Saturday, December 31, 2016

Surcharge of IRS ends up to 1.2 million, continues to 450 thousand – the Public.en

on The 1st of January opens one more chapter in the history of the surcharge to the IRS. At the end of four years, as a temporary and extraordinary that was born by the hand of Vítor Gaspar will finally end up on the first day of 2017 for many taxpayers, but it’s still not for everyone. Disappears the 1 of January to 1.2 million households, continues to 456 thousand, only leaving to be retained a phased approach.

When they receive the salary of January, taxpayers in the second division of the IRS will no longer pay a surcharge, similar to what happens with the contributors of the first rank. The second step relates to income tax basis between 7091 and 20.261 euros a year, with no withholding tax for those who earn up to 1705 euros gross per month.

contrary To what the Government has come to predict and enlist in the law, the surcharge will continue for the taxpayers of the ranks following, but with lower rates than this year: the surcharge goes to 0,88% in the third step, to 2.75% in the fourth and to 3,21% in the fifth.



Only instead of being retained in the 12 months 2017, the abolition will be made gradually. The surcharge will only be charged on the salary, up to a certain time of the year, depending on the level of income: taxpayers of the third tier will retain it in the first six months of the year (until 30 June); who is in the fourth or in the fifth level of income will retain the surcharge in the 11 months (until 30 November). And during this period it will be equal to the retention of this year.

The technique of phasing leads the executive António Costa you can explore and defend politically that the surcharge ends in 2017. Of the 1.6 million taxpayers that currently pay, 72% are no longer payable in January, being extinct in the retention of a phased manner for the remaining 28%. This group of 456 thousand, 92 thousand will continue to do retention for 11 months.

For these taxpayers, as long as there is retention, nothing changes for this year, because despite the annual fees are lower, the amount withheld monthly is equal to that of 2016. The rate "has been reduced in the same proportion of the number of months in which the leaves to be applied to their retention in the source, that is, six months for the third level, whose retention ceases to apply from July, and a month for the last two levels, whose retention ceases to apply in December. In the case of the third tier to the income tax basis for the annual excess 20.261 euros and up 40.522 euros, will match the 6/12 twelfth of the applicable fee in 2016, that is, the surcharge reduces from 1.75% to 0,88%," notes Cristina Reis, the team fiscalistas firm-PwC.

the Simulations made for the PUBLIC for this consultant to show that there is a tax relief for taxpayers in general. The main gain comes from the end or the reduction of the surcharge; but can also be explained by the update of the ranks of the IRS by 0.8% (the expected inflation for 2016).

See the situation of a couple with two children in which each spouse receives 800 euros gross per month. In this case, these taxpayers have not already paid the surcharge this year, but should also feel a decrease very slightly with the IRS because of the update of the ranks. The net income rises 15,68 euros per year (for 21.540,76 euros), the result of a descent of the IRS 874,92 euros for 859,24.

If each member of the couple with two children receive 3000 euros gross per month, the reduction of the surcharge allows a saving of € 521 (a surcharge to pay for passes for 1022 euros per year for 500,08 euros). With this, the net income grows 61,903,50 euros for 62,467,84 euros, a difference of greater than 560 euros, mainly due to break in the surcharge.

In the case of a single person with one child and who earn per month 3000 euros gross, the surcharge on annual passes 511,05 for 250,4 eur. The descent of the IRS is 282 euros, bringing the net income to increase from 30,951,75 euros for 31.233,93 euros a year, according to the simulation of the PwC.

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Domingues says in farewell message that objectives were met – RTP

The responsible pointed out that the year 2016 is coming to an end, as his term as president of the Board of Directors and chairman of the Executive Committee of CGD, taking the opportunity to congratulate the workers of the state-owned bank by the “work performed and for the results achieved”.

And observed: “Maintaining the trust of the clients and accomplish most of the goals set in a particularly difficult period and in a framework, at a minimum, challenging, testify to your professionalism and commitment.”

Domingues thanked also “the extraordinary experience of personal and professional” who has lived as the leader of the CGD, highlighting the “extraordinary team of professionals” that accompanied him in this period.

“The plan of the capitalization of the CGD and the Strategic Plan, built by teams of CGD, presented and negotiated with the shareholder and with the european authorities, are the products visible to a program of work very intense that guided us in the past few months, with a view to creating the conditions for the sustained growth of Caixa Geral de Depósitos”, underlined.

“we Comply with the objectives, the capitalization of the company outside of the State aid, and with the deadlines defined. The final schedule of the capitalization is the result of the decision to shareholders. It was an extraordinarily rich experience, that I will not forget,” he added, still leaving wishes for a “prosperous year” 2017 for workers in the CGD.

The management team of the GBD led by António Domingues will remain in office until the future administration, coached by Paulo Macedo, receive the `green light` of the European Central Bank (ECB).

Contacted today by Lusa, the official source of Finance has confirmed that the transition will be ensured by the current team.

The complete list with the future administrators of the GBD is not yet known, but it has already been forwarded by the Government to the ECB, which has to give its approval to the proposed names, something that has not happened yet.

When Frankfurt approve the new members of the Board of Directors of CGD, who will have Rui Vilar as `chairman` (president of the Board of Directors) and Paulo Macedo as executive chairman, will be created the conditions for them to take the positions.

António Domingues presented in November his resignation to the leadership of the CGD, so that should leave the public bank at the end of this year, but acceded to the appeal of the Finance and will ensure this period of transition, which is expected to be relatively short.

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Domingues says in farewell message that objectives were met – RTP

The responsible pointed out that the year 2016 is coming to an end, as his term as president of the Board of Directors and chairman of the Executive Committee of CGD, taking the opportunity to congratulate the workers of the state-owned bank by the “work performed and for the results achieved”.

And observed: “Maintaining the trust of the clients and accomplish most of the goals set in a particularly difficult period and in a framework, at a minimum, challenging, testify to your professionalism and commitment.”

Domingues thanked also “the extraordinary experience of personal and professional” who has lived as the leader of the CGD, highlighting the “extraordinary team of professionals” that accompanied him in this period.

“The plan of the capitalization of the CGD and the Strategic Plan, built by teams of CGD, presented and negotiated with the shareholder and with the european authorities, are the products visible to a program of work very intense that guided us in the past few months, with a view to creating the conditions for the sustained growth of Caixa Geral de Depósitos”, underlined.

“we Comply with the objectives, the capitalization of the company outside of the State aid, and with the deadlines defined. The final schedule of the capitalization is the result of the decision to shareholders. It was an extraordinarily rich experience, that I will not forget,” he added, still leaving wishes for a “prosperous year” 2017 for workers in the CGD.

The management team of the GBD led by António Domingues will remain in office until the future administration, coached by Paulo Macedo, receive the `green light` of the European Central Bank (ECB).

Contacted today by Lusa, the official source of Finance has confirmed that the transition will be ensured by the current team.

The complete list with the future administrators of the GBD is not yet known, but it has already been forwarded by the Government to the ECB, which has to give its approval to the proposed names, something that has not happened yet.

When Frankfurt approve the new members of the Board of Directors of CGD, who will have Rui Vilar as `chairman` (president of the Board of Directors) and Paulo Macedo as executive chairman, will be created the conditions for them to take the positions.

António Domingues presented in November his resignation to the leadership of the CGD, so that should leave the public bank at the end of this year, but acceded to the appeal of the Finance and will ensure this period of transition, which is expected to be relatively short.

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Domingues says in farewell message that objectives were met – RTP

The responsible pointed out that the year 2016 is coming to an end, as his term as president of the Board of Directors and chairman of the Executive Committee of CGD, taking the opportunity to congratulate the workers of the state-owned bank by the “work performed and for the results achieved”.

And observed: “Maintaining the trust of the clients and accomplish most of the goals set in a particularly difficult period and in a framework, at a minimum, challenging, testify to your professionalism and commitment.”

Domingues thanked also “the extraordinary experience of personal and professional” who has lived as the leader of the CGD, highlighting the “extraordinary team of professionals” that accompanied him in this period.

“The plan of the capitalization of the CGD and the Strategic Plan, built by teams of CGD, presented and negotiated with the shareholder and with the european authorities, are the products visible to a program of work very intense that guided us in the past few months, with a view to creating the conditions for the sustained growth of Caixa Geral de Depósitos”, underlined.

“we Comply with the objectives, the capitalization of the company outside of the State aid, and with the deadlines defined. The final schedule of the capitalization is the result of the decision to shareholders. It was an extraordinarily rich experience, that I will not forget,” he added, still leaving wishes for a “prosperous year” 2017 for workers in the CGD.

The management team of the GBD led by António Domingues will remain in office until the future administration, coached by Paulo Macedo, receive the `green light` of the European Central Bank (ECB).

Contacted today by Lusa, the official source of Finance has confirmed that the transition will be ensured by the current team.

The complete list with the future administrators of the GBD is not yet known, but it has already been forwarded by the Government to the ECB, which has to give its approval to the proposed names, something that has not happened yet.

When Frankfurt approve the new members of the Board of Directors of CGD, who will have Rui Vilar as `chairman` (president of the Board of Directors) and Paulo Macedo as executive chairman, will be created the conditions for them to take the positions.

António Domingues presented in November his resignation to the leadership of the CGD, so that should leave the public bank at the end of this year, but acceded to the appeal of the Finance and will ensure this period of transition, which is expected to be relatively short.

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Friday, December 30, 2016

The return of the Simplex News Journal

The measures to combat red tape in the issuance and renewal of driving licences, which come into force already at the beginning of January are the height of the best that the Simplex has brought to the actual life of the citizens: first, there is no need to renew the driving licence just because if you have changed address (the address no longer appear in the charter itself, going to be included in the base only of the IMT, which directly accesses to the updated data from the citizen card); second, the term of validity of licences is extended from 10 to 15 years for drivers up to the age of 60 years old; third, will be able to treat the renewal of the charter for the Internet, with a discount of 10%; fourth, drivers with less than 60 years old no longer need a medical certifi cate to renew the charter; fifth, the medical certificates required for drivers with more than 60 years pass by, from April, the circular directly, by electronic means, of the services of the Ministry of Health for the IMT.

With these measures, in good time, and announced by the minister for Planning and Infrastructure, Pedro Marques, in conjunction with the minister of the Presidency and Administrative reform, Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, millions of roles and procedures useless will be purely and simply deleted, the service quality in public services will improve and the life of citizens will be a lot easier.

This offensive against the bureaucracy on the cards driving well illustrates the mode of operation and the merits of the Simplex programme, launched in late 2005 by then-minister António Costa and I have had the honor of guardianship between 2007 and 2011. The Simplex is the same as well: mobilizes the contribution and the creativity of all the ministries, services, and employees of the State to fight the bureaucracy; a structure through the programming of a vast linked set of measures scheduled, with great involvement of the importance of policies and, finally, submits the execution of these measures to a rigorous monitoring and evaluation periodic. It is this model, this is the key to success.

The return of the Simplex programme, with the 255 measures that are now the version “Simplex+ 2016″, allowed to re-launch the ambition of administrative reform, which should never have been abandoned by the governance Right. Moreover, in the case of a program widely recognized, nationally and internationally as a huge success, relaunch it reveals, above all, lucidity and good sense. But this renewed commitment to the administrative reform has a political significance far more profound, which must be recognized: to enhance the qualification of public services, the Government of the socialist is distinguished from the “primer” of neoliberal State reform, and takes a different view – and progressive – what should be the structural reforms. Honor him.

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Four changes in driving – The Ball

New year, new rules… With the passage from 2016 to 2017, four changes in the licence, including the obligation to update the document after change of address, information that disappears from the license, possibility of renewal, or request a second via through the Internet, operation stimulated with 10% discount (27 € instead of 30 €) and up to 60 years of age, renewal of 15 in 15 years and not 10 in 10.

The project ” charter on wheels' part of the Simplex programme at the Institute for Mobility and Transport (IMT) for simplification of administrative procedures and bureaucratic delays related to the document. Among the news relevant, the withdrawal of the address of a driving licence, going on to appear only on the basis of data from the IMT, updated automatically simultaneously with any changes in the Citizen Card.

in Addition, the possibility of renewal or replacement of driving licence with use of the Internet, operation stimulated with 10% discount (payment of 27 € instead of 30 €) to reduce the queues at the counters of the IMT. And the new document will be issued with the signature and the photograph are available in the database of the Citizen Card.

Also there are changes in the deadlines for the renewal of the legal qualification of the conduct… With the entry in 2017, for drivers up to the age of 60 years, updates of the document-only 15 in 15 years and not 10 in 10 years, as was the case here. For individuals with more than 60 years, the maintenance of deadlines.

Finally, from April, changes to the process in the medical certificates required for renewal of the licence, which shall be transmitted electronically by the Ministry of Health to the IMT, after the assessment made by the physician to the driver. More:
the certificate becomes necessary only to revalidate it from the age of 60.

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The management of Rail passes for the city of Lisbon – the Observer

the President of The Republic enacted, this Friday, the decree that assigns to the Chamber of Lisbon, the management of the road Rails, according to a note published on the website of the Presidency.

the President of The Republic promulgated the decree that assigns to the municipality of Lisbon, the assumption of full duties, and legal powers with regard to public service transport to the collective surface of passengers in the city of Lisbon", it reads in the note.

In the document, it is still referred to which is transferred to the local authority to "the contractual position held by the State in the Concession Contract of Public Service concluded with the Rails, and conveys the totality of the shares representative of the share capital of the Rails of the State to the municipality of Lisbon.

With this enactment is open the path for the passage of the management of the Rail for the city of Lisbon, which will take place on 01 February, according to a statement by the Ministry of the Environment announced this Friday, with the names of the new administrations of public transport enterprises of Lisbon.

The companies will have administrations distinct, with the indication of the names for the Rails been properly articulated with the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon, which will deter the company from the 1st of February," reads the statement from the Ministry of the Environment.

At the end of November, the Government and the Chamber of Lisbon signed a memorandum of the passage of the management of the road Rails for the local authority. At the time, measures were announced as the reinforcement of the 250 new buses over the next three years to the city, at an investment of 60 million euros, the hiring of 220 drivers, the creation of 21 new lines and, still, the granting of free passes to all children up to 12 years and discounts for the elderly.

The option of the Government to deliver the Rails to the municipality comes in the wake of the suspension of the proceedings for the grant released in 2011 by the Government PSD/CDS-PP, led by Pedro Passos Coelho.

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Extended the deadline to pay off debts to the Social Security – Diário de Notícias – Lisbon

Government gives ten more days to regularize the accounts

The Ministry of Labour has announced this Friday the extension of ten working days for the settlement of debts to Social Security.

In a statement, the Government informs that anyone who has joined until the 23rd of December to the Special Program of Debt Reduction (PERES) may make a payment until the next day, January 13.

according To a statement from the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, the secretary of State for Social Security has decided to extend the deadline for payment of the Single Documents Collection (DUC) for 10 business days.

“Taking into account the strong adhesion on the part of taxpayers until the 23rd of December, reflected in the number of DUC issued by the Social Security system, we opted for the extension of the payment term, giving the opportunity to the contributors to make the payments,” the statement said.

So, taxpayers that have acceded to PERES, who have a DUC issued, with payment deadline until today, may regularize their situation contributory until the 13th of January, using the same document.

according To the evaluation made by the Ministry of Labour, between November 4, the date on which they started the special program, and December 23, the deadline for accession to the PERES, joined 49.099 taxpayers, which led to the issuance and re-issuance of Single Documents Collection (DUC) of approximately 300 million euros.

Of 49.099 taxpayers who have joined the PERES, 34% opted for the payment in full of the debt, while 66% preferred the payment in installments.

According to the press release of the Ministry of Labor, until Thursday, were charged approximately 52.2 million euros.

THE PERES is a scheme for the payment of debts to Tax authorities and Social Security that provides for the waiver the total of default interest, compensatory interest and the costs of the process of tax foreclosure, if the debt is paid in full, or partial, if the payment of the debt to occur in instalments (up to 150).

This scheme applies to taxpayers that have tax debts and contributions that have not been paid within the normal time limits, that is, until the end of may 2016, in the case of the debts to the Tax authorities, and by the end of December 2015, in the case of the debts to Social Security.

however, PERES does not apply to debt-only interest, compensatory interest and/or fees nor to the extraordinary contributions of the sector (energy, banking and pharmaceutical).

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Rail passes for the Camera in Lisbon in February – the Journal News

the Ministry of The Environment reported, Friday, that the Rail passes into the possession of the city of Lisbon from a February 2017. The president of the Republic has already promulgated the law.

the President of The Republic promulgated the decree that assigns to the Chamber of Lisbon, the management of the road Rails, according to a note published on the website of the Presidency, this Friday.

“the President of The Republic promulgated the decree that assigns to the municipality of Lisbon, the assumption of full duties, and legal powers with regard to public service transport to the collective surface of passengers in the city of Lisbon”, it reads in the note.

The indication of the Ministry of the Environment arises in the context of appointments made, this Friday, for the new administrations of the transport companies Metropolitano de Lisboa, Carris, Transtejo and Soflusa, which are independent from Sunday.

On the first day of 2017, the companies will have already administrations distinct, “with the indication of the names for the Rails been properly articulated with the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon, which will deter the company from 1st February, under the terms of a diploma approved by the Council of Ministers of 22nd of December,” said a statement from the Ministry of Environment.

After the Government PSD/CDS-PP have decided to join in the only the various transport companies of Lisbon, the current socialist Government came back to separate them and assign them devolved administrations.

“This Government intends to boost the supply of public transport, by integrating a system of mobility planned, with a view to the decarbonisation of deep economy. To accomplish this goal, companies will have to see it enhanced its management capacity. The curricula of the new teams were considered adequate for the functions to be performed by the Commission of Recruitment and Selection for Public Administration”, indicates the Ministry of transport.

So, the president of the Lisbon Metro will be Vítor Manuel Domingues dos Santos, a civil engineer, whose professional career was developed primarily in the management of infrastructures and road transport.

James Farias, who was previously the president of the Lisbon Transport (which included the Metro, Carris, Transtejo and Soflusa), has now been appointed to chairman of the Rail.

In Transtejo and Soflusa, the president will be Marina Lopes Ferreira, the lawyer, who, among other roles, was previously the chairman of the Board of Directors of Administração do Porto de Lisboa and president of the HONEY.

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Retail sales accelerate in November – Jornal de Negócios – Portugal

sales in the retail trade sector accelerated in the month of November, benefitting from a boost in consumption of food products compared to last year.

According to the figures released this Friday, the 30th of December, by the National Institute of Statistics, the index of sales in retail trade grew by 4.3% in November of 2016 compared with the same month of 2015.

This jump compared to the last year already had been seen in previous months of this year, but in November was larger than in October, with 4.3% compare with 3.9% in October, points out the INE.

This increase is common across all types of retail trade, but the statistical institute points out the outstanding performance of food products, with the index rising by 4.6% compared to November of 2015 (and compared with the 3.8% of October). On food products there was also an increase of 4% yoy, the same evolution that had already been registered in October.

Now when compared in the chain, that is, in the face of October this year, the index of turnover in retail trade rose globally, a decrease of 1.3%, says the INE.

At the level of employment, the index recorded an annual variation of 2.8% in November, giving the note a slight deceleration (0.2 percentage points) in growth compared to October.

as for the index of wages advanced by 6.5% and hours worked by 1.4% in homologous terms, points out the INE.

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Index of industrial production grows 1.6% in November – Money Live

The index of industrial production registered in November an annual variation of 1.6%, driven by the grouping of Energy, according to data provided today by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

according To the INE, the grouping of Energy, with a contribution of 2.5 percentage points resulting from a variation rate of 14.8%, it was determined the positive variation of the aggregate index.

Already the negative contribution more influential had its origin in the grouping of consumer goods with a negative growth of 1.9%.

In relation to the previous month, the industrial production index registered a monthly variation at a negative 0.8% in November.

the goal of The industrial production index is to measure the variations of the volume of production at short intervals and regular, from the survey of monthly industrial production, carried out by electronic form, together with statistical units selected from the companies based in the national territory.

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Wall Street slightly lower waiting for more direction – Jornal de Negócios – Portugal

The industrial index Dow Jones ended the yield at 0.07%, to 19.819,78 points, and thus more distant from the level psychological of 20,000 points.

For its part, the Standard & Poor’s 500 fell 0.03 per cent to 2.249,26 points – after yesterday have registered the biggest drop since October.

The S&P 500 is on the way to its first annual gain since 2014, to earn the appreciation of 10,045% in 2016.

the technological Nasdaq Composite closed slightly lower, sliding 0,12% to 5.432,09 points.

the bags of The other side of the Atlantic continue to register a trading volume weak, due to the current season festivities.

In the session of this Thursday, the climbing of the securities linked to utilities (water, electricity and gas) turned out to compensate for the losses in the actions of the financial sector, which contributed to the indexes close nearly plans in the face the day before.

In high were also the listed of companies linked to real estate, while the titles of the technologies have ceded the ground.

Today the u.s. Department of Labor announced that applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell by 10,000, to 265.000, in the week ended December 24.

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Four changes in the driving licence from January News Journal

The drivers will stop, as of next week, of having to change the driving licence when they change house. It is one of four changes announced this Thursday.

The project “charter on wheels” is integrated in the Simplex programme, presented by the Institute for Mobility and Transport (IMT) on the afternoon of Thursday. One of the changes to the rules on the issuance of bonds, driving is the removal of the address from the driving licence, going on to appear only on the basis of data from the IMT. Today, the address stated in the licence.

Another change is the possibility to renew or replace your driving licence over the internet. Who is a counter of the IMT paid 30 euros; one who does so over the internet, you’ll pay 27 euros, a discount of 10%.

The third major change to the rules has to do with the deadlines. Who has up to 60 years of age, you only need to re-validate the letter of 15 in 15 years, and not ten, as now. The deadlines remain the same for those who have more than 60 years of age.

All these measures will come into force next week. In April, it will be the turn of the medical certificates, which shall be transmitted electronically by the Ministry of Health to the IMT. Thus, the evaluation is made by a physician for the driver and any restrictions that may impose will be automatically registered.

wind up the situations as reported by JN, in that the driving schools found medical certificates blank for customers to complete, without any time they were seen by a clinician. The certificate shall only be required for revalidation from the age of 60.

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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Four changes in the driving licence from January News Journal

The drivers will stop, as of next week, of having to change the driving licence when they change house. It is one of four changes announced this Thursday.

The project “charter on wheels” is integrated in the Simplex programme, presented by the Institute for Mobility and Transport (IMT) on the afternoon of Thursday. One of the changes to the rules on the issuance of bonds, driving is the removal of the address from the driving licence, going on to appear only on the basis of data from the IMT. Today, the address stated in the licence.

Another change is the possibility to renew or replace your driving licence over the internet. Who is a counter of the IMT paid 30 euros; one who does so over the internet, you’ll pay 27 euros, a discount of 10%.

The third major change to the rules has to do with the deadlines. Who has up to 60 years of age, you only need to re-validate the letter of 15 in 15 years, and not ten, as now. The deadlines remain the same for those who have more than 60 years of age.

All these measures will come into force next week. In April, it will be the turn of the medical certificates, which shall be transmitted electronically by the Ministry of Health to the IMT. Thus, the evaluation is made by a physician for the driver and any restrictions that may impose will be automatically registered.

wind up the situations as reported by JN, in that the driving schools found medical certificates blank for customers to complete, without any time they were seen by a clinician. The certificate shall only be required for revalidation from the age of 60.

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Irs notifies thousands of workers of the receipts that are not retained IRS – Public.en

Thousands of independent workers are not making the retention of tax at source although they have already exceeded the limit of ten thousand euros of annual income that allows them this exemption. The flaw, identified by the tax authorities, gave rise to notifications to a group of over seven thousand contributors, advances the Daily News on the issue this Thursday.

The withholding tax is waived for the self-employed who have earned in the previous year, income up to ten thousand euros paid by taxable persons with organized accounting.

The Daily News/Live Money, the Ministry of Finance confirmed that the Tax and Customs Authority (AT) has sent e-mail to 7167 contributors that exceeded the limit provided in the rules of the IRS "during the year of 2015 or in 2016, up to the moment analysis (September)".

"About 30% have changed their behavior in the month following, through to issuing invoices, or invoices-invoice with withholding tax, and the Tax and Customs Authority to monitor the development in the periods that follow", it clarifies the ministry led by Mário Centeno.

To the same publication, Paula Franco, consultant of the Order of Accountants Certificates, note that the e-mail of Finance are contacts alert, with which the AT seeks to promote voluntary fulfilment of tax obligations of these taxpayers, but, writes the DN – the habit has shown that cases of irregularities have given rise to the application of sanctions, when the situation endures.

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Driving licence. What changes from January – Diário de Notícias – Lisbon

Address of the driver will be removed from the face of the card and shall be used on the basis of data from the citizen card

The drivers will leave, already from January, change the licence when you change address, you going to have the one that is registered on the citizen card, has today been announced.

This is one of the measures of change to the issuance of bonds, driving, project titled by the Government “letter on wheels” and integrated in the Simplex programme, today presented at the Institute for Mobility and Transport (IMT).

According to the IMT, the information relative to the address of the driver is removed from the face of the driving licence, going on to appear only on the basis of data from the IMT, being the one that is listed in the citizen card.

in Other news, also from 02 January, goes through the renewal or replacement of driving licence through the internet, thereby allowing the driver a 10 percent discount if you carry out this procedure online and it does not move a counter of the IMT.

The renewal or replacement of driving licence has a cost of 30 euros.

The term of validity of driving licences will also increase from ten to 15 years, in the case of the conductors up to the age of 60 years, while keeping unchanged the deadline for the remaining situations.

Another of the measures, but that will only come into force in April, relates to the medical certificates, that are going to be transmitted electronically by the Ministry of Health to the IMT, enabling the automatic registration of medical testing performed on the driver, with the eventual registration of the restrictions.

The medical certificate shall be required only for the reinstatement of the 60 years and later.

To the minister for Planning and Infrastructure, Pedro Marques, this is a “radical transformation” and the new procedures will allow to reduce the waiting times for the appointments.

As an example, reported that, in 2015, there was a million attendances for renewal or replacement of driving licence and change of address.

Pedro Marques said to journalists that “all these acts are no longer necessary”, as is the case of the change of address, and others are going to be made online.

“people can now do online, all what they did in person, and several of these substances are no longer required, as is the case of address on driving licence,” he said, advancing that the new securities did not already have the address included.

According to the minister, ceases to be relevant in the cases of driving licences current that have the address included.

“the point Of view legal this address no longer has relevance”, he said.

“The great digital transformation of care occurs from 02 January, citizens will now be able to use the online services to renew the licence. At the end of the first quarter, we have available the electronic transmission of medical certificate from the Ministry of Health directly to the IMT,” he said.

On the medical certificates, the ruler ensured that the transparency will increase, passing all the information “to be recorded by computer”.

“from The time that the transmission is electronic and the paper disappears all the control and security is much greater because all of the acts and medical information to the IMT shall be registered,” he said.

Pedro Marques has highlighted the effort that the IMT has done to reduce wait times for care, as well as the deadlines for the issuance of driving licences.

according To the minister, the average times of waiting for service were reduced by about an hour for about half an hour in the posts subject to the system of management of waiting queues.

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The Lisbon-Oporto motorway with the biggest increase in tolls – Diário de Notícias – Lisbon

The Lisbon-Oporto highway will get 35 cents more expensive in 2017 for class 1, which makes the A1 the route with the largest increase of the toll, followed by the A2 Lisbon-Algarve that goes up 25 cents.

In third place, with an increase of 15 cents, it appears the A22 motorway, known as Via do Infante, in the Algarve, which passes the cost 8,7 euros.

Already the trip lisbon-Porto, Lisbon on the A1 motorway, will cost 21,60 euro and the Lisbon-Algarve on the A2 20,45 euros, with the new tariff of the highway that will enter into force from January 01, updated based on the variation of prices to the consumer.

The update covers 22% of the tolls and will be of five cents in the general rate Class 1, of ten cents in a small number of situations, and in 78% of cases there will not be any increase of price, according to announced the Ministry of Planning and Infrastructure.

The tolls of the bridge 25th of April and Vasco da Gama, in Lisbon, will have an increase that varies between 5 (class 1 in both bridges) and 15 cent (class 4, in Vasco da Gama.

So, next year, the clients with the vehicles of class 1 are going to pay 1.75 euros to cross the bridge April 25 and 2.75 euros in the Vasco da Gama bridge.

also, Brisa Concessão Rodoviária (BCR) points out that “for most of the major routes, the impact of the updates is minimal, and that the inputs of major urban centres (Lisbon and Porto) there are not increases”, as is the case of the A5 Lisbon-Cascais and to the A9 (Crel).

The consumer price index of October, excluding housing, which serves as a reference to the annual update of the tolls, was of 0.84%, this being the proposal that the concessionaires of highways have made to the Government.

The update method of the toll road includes a mechanism for rounding of rates to the multiple of five cents nearest to you. That is, if the increases are less than 2.5 cents, the toll will remain unchanged. However, if the increase is more than 2.5 cents, there is a rounding automatic for five cents.

In 2016, the upgrade in the toll rates of highways national had covered only 10% of the sections of the routes where there is a charge to users, and an upgrade of only five cents.

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Passes are cheap or free only the 1 of February – Diário de Notícias – Lisbon

Councilman centrist accused Fernando Medina of propaganda for the three days of the new year not yet being available. President of the Chamber says that he never undertook with day 1

from 1 January 2017, the Rail should pass under the jurisdiction of the Government to the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon and was to that extent that Fernando Medina announced that in the next year, in addition to other new features, there would be discounts on some passes and other free. Only that the three days of the new year these passes are not yet available, has advanced to the TSF, radio in which the councillor of CDS accused the mayor of “propaganda. However, Fernando Medina has already clarified that I never announced a date for the beginning of the discounts, what is now: 1 February.

The 21 of November, the mayor of Lisbon announced free passes for all children up to 12 years and discounts for the elderly, among other novelties for 2017 and the following years.

Today, in statements to the TSF, the councillor of the CDS in the city of Lisbon, João Gonçalves Pereira, considered that the announcement of Fernando Medina was “propaganda”, because these passes were not yet available, despite the proximity of the 1 January 2017.

“what took place, and the locals will see this as from the 1st day of January, is that there was a patranha of the part of the lord mayor of Lisbon Fernando Medina, sponsored by the prime minister António Costa,” he argued.

The president of the municipality explained, however, in statements to the same radio, they never announced a date for the beginning of the discounts, and that only if committed as this would happen at the beginning of the year.

“For technical issues the new tariffs come in force on the 1st of February,” announced now. “It was the adaptation of the system to these measures come as other measures that will come into force over the three years of the development of the operation,” he added, arguing that, in the past, “the CDS has been an active agent in the city and was complicit in the country of an attempt of destruction of public transport in the city of Lisbon”

The passage of the management of the Rail for the city of Lisbon is one of the issues that the president of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has yet to ship. According to official source of Bethlehem, the degree of the Rails “is to be analyzed with care, as all of the other”. Today it can be known the result of this analysis. The decree-law that transfers to the municipality of Lisbon, the public service of the bus company and the electrical was approved on Thursday of last week in the Council of Ministers, and only after enacted will be the consummation of that transfer, that the Government and the city of Lisbon had pointed out to 1 January 2017.

he spoke to the Lusa source of the Camera may result in a delay in the transfer of the contractual position held by the State to the municipality, due to the legal procedures that are ongoing, to the account of promulgation.

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Irs notifies the seven thousand independent not withheld IRS News Journal

Edward James

When a worker on the green receipts have an income of more than ten thousand euros, and the value is paid by companies, have to do withholding.

The irs has detected thousands of workers that pass green receipts and that they are not making withholding IRS even though they have already exceeded the limit of 10 thousand euros of income that allows them to escape this discount. A group of 7167 of these taxpayers has already been alerted to this failure by the Tax and Customs Authority, but only 30% have already regularized the situation.

The limits of exemption of withholding tax for those who pass green receipts is one of the issues that most doubt arouses among the contributors

the rules of The IRS allow an independent worker does not make withholding tax while the value of the receipts that pass the companies (or more exactly, to taxable persons with organized accounts) is less than 10 thousand euros. Beyond this plateau, ends this exemption, it being necessary to start the discount in the month immediately following.

outside of the waiver are still people in 2015 had the income paid by companies that exceed 10 thousand euros, while the services of the Tax and Customs Authority have occurred throughout this year, the existence of irregular situations with this profile.

The Ministry of Finance, in response to the Cash, he claimed to have sent e-mails to more than 7 thousand taxpayers for having exceeded the time limit provided for in the Code of the IRS “during the year of 2015 or in 2016, up to the moment analysis (September)”. The same source stresses that “about 30% have changed their behaviour in the following month, going on to issue an invoice or invoices-invoice with withholding tax, and the Tax and Customs Authority to monitor the development in the periods that follow”.

The limits of exemption of withholding tax for those who pass green receipts is one of the issues that most doubt arouses among the contributors. “It is definitely a very recurring and a problematic issue because normally arises associated with some kind of default”, you need to Live Paula Franco, consultant of the Order of Accountants Certificates.

The e-mails that the Tax Authority sent you are still alert and are intended to support and promote the voluntary compliance of tax obligations

The theme is not simple. To the ignorance of some self-employed workers about the rules, is compounded by the fact that they have to be these to tell you who pays them whether or not to overcome the 10 thousand euros, and then move to withholding. This type of control is difficult on the part of the company because these are unaware of if that person passes receipts for other companies and what is the value in question.

however, points out Paula Franco, the responsible subsidiary for the withholding tax falls on the customer of the service provider or the company that pays the income in question.

The e-mails that the Tax Authority sent you are still alert and are intended to support and promote the voluntary compliance of tax obligations. But, accentuates Paula Franco, the habit has shown that once detected these irregular situations, the irs moves forward with the sanctions – particularly when the situation is not regularized.

And, in the case of withholding tax, the delays are costly: in addition to the repayment of the money missing, there is still a fine that ranges between 15% and 50% of the value of the tax (when they are concerned taxable persons natural persons) or between 30% and 50% of the value of the tax (in the case of involved companies).

The limit of 10 thousand euros for an exemption from withholding tax only applies if who pays for the provision of services for a company or taxpayer is subject to a regime of organized accounting. But it does not have to be observed when the income is obtained from a final consumer. This is what explains that a tenant particularly a landlord who receives a year more than 10 thousand euros of income does not have to do withholding. But if the tenant is a company, this will have already have attention on this detail.

The level of 10 thousand euros for self-employed workers fit in the category B also serves to limit to be or not exempt from VAT. But in the case of this tax, the loss of the exemption occurs only in the year following that in which if you exceeded that value – and can even happen that the worker is forced to settle VAT in a year in which their incomes are lower. The income of the previous year are also the relevant indicator for green receipts fall in the level of discounts for Social Security.

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Irs notifies you by e-mail to 7,000 taxpayers by failures in the IRS – TVI24

The internal revenue service has notified more than seven thousand independent workers for failures in the IRS. Is that when a worker green receipts reaches a yield of more than 10 thousand euros is have the obligation to make the retention at source. There was already 7167 taxpayers to receive e-mail alert that did not.

The time horizon goes from the year 2015 until September 2016, the second answered the tutelage of the DN/Cash. Only 30% of already regularized the situation, “going to issue an invoice or invoices-invoice with withholding tax, and the Tax and Customs Authority to monitor the development in the periods that follow”.

The e-mail should be viewed as an alert, wanting the state to encourage the voluntary compliance to tax obligations. But this does not mean that people can get rid of penalties for the irregularity committed, especially if you don’t try to fix it after this warning.

in This case, may open the drawstrings to the bag: in addition to the repayment of the money missing, there is still a fine that ranges between 15% and 50% of the value of the tax in the case of taxable natural) or between 30% and 50% (if they are companies).

what say the rules?

The self-employed workers may not make the withholding if they pass receipts the companies did not reach 10 thousand euros. If it exceeds this bar, then, yes, the exemption ends, by which they are obliged to cash in the month immediately following.

But you have to be aware that the limit of 10 thousand euros for an exemption from withholding tax only applies if who pays for the provision of services for a company or a taxpayer subject to a regime of organized accounting. The same does not happen when the income comes from an end-consumer. That is why, for example in the case of a tenant’s particular whose landlord who receives per year more than 10 thousand euros in income, you do not have to do withholding. Already if the tenant is a company, it is necessary to be attentive to the limits.

There are many people who go green receipts that do not have knowledge of all the rules. The situation is complicated even more by having to be they to inform those who pays them for the service whether or not the overcome already the 10 billion euros of income. Now, the companies that pay it is difficult to control this situation, because they may not know if the employee in question passes or not receipts for other entities.

The process is complex. Hence, be informed and also attentive to the box of email to be important.

See also

Fake green receipts, internships and grants shall be the contract

Precarious: how and when will enter the State

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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

20% of the toll increase 5 to 10 cents – the Observer

Some tolls on motorways Portuguese will be an increase of 5 and 10 cents from January 01, getting out of this update 78% of the tolls, that will not have "any increase of price."

The Ministry of Planning and Infrastructure has indicated today that "the upgrade [from tolls] covers 22% of the rates applied and will only be eur 0.05 in the overall rates of Class 1, being of € 0.10 on a limited number of situations", adding that "in 78% of cases there will not be any increase of price."

The annual revision of the toll rates on motorways will enter into force from 01 January 2017, in accordance with the respective concession contracts, which provide for the upgrade based on the variation of the consumer price index.

The consumer price index of October, excluding housing, which serves as a reference to the annual update of the tolls, was of 0.84%, this being the proposal that the concessionaires of highways have made to the Government.

The update method of the toll road includes a mechanism for rounding of rates to the multiple of five cents nearest to you. That is, if the increases are less than 2.5 cents, the toll will remain unchanged. However, if the increase is more than 2.5 cents, there is a rounding automatic for five cents.

In 2016, the upgrade in the toll rates of highways national covered only 10% of the sections of the routes where there is a charge to users, and an upgrade of only five cents.

The tolls of the bridge 25th of April and Vasco da Gama, in Lisbon, will also be increased from January, an increase which varies between 5 and 15 cents, indicated this Wednesday the Ministry of Planning and Infrastructure.

In the case of the two bridges over the Tagus river connecting Lisbon to the south bank, the updating of the toll rates "varies between eur 0.05 (class 1 in both bridges) and € 0.15 (class 4, on the Vasco da Gama bridge)," according to the guardianship. By way of example, in the next year, the clients with the vehicles of class 1 are going to pay 1.75 euros on the 25th of April bridge and 2.75 euros in the Vasco da Gama bridge.

all in all, the update of the tolls that takes effect January 1 "it covers 22% of the applied rates" and "will be of only eur 0.05 in the overall rates of class 1, being of € 0.10 on a limited number of situations", which means that "in 78% of cases there will not be any increase of price."

The annual revision of the toll rates on motorways enters into force on 1 January 2017, in accordance with the respective concession contracts, which provide for the upgrade based on the variation of the consumer price index.

The consumer price index of October, excluding housing, which serves as a reference to the annual update of the tolls, was of 0.84%, this being the proposal that the concessionaires of highways have made to the Government.

The update method of the toll road includes a mechanism for rounding of rates to the multiple of five cents nearest to you. That is, if the increases are less than 2.5 cents, the toll will remain unchanged. However, if the increase is more than 2.5 cents, there is a rounding automatic for five cents.

In 2016, the upgrade in the toll rates of highways national covered only 10% of the sections of the routes where there is a charge to users, and an upgrade of only five cents.

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Rui Vilar will be part of the team of Paulo Macedo on the GBD – THE Ball

“Ibrahimovic is at the level of Messi” – Crerand – The former player and assistant coach of the Manchester United’s Patrick Crerand, press gave high praise to striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and claimed that the prolific Swedish is at the level of argentina’s Lionel Messi. “If you ask any person who is the best player, the answer will probably be Messi and I think he is at his level. I have to admit that I never thought that Ibrahimovic was so good, but when you see him play every week, I have to admit that is an incredible player. What I like of him is his intelligence. Later, his physical condition is unbelievable and I have only pity that he does not have 25 years,” said Crerand, speaking to the Daily Mirror. The old middle admitted that I would like to have had the opportunity to play alongside Ibrahimovic. “it Must be really a pleasure to play with someone like him, with that imagination. Must be monstrous.” The advanced accounts for 12 goals in 17 games in the Premier League.

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More than 20% of the tolls, with increases of five to ten cents – the Public.en

Some tolls on the motorway, the Portuguese will have an increase of five and ten cents from 1 January, getting out of this update 78% of the tolls, that will not have “any increase of price.”

The Ministry of Planning and Infrastructure has indicated today that “the update covers 22% of the rates applied and will only be eur 0.05 in the overall rates of Class 1, being of € 0.10 on a limited number of situations”, adding that “in 78% of cases there will not be any increase of price.”

The tolls of the bridge 25th of April and Vasco da Gama, in Lisbon, will suffer an increase between five and 15 cents. According to the ministry, the updating of toll rates “varies between eur 0.05 (class 1 in both bridges) and € 0.15 (class 4, on the ponte Vasco da Gama”.

The title of example, in the next year, the clients with the vehicles of class 1 are going to pay 1.75 euros on the 25th of April bridge and 2.75 euros in the Vasco da Gama bridge.

The annual revision of the toll rates on motorways enters into force on 1 January 2017, in accordance with the respective concession contracts, which provide for the updating based on the variation of the consumer price index.

The consumer price index of October, excluding housing, which serves as a reference to the annual update of the tolls, was of 0.84%, this being the proposal that the concessionaires of highways have made to the Government.

The update method of the toll road includes a mechanism for rounding of rates to the multiple of five cents nearest to you. That is, if the increases are less than 2.5 cents, the toll will remain unchanged. However, if the increase is more than 2.5 cents, there is a rounding automatic for five cents.

In 2016, the update on the toll rates of highways national covered only 10% of the sections of the routes where there is a charge to users, and in an update of only five cents.

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Lisbon transport are of less appeal to customers – Jornal de Negócios – Portugal

Among the 16 sectors assessed in the edition 2016 of the National Index of Customer Satisfaction (ECSI Portugal), the transport of the metropolitan area of Lisbon were the ones that presented the lowest level in relation to the expectations of the users.

According to the ECSI Portugal 2016, presented this Wednesday, December 28, by the NEW Information Management School, the transport of the metropolitan area of Lisbon have obtained a satisfaction rate of 6.17 points, with 14.3 percent of customers very satisfied.

In the antipodes was the sector of the gas in the bottle, recording the highest value, with a satisfaction rate of 8,01 points and 50,1% of customers were very satisfied.


the Following is the fuel sector, which presents an index of 7,61 points and 32.9% of customers very satisfied.


In the telecommunications sector, the subsector of the service, the mobile telephone displays a higher level of customer satisfaction. In the field of energy is the gas in the bottle that best meets the customers, while the natural gas and electricity, levels of satisfaction more low.

In the financial sector are the insurance that has a higher performance among the perceptions of the customers. And in the field of transport, considering the set of all variables in the study, the transport of the metropolitan area of Porto present values higher than those of the Lisbon transport.


however, by the fact that the public transport in the Lisbon metropolitan area show an increasing negative difference between the satisfaction index and the loyalty of the client, “showing good ability to gain the loyalty of their customers, despite lower levels of satisfaction achieved”, can be read in a statement. In the opposite scenario is if the gas in the bottle, that in spite of having a high index of satisfaction, does not have much ability to retain their customers.

In terms of complaints, the ECSI Portugal to 2016 points to pay-tv, phone service, mobile and fixed internet as the sub-sectors with the largest percentages, with a 26.4% and 24.9% for the remaining two, respectively. The sectors of the fuel and of the gas in the bottle are the sub-sectors with the proportions of claims lower, with 1.8% and 0.7%, respectively.

The study points to the sectors of electricity, transport of the metropolitan area of the Port and of the Waters as those that are an evolution accumulated over the last two years more pronounced.

In most of the sectors, the quality indexes apercebida and image are the ones that have a better performance. On the other hand, the indicators of value realized and claims are the ones that show the worst performances.

The sector of the gas in the bottle is the one that registers the highest values in the indicators of image, expectations, quality apercebida, satisfaction and complaints. The sectors of fuel, insurance (on a par with the gas in the bottle) and the banker the leading indexes of value realised, complaints and loyalty, respectively.

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Shippers complain of the lack of investment in cargo terminals – the guardian

The Shippers complain that the lack of investment in cargo terminals of the airports of Lisbon and Porto is the cause of the pile up of goods, and the diversion of business to other airports.

Paulo Paiva complaint-if of the means of existing trace

“ANA [Airports] have revealed a thorough lack of vision, refraining from any investment in the department of load”, denounced in a statement the association, referring to the fact that “the reality of the security procedures became a entropy in the movement of goods by air, the airports of Porto and Lisbon”.

In statements to Lusa, the president of the board of the Association of freight Forwarders of Portugal (Apat), Paulo Paiva, explained that the means of screening of cargo are insufficient in quantity and also in quality, since there has been no investment in this sector.

This problem can mean a diversion of business, says Paulo Paiva

“Since mid-November, the scenario is load heaped and scattered by the terminal, outside the security perimeter, whose packaging and good condition not have been properly guaranteed by the entities of the airport,” he added.

THE APAT refers to is “there are more than 30 years to hear about intentions to solve the problems of the airport infrastructure national”, referring to that which is lost “numerous business opportunities”.

Paulo Paiva warned that there are a number of companies to take their business to Spain and to other countries due to the lack of responsiveness in the two main national airports: “it is Not a threat, it’s a reality,” he said.

“The cargo terminals, a fundamental part of any airport, does not meet the necessary conditions to boost the competitiveness of Portuguese exports”, criticized.

“it Is natural that the option of the buyers are secure in the entities that are able to gather the logistics conditions that allow to place the product on the markets to respect, making it imperative to say them, under the penalty of continuing to watch the deviation in these businesses to Spain and to the countries of northern Europe,” he warned.

we contacted the ANA – Airports of Portugal which has explanations for later.

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