Ricardo da Palma Borges and Gustavo Lopes Courinha were appointed tax arbitrators 01-07-2011

Ricardo da Palma Borges, RPBA's partner, and Gustavo Lopes Courinha, RPBA's senior associate, were appointed tax arbitrators by the Administrative Arbitration Centre (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa). The list may be viewed here.

Ricardo da Palma Borges lectures "Introduction to the Portuguese Corporate Income Tax" at the Second Training Course for the Administrative and Tax Courts 03|07-04-2011

Ricardo da Palma Borges will be lecturing in 2011 the "Introduction to the Portuguese Corporate Income Tax", included in the First Cycle of Theoretical and Pratical Training for Trainee Judges, in the area of Substantive and Procedural Tax Law of the Professional Component Program of the Centre for Judicial Studies - Second Training Course for the Administrative and Tax Courts. To see the presentations used during the training click here and here.

Bruno Botelho Antunes, in a statement to Jornal de Negócios defends the illegality of the State charging interest for late payment  04-03-2011

In a statement to Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Negócios in regard of a court decision confirming the illegality of the State charging of interest for late payment in the period between 29 April and 31 December 2010, Bruno Botelho Antunes declared that, in the absence of a timely publication of the applicable rate by the Public Credit and Treasuty Management Institute, the Portuguese Tax Authorities may not claim such interest from the taxpayers.To read the article click here.

Expresso publishes an article by Ricardo da Palma Borges on the thirteenth and last scheme that the Portuguese Tax Administration considered abusive 30-12-2010

In an article entitled “Donations: what are you needed for?”, Ricardo da Palma Borges analises the thirteenth and last scheme that the Portuguese Tax Administration [Direcção-Geral das Contribuições e Impostos (DGCI)] considered abusive: the donation of real estate by the shareholders — physical persons — to a private limited company that was already using it. To read the article click here.

Ricardo da Palma Borges delivers a lecture at the 1st IDEFF/ALMEDINA Tax Conference - "Tax Law in Times of Crisis" 26-11-2010

Ricardo da Palma Borges was invited by the Institute of Economic, Fiscal and Tax Law of the Lisbon University Faculty of Law to give a lecture on the 1st IDEFF/Almedina Tax Conference - "Tax Law in Times of Crisis" under the subject "Article 66.º of the Corporate Income Tax: in the Crossroads of Globalization". To view the program of the Conference click here and to view the presentation click here.

Ricardo da Palma Borges delivers a conference on "Cross-Border Business Restructuring in Portugal" 28-10-2010  

RPBA's managing Partner Ricardo da Palma Borges was invited by Ernst & Young to deliver a conference on the "Cross-Border Business Restructuring in Portugal", at the 7^th Annual Ernst & Young European Transfer Pricing Forum, that took place in Cascais, on 28 October 2010. To download the presentation click here.