Ricardo da Palma Borges delivers a conference on "Planning of Large Companies – The Reform of the Corporate Income Tax: Prospects and Contradictions” 29-10-2013

RPBA's Managing Partner Ricardo da Palma Borges was invited by the Portuguese Catholic University to deliver a conference on "Planning of Large Companies – The Reform of the Corporate Income Tax: Prospects and Contradictions ", that took place in Lisbon, on 29 October 2013. In the mentioned University Ricardo da Palma Borges will, in December 2013 and in January 2014, lecture International Tax Law to the Master’s Degree in Tax Lax. To download the presentation click here.

RPBA has been ranked under Tier 3 in the World Tax 2014 24-10-2013

RPBA has been ranked under Tier 3 in the World Tax 2014. The ranking may be found at link. RPBA was ranked under Tier 4 in the World Tax 2011, 2012 and 2013 directories.

RPBA challenged the constitutionality of the "new" municipal surcharge in the Constitutional Court  15-04-2013 

In a statement to Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Negócios regarding the Constitucional Court decision that confirmed the constitutionality of the “new” municipal surcharge Ricardo da Palma Borges pointed to the dangerous precedent this decision represents given that, under its black letter, it allows the legislator to abolish the loss carry forward for companies.To read the statement click here.

RPBA and Ricardo da Palma Borges praised by the 2013 edition of the Legal 500 directory  01-04-2013

In the 2013 edition of the Legal 500: Europe, Middle East and Africa directory,  in the “Tax” practice area, RPBA  as a firm ranks in Band 3. The ranking may be found here (see under “EMEA” and “Tax”).

Ricardo da Palma Borges delivers a conference on "Loss carry forward and the forfeiture period for corporate income tax purposes: Article 45 (1) and (3) of the General Taxation Law" 28-02-2013

RPBA's managing Partner Ricardo da Palma Borges was invited by the Portuguese Tax Association to deliver a conference on "Loss carry forward and the forfeiture period for corporate income tax purposes: Article 45 (1) and (3) of the General Taxation Law", that took place in Lisbon, on 28 February 2013. To download the presentation click here and to watch the video of the conference click here.

Jornal de Negócios publishes an interview with Ricardo da Palma Borges on the crisis and the taxation of the real estate 5-12-2012

In the interview on the "Crisis and the taxation of the real estate", Ricardo da Palma Borges analyses the new tax on "luxury immovable property", the influence of the taxation of capital gains on the insolvency of companies in financial trouble and advantages of the implementation of a Personal Income Tax simplified regime for rents similar to the one which exists for self-employed workers or, alternatively, the broadening of the range of tax deductions. To read the statement click here.