The single and universal care allowance that Italy introduced in 2022 is against European rules, as only “those who have resided for at least 2 years” can benefit from our country. Therefore, it “qualifies as discriminatory” against EU citizens. This is what the European Commission writes when announcing the progress of the infringement procedure against […]
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Government gives check up to 600 euros to compensate for a lower surcharge
Children and young people up to the age of 17 who do not receive a total annual amount of 600 euros or 50 euros per month through child benefit and withholding from the collection in the Tax Authorities will receive an allowance from the Tax Authorities (AT), which will write a check for the difference. […]
Almost half of the unemployed receive no subsidies
Four in ten unemployed in mainland Portugal do not have access to a single social security support in this way, according to the accounts made by DN/Dinheiro Vivo based on July data from the Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP) and from Social Safety. Despite the historic drop in unemployment to 277,466 people, the […]
Debt collected by Social Security, but attachments reach maximum
According to the activity report of the Institute for the Financial Management of Social Security (IGFSS), published on August 5, forced collection of social security debt fell to EUR 434.2 million in 2021, the lowest value in the past 10 years. However, the number of herds reached the highest level since 2011: 641,948. For the […]
State spent more than ten billion on pensions
State spending on old-age pensions from Social Security and Caixa Geral de Aposentações increased by €221 million to more than €10 billion in the first half of the year, up 2.2% year on year, according to the June budget summary of the performance. This aggravation reflects, “essentially, the costs associated with the automatic regular update” […]
Municipalities of Lisbon, Porto, Sintra and Gaia lead in unemployment
Lisbon, Porto, Sintra and Vila Nova de Gaia are the municipalities in mainland Portugal with the highest number of unemployed. According to the most recent statistics from the Institute of Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP) for June, the four municipalities, in the districts of Lisbon and Porto, concentrate 48,450 of those registered in employment offices, […]
Taxing profits to help pay pensions is a scenario being studied
Taxing corporate profits, increasing social security contributions or encouraging taxpayers to save are among the various solutions that will be analyzed by the new Commission on the Sustainability of Social Security to help pay pensions in the future, he told Dinheiro Vivo, the coordinator of that entity, Mariana Trigo Pereira. The conclusions will be delivered […]
Social security with a positive balance of 2043.3 million euros in May
Social Security ended the month of May with a positive balance of 2,043.3 million euros, representing a 6.9% year-on-year increase in effective income and a 7% decrease in effective expenditure, the authority said on Thursday. familiar. In a statement, the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security said that “social security was closed in May […]