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&NewLine;<div class="wp-block-cover has-background-dim-60 has-background-dim is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow" style="background-image:url(https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/vie-au-portugal.jpg)"><p class="wp-block-cover-text">WHAT WILL INCREASE IN 2019 IN PORTUGAL </p></div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Since 1 January<sup>er</sup>A number of price rises have come into effect on items of varying importance to consumers&period; <a href="https://www.jn.pt" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="le ;jornal de notícias (opens in a new tab)">Le&nbsp&semi;</a><em><a href="https://www.jn.pt" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="le ;jornal de notícias (opens in a new tab)">Jornal de Notícias</a>&nbsp&semi;</em>reports on purchasing power in Portugal&period;</h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>Rents&comma; tolls and also public transport are among the goods and services whose prices will rise in 2019&period; But there will be a 3&comma;5&nbsp&semi;&percnt; drop in electricity on the regulated market"&comma;&nbsp&semi;</em>notes the&nbsp&semi;<strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.jn.pt/economia/interior/o-que-fica-mais-barato-e-mais-caro-em-2019-10380715.html" target="_blank">Jornal de Notícias</a>&comma;</strong>&nbsp&semi;repeating a report from the Lusa&period news agency; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The daily draws up a list of increases that will affect not only the Portuguese, but also expatriates and those wishing to settle in Portugal. Here are the main ones;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class="wp-block-list"><li><strong>Rents&colon;</strong> &more;1&comma;15&nbsp&semi;&percnt;&period; A higher increase than in previous years &lpar;1&comma;12&nbsp&semi;&percnt; in 2018&comma; 0&comma;54&nbsp&semi;&percnt; in 2017&comma; 0&comma;16&nbsp&semi;&percnt; in&nbsp&semi;2016&rpar;&period;</li><li><b>Tolls&colon;</b>&nbsp&semi;&plus;0&comma;88&nbsp&semi;&percnt;&period;</li><li><b>Public transport&colon;</b>&nbsp&semi;&plus;1&comma;14&nbsp&semi;&percnt;&period;</li><li><b>The single road tax &lpar;IUC&rpar; and the vehicle tax &lpar;ISV&rpar;&colon;</b> a priori &plus;1&comma;3&nbsp&semi;&percnt;&period; These will be updated according to the&nbsp&semi;WLTP&period; homologation, which determines the taxation of cars according to their fuel consumption and&nbsp&semi;CO<sub>2</sub>&nbsp&semi;and other fine particles&nbsp&semi;polluting&period;</li><li><b>Tobacco&colon;</b> a priori &more;10 centimes&period; This increase also stems from the 5 centime rise in the tax paid by producers&comma; provided for in this year's State budget&period; Thus&comma; a pack of cigarettes&comma; currently priced at 4&comma;90&nbsp&semi;euros should soon cost&nbsp&semi;5&nbsp&semi;euros&period;</li><li><b>Sweet drinks&colon;</b> The new prices for soft drinks will be based on their sugar content per liter&period; A can of Red Bull&comma; for example&comma; will increase by&nbsp&semi;0&comma;76&nbsp&semi;centime&period;</li><li><strong>Telecommunications&colon;</strong> operators&nbsp&semi;NOS&nbsp&semi;and&nbsp&semi;MEO&nbsp&semi;have announced that they will increase their tariffs in line with inflation&period; Vodafone has not yet&nbsp&semi;decided&period;</li></ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On the other hand <em>Jornal de Notícias </em>states that <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the price of electricity on the regulated market has fallen by 3&comma;5 &percnt; for consumers since the 1<sup>er</sup> January"&period; E</em>t by 0&comma;6 &percnt; in the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira&period; On the free market&comma; the Galp and Endesa groups&period; have respectively announced reductions of 2&comma;6 &percnt; and 6&comma;3 &percnt;&period; This is the biggest drop in electricity prices since 2000&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-dots"/>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/guides-expatriation-portugal-1024x576.jpg" alt="guides expatriation portugal" class="wp-image-4292"/></figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="text-align:center">DISCOVER OUR GUIDES FOR EXPATRIATION</h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color" href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/nos-guides-expatriation/">READ</a></div>&NewLine;
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