Bruno Botelho Antunes comments the lack of protection of taxpayers on the reforms of the corporate and personal income tax for the Jornal i newspaper 28-09-2015

RPBA’s partner Bruno Botelho Antunes stated to the Portuguese newspaper Jornal I that he considers the automatic tax enforcement computer program, although generating plenty of benefits to the State, namely by enabling it to react quickly to payments and defaults, is sometimes blind. Bruno Botelho Antunes also considers that the tax enforcement procedural deadlines are excessively short, potentially generating injustices to the taxpayers.

To read the statement click here.

Pedro Ribeiro de Sousa made two presentations at the international conference “The Relationship between Taxation and Bilateral Investment Agreements” 13-07-2015

Pedro Ribeiro de Sousa made two presentations at the international conference “The Relationship between Taxation and Bilateral Investment Agreements” on the subjects “Portuguese exit tax rules” and “Taxation as expropriation under Portuguese Constitutional Law”.

The conference took place between the 2nd and the 4th of July 2015 in Rust, Austria, and brought together international investment protection arbitration specialists and international tax law specialists.

This conference was coordinated by the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (WU) and its Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law in cooperation with the Doctoral Program for International Business Taxation and the WU Global Tax Policy Center.

Pedro Ribeiro de Sousa and Tiago Duarte (partner at the Portuguese law firm PLMJ) were the authors of the Portuguese national report submitted to this conference.  

To view the presentations please click on “Portuguese exit tax rules” and “Taxation as expropriation under Portuguese Constitutional Law”.

RPBA chosen as “Boutique Tax Law Firm of the Year in Portugal” by GlobalLawExperts 30-06-2015

RPBA was chosen as the Industry Choice winner of the 2015 “Boutique Tax Law Firm of the Year in Portugal” by GlobalLawExperts.

Ricardo da Palma Borges will participate in a Conference on “Tax treatment of emigrants from the Netherlands to Portugal and Spain” 09-06-2015

Ricardo da Palma Borges was invited by Nolot Institute to speak on the Portuguese income tax regime, namely concerning the non-habitual tax residents, at the Conference "Tax treatment of emigrants from the Netherlands to Portugal and Spain. A Sunny Welcome in Portugal and Spain." that will take place in Amsterdam, on 2 July 2015. For more information please click here.

RPBA and Ricardo da Palma Borges praised by the Chambers Europe 2015 directory 05-05-2015

In the 2015 edition of the Chambers & Partners - Europe directory, in the "Tax" practice area, RPBA as a firm ranks in Band 3 and our partner Ricardo da Palma Borges has reached a position in  Band 1. Both rankings may be found here (see under "Firms" and "Lawyers").

In the 2014 and 2013 editions, RPBA and Ricardo da Palma Borges had achieved the same positions. In the 2011 and 2012 edition, in the "Tax" practice area, RPBA as a firm had ranked in Band 4 and our partner Ricardo da Palma Borges had reached a position in  Band 2.