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A comment on Portugal’s Economic Revival. Parent comment

Re:Portugal’s Economic Revival by bogomipz on Friday December 28, 2018 @10:09PM (#18781534)
>"Our sucess boils to a tourism increase (driven from political instability in other countries and a very laxed tax system for foreigners)"

Can you elaborate on what or how the tax system is very lax for foreigners?

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Re:Portugal’s Economic Revival by uxhack on Saturday December 29, 2018 @04:29AM (#18782824)
There are a number of tax breaks for foreigners, meaning effectively if you have not live in Portugal for 5 years you do not pay hardly any tax. This is dependent on you getting good advice.
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Re:Portugal’s Economic Revival by galfarragem on Saturday December 29, 2018 @04:49AM (#18782879)
"Dividends are Tax free from the UK for 10 years, 20% on local income. EU passport if you spend 500k on property"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18165995

As an anecdote, Madonna is nowadays living in Portugal. Media says the reasons are the Lisbon sunlight and her son wants to learn soccer.

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