Technical Specification of construction of property (Ficha Técnica da Habitação ou B.I. da Propriedade) its a document issued by the Engineer, indicating all materials used on the construction of properties with Utility licence dated after March 25th of 2004 as per the law no. 68/2004. This document is also request to all properties which have undertaken any alteration/extension and a new utility licence dated after March 25th 2004 has been issued replacing the old utility licence ..This document will become mandatory not only for properties, as now happens, but also for non-residential buildings, such as; shops or offices, among others.

Exemption will remain for those who already have it but new applicants will have a minimum tax. The government is now looking to make slight changes to these benefits. The idea is to keep the benefits for those that already have it and there will be reductions on new applications.

Approved in Parliament on the 17th July 2018, the new law of Local (AL) may start to create problems for economic operators of real estate in the coming months. The measure only enters into force after 60 days of its publication in Gazette, but this should happen over the next few weeks. Learn more.

Portuguese Government publishes legislation setting out measures protecting UK nationals in Portugal if the UK leaves the EU without an agreed deal. On 27 March 2019 the Portuguese Government published legislation that sets out measures to apply if the UK leaves the EU without an agreed deal.

It is now possible to pay your Portuguese taxes, IMI (property council tax), car taxes etc. from abroad and you don’t need a Portuguese bank account to do it. If you are abroad or when you live in a foreign country, you have two options to pay your taxes: Direct debit or Bank transfer. Make sure you pay them in time as it is not possible to pay overdue taxes.