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[1] to oversee On December 22, 1945, the General Directorate of Registries and Notaries was created within the Ministry of Justice, to oversee civil, property, commercial and automobile registration services and notary services. [2] In 1950 the Central Register of Wills (Portuguese: o Registo Central de Testamentos) was created.
Value added tax – the general VAT rate in Portugal is 23%, however, there are 3 types of VAT rates (normal, intermediate and reduced) which are different in mainland Portugal, Madeira and Azores. The VAT is levied on the purchase of almost all goods and services. [1] [2] Stamp duty – is a consumption tax. It is the oldest tax in Portugal ...
The Portuguese identity card (Portuguese: Cartão de cidadão, CC) (lit. ' Citizen card '), is an identity document issued by the Government of Portugal to its citizens. The card replaces several previous documents, including the Bilhete de Identidade (BI; Identity Card), Social Security card, National Health Service card, Taxpayer card and voter registration card, [2] in one secure card.
[1] The modern Ministry of Finance is created in 1788, then under the designation of Secretary of State for the Affairs of the Exchequer (Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios da Fazenda). In 1849, it turns into the Ministry of the Exchequer Affairs (Ministério dos Negócios da Fazenda), or simply Ministry of the Exchequer (Ministério da Fazenda ...
The name "Instituto Nacional de Estatística" and the corresponding acronym "INE" is also used as the designation of the central statistical services of several other countries of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries, like those of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.
Portugal is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe. Portugal is a developed country with a high-income advanced economy and a high living standard. [1] [2] [3] It is the 5th most peaceful country in the world, [4] maintaining a unitary semi-presidential republican form of ...
Queen Maria II of Portugal established the bank by royal charter on 19 November 1846 to act as a commercial bank and issuing bank. It came about as the result of a merger of the Banco de Lisboa, the first bank founded in Portugal, and the Companhia de Confiança Nacional, an investment company specialised in the financing of the public debt.
The National Industrial Property Institute or the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property, in Portuguese Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial, known also by its acronym INPI, is the Portuguese office which deals with the protection of trademarks, patents, utility models and industrial design. Its headquarters is in downtown Lisbon.