Portuguese government collected €44.3 BN in taxes in 2018

  • ECO News
  • 28 January 2019

This value represents a 4.9% (€2.08 billion) increase when compared to 2017, which surpassed the expenditure growth (4.5%), mostly due to the 7.7% increase in direct taxes at the end of 2018.

Portugal collected €44.3 billion in tax in 2018, an increase of 4.9% (€2.08 billion) compared to 2017, according to the summary of the budget implementation released on Friday by the Budget General Directorate (DGO).

The 4.9% increase in tax revenue surpassed expenditure growth (4.5%), mainly because of direct taxes, which registered a year-on-year increase of 7.7% at the end of 2018.

According to the DGO, tax revenue registered an increase of €2.08 billion, totalling €44,300.2 million between January and December 2018.

Among indirect tax, corporate income tax saw a year-on-year increase in December of 10.2% (€587.5 million) totalling €6.34 billion.

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