Portugal for taxation

<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Portugal has become one of the most popular destinations for French expatriates. <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;regime-fiscal-au-portugal&sol;">RNH status &amp;lpar;non-habitual resident&amp;rpar;<&sol;a>Retired expatriates are tax-exempt for ten years, provided they spend at least 183 days a year in Portugal and have not been a tax resident for the past five years&amp;period; A very attractive measure aimed at wealthy retirees &amp;&amp;num;8211&amp;semi;This highly attractive measure is aimed as much at wealthy retirees &amp;&amp;num;8211&amp;semi; the country has no wealth tax or inheritance tax &amp;&amp;num;8211&amp;semi; as it is at the more modest&amp;comma; who will see their purchasing power multiplied &amp;lpar;&amp;over;30 &amp;percnt; in Lisbon&amp;comma; &amp;over; 45 &amp;percnt; in the rest of the country&amp;rpar;&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Since 2013&amp;comma; 25&amp;period;000 French nationals have settled in Portugal&amp;comma; according to the French-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry &amp;lpar;CCIFP&amp;rpar; and every year&amp;comma; more are crossing the&amp;period; threshold;80&amp;percnt; of retirees, but also&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;entrepreneurs&amp;lpar;professions&amp;comma; technicians&amp;comma; architects&amp;comma; engineers&amp;comma; artists&amp;comma; health professionals&amp;comma; etc&amp;period;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; who also benefit from the status of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;faq-statut-de-rnh&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">RNH<&sol;a> and are only taxed at 20 &amp;percnt; on income generated and received in Portugal&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">In addition to its sunny climate&amp;comma; the country has many assets&amp;colon; real estate prices are very low&amp;comma; compared to those in France&amp;period; They average 2&amp;period;500 euros per square meter in Portugal&amp;comma; for good quality properties&amp;comma; a third of French standards&amp;period; They are higher in Lisbon's historic center&amp;colon; for new properties or fully renovated developments&amp;comma; prices in Baixa range from 4&amp;period;500 and 6&amp;period;000 euros per square meter&amp;comma; in Chiado, between 6&amp;period;500 and 10&amp;period;000 euros per square meter&amp;comma; and in Benfica&amp;comma; around 3&amp;period;500 euros per square meter&amp;period; Today&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;s buyers have good prospects for capital gains&amp;colon; prices in the historic centers of Lisbon and Porto are catching up after the declines of the crisis years due to the lack of credit&amp;period; <i>"Valuations were over 20 &amp;percnt; for the capital and 17 &amp;percnt; in Porto &amp;lbrack;average price &amp;colon; 1&amp;period;481 euros per square meter&amp;rsqb; last year&amp;period; The outlook for 2016 is also very positive"&amp;comma; assures Cécile Gonçalves&amp;comma; manager of the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;Maison au Portugal agency&amp;period; New homeowners can look forward to a healthy increase over the next two&amp;comma; or even three years &amp;lpar;up to 10 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; before stagnating &amp;lpar;up to 5 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; according to forecasts by&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;Athena Advisers&amp;period;<&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1"><b>Favorable rental market<&sol;b><&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">For rental investment as well&amp;comma; the market is favorable&amp;period; Currently&amp;comma; there is strong demand from newcomers&amp;comma; retired or working expatriates who wish to rent quality properties in Lisbon&amp;comma; Porto and in the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;Algarve mainly&amp;period; In Lisbon&amp;comma; Porto&amp;comma; Coimbra&amp;comma; Aveiro and other student cities&amp;comma; the rental market is also very dynamic&amp;period; Returns in Portugal are currently good&amp;period; For properties in consolidated areas and therefore risk-free&amp;comma; they vary between 3 &amp;percnt; and 6 &amp;percnt; gross&amp;comma; according to Athena Advisers&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;patrimoine&period;lesechos&period;fr&sol;impots&sol;defiscalisation&sol;021882804930-le-portugal-pour-la-fiscalite-1221712&period;php&num;inscription" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Source<&sol;a><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;