Government scraps VAT on list of ‘essential items’ // TAP returns to profit after years of losses

Portuguese news in English on Monday, March 27, 2023.

Government scraps VAT on list of ‘essential items’

In the latest effort to tackle the cost of living crisis, the government will scrap VAT on a group of “essential items” between April and October, Público reports. The measure, which follows a similar move in Spain, is expected to cost the state about €410 million and the government says it is being deve…