Marques Mendes anticipates tax relief in … – Business Journal – Portugal

Marques Mendes anticipates tax relief in … – Business Journal – Portugal

Marques Mendes anticipates relief from tax in the State Budget for 2015

While the Government was meeting to discuss the state budget for 2015, Luis Marques Mendes anticipated in his usual comment on the SIC that the document does not include a “tax increase.”

“There is no increase in tax. might even be some slight relief. In general, is the first budget that people will improve a little. ” Not worth flagging arc. It’s not much but it will get better, “said the commentator on Saturday, October 11, the day that the Executive Council was meeting in extraordinary ministers to approve the proposed State Budget for 2015 which will be presented this Wednesday.

The announcement that the document had been approved was made 03h00 Sunday after a marathon 18 hours of negotiations.

In an official statement, with only two paragraphs and issued by

3:00 a.m., the Government announced that “the Council of Ministers approved the draft law of the State Budget for 2015″. “were also adopted Major Planning Options for 2015, after due consideration of the comments in the opinion of the Economic and Social Council” , the statement said Council of Ministers.

According to Luís Marques Mendes, the proposed State Budget included an economic growth forecast of 1.5% and the unemployment rate between 13% and 13.5 % “probably 13.2%, ie below the level expected for this year.”