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The proposal to rectify the Budget Law for 2005 has been approved by the parliament and enacted by Law 39-A/05, published in the Official Gazette of 29 July 2005. The most important amendments reported earlier, which apply from 1 January 2005, are compiled below:

21 September 2005

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Approved Changes

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Portugal

-   restriction on the carry-forward of losses to address situations of change in ownership prior to the deduction of the losses; -   foreign tax credit is limited to the lower of the foreign income tax actually paid, or the Portuguese tax that is proportionally attributable to the foreign-source income, after the deduction of all expenses and losses directly or indirectly incurred in obtaining such income (for companies), or after the deduction of allowances in conformity with the individual income tax (for individuals); -   carry-forward of any excess foreign tax credit is no longer available; Dividend stripping The...