decrees will impact state revenues and require coverage in the 2025 State Budget for execution.

  • IRS reduction implementation may occur through immediate changes in tax withholding tables or adjustments in 2025.

  • IRS reduction effects to be felt by families from August through alterations in tax withholding tables.

  • Montenegro highlights financial consequences of decrees like IRS reduction, lower electricity VAT, and toll elimination, diverging from the government's agenda.

  • Updates to IRS deductions proposed by BE approved, increasing deductible amounts and minimum subsistence levels, effective upon publication.

  • Opposition approves end of toll fees on interior and Algarve highways, cost-free for users.

  • President to announce decisions on seven diplomas, including IRS, toll elimination on SCUT highways, revocation of extraordinary contribution on local lodging properties, and reduced VAT on increased electricity consumption.

  • Decrees authorize an extraordinary contribution on local lodging properties and impact state revenues with varying effective dates, such as January 2025 for some.

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