Ricardo da Palma Borges expresses his opposition to of the burden of proof shifting to Diário Económico 23-02-2007

Ricardo da Palma stated to the Portuguese newspaper Diário Económico that he opposes the shifting of the burden of proof in criminal tax offences, given that existing rules already cope with such situations.

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Ricardo da Palma Borges expresses his opinion to Expresso regarding the Veiga Affair 13-01-2007

Ricardo da Palma Borges stated to Portuguese newspaper Expresso that the State has four years to uncover the debt of a taxpayer (statute of forfeiture) and eight years to collect it (statute of limitation).

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Ricardo da Palma Borges appointed as the independent member of the selection jury for Directorate-General of Taxes’ Heads of Division 4-01-2007

The Lisbon University Faculty of Law appointed Ricardo da Palma Borges as the independent member of the selection jury of the Directorate-General of Taxes for the Heads of Division of the Personal Income Tax, Corporate Income Tax, Value-Added Tax and Municipal Property Tax.

Ricardo da Palma Borges delivers a lecture on “Models of Regional Tax Regulation in Europe – Portugal (Azores and Madeira)” 14-12-2006

Ricardo da Palma Borges was invited by the Institute of Basque Studies of the University Deusto and the Association for the Promotion and Dissemination of the Economic Agreement, AD CONCORDIAM, to deliver a lecture on “Models of Regional Tax Regulation in Europe – Portugal (Azores and Madeira)” at the International Congress on Economic Agreement and Europe (Economic Agreement, Regional Tax Regulation and State Aid) which took place in Bilbao, Spain, from 12 to 14 December 2006.

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Ricardo da Palma Borges alerts that certain companies will have to keep their accounting records according to two methods in Vida Económica  13-10-2006

Ricardo da Palma Borges draws the attention, in a statement to Portuguese magazine Vida Económica, to the compliance cost deriving from this situation and to the fact that some Corporate Income Tax Code rules are not compliant with EU law.

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Ricardo da Palma Borges delivers a lecture on “The Portuguese Corporate Income Tax and Competitiveness” 16-09-2006

Ricardo da Palma Borges was invited by the Portuguese Chamber of Accountants to participate as speaker in the International Conference “Tax Competition and Competitiveness” and to deliver a lecture on “The Portuguese Corporate Income Tax and Competitiveness”, in Lisbon, Portugal, on 15 and 16 September 2006.

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