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The Ministry of Finance has its origins on the Comptrollerships of the Exchequer (vedorias da Fazenda) created in the 14th century to run the State's financial affairs. After 1584, the comptrollerships are replaced by the Council of the Court of the Exchequer (Conselho do Tribunal da Fazenda). In 1761, the Royal Treasury (Erário Régio) is ...
In 2012 the Portuguese debt, at 129% of the GDP, was the second highest in relative terms in the European Union only after Greece. [3] By the first semester of 2013, the Portuguese national debt increased to a record-high of 130% of the GDP, around 214.5 billion Euros or 293 billion US dollars. [4] In June 2014, the public debt reached 134% of ...
Alexandra Sarmento. Alma mater. University of Lisbon. Occupation. Economist. politician. Joaquim José Miranda Sarmento (born 7 August 1978) is a Portuguese university professor, economist and politician. He has been Minister of Finance since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro. [1]
Mário José Gomes de Freitas Centeno (born 9 December 1966) is a Portuguese economist, university professor, and politician. From 2015 to 2020, he was Minister of Finance of Portugal in the government cabinet of Prime Minister António Costa of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS). He was the president of the Eurogroup and chairman of the board ...
Socialist Party (1973–1978) Independent (1978–2017) Children. 1 daughter. Alma mater. University of Lisbon. Profession. Jurist, financier, lawyer. Henrique Medina Carreira (14 December 1930 – 3 July 2017) [1] was a Portuguese jurist and financial expert who served as Minister of Finance from 1976 to 1978.
Taxes in Portugal are levied by both the national and regional governments of Portugal. Tax revenue in Portugal stood at 34.9% of GDP in 2018. [ 1 ] The most important revenue sources include the income tax , social security contributions, corporate tax and the value added tax , which are all applied at the national level.
Portugal's central bank is the Banco de Portugal, which is an integral part of the European System of Central Banks. The largest Portuguese banks are Banco Comercial Português and the state-owned Caixa Geral de Depósitos. [139] Portuguese banks hold strategic stakes in other sectors of the economy, including the insurance sector.
The Portuguese Tax Code foresees aggravated withholding tax, 35% tax rate, on capital income (interests and dividends) deriving from black listed jurisdictions and an aggravated municipal property tax of 7% on property owned by entities located in said jurisdiction. Portugal's "blacklist" is defined by decree issued by the Minister of Finance ...