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From January 20, 2021, non-domestic customers of the municipal company Águas do Porto can benefit from exceptional conditions for settling debt. The measure has a duration of six months, with the possibility of extension for another semester.
What are the benefits?
Total or partial exemption from late-payment interest due and falling due, compensatory interest and legal costs for debt charged in tax enforcement procedures initiated by the date of entry into force of the measure.
The applicant can choose one of the following two forms of payment:
• Full payment of the debt, with reduction (applicable only to credits related to late-payment interest due and falling due, compensatory interest and legal costs), or
• Payment of the debt in installments.
Who can benefit?
All domestic and non-domestic users, who are debtors of Águas do Porto and Porto Ambiente, regardless of the contractual situation.
How to access?
To apply for the measure, the following conditions must be fulfilled:
• Submit an application requesting full payment of the debt or payment in installments;
• Subscribe to a declaration of commitment to comply with the obligations assumed under the measure and the payment of all amounts subsequently invoiced, except in the case of full payment;
• Update the contractual data or the data of the debtor user who is the beneficiary of the measure, in cases where there is no longer an active contract.
All access conditions and information on the measure are available on the website of the municipal company Águas do Porto. The application must be submitted through an application available at the Digital Desk of Águas do Porto. For clarification, please email to rc@aguasdoporto.pt.
Until 31 Dec. 2021, economic, commercial, and business agents and establishments are exempt from the payment of municipal fees as stipulated in the following articles of Municipal Fee Table:
With regard to the occupation of public space
With regard to the operation of tourist circuits
With regard to markets
With regard to retail and service establishments
With regard to public transport for rental in passenger cars
With regard to activities with a non-sedentary character
Who may benefit?
The exemption and refund can only be applicable to economic agents and establishments that have fulfilled their tax obligations with the Municipality.
Relevant document:
Municipal Fee Table according to Annex G-1 of Part G of the Regulatory Code of the Municipality of Porto.
The Exceptional Regime for Terraces, valid until 31 December 2021, aims to relax the rules for the occupation of public space with terraces by restaurants, cafes, hotels and other similar establishments in the city of Porto.
To mitigate the possible negative impact resulting from the indoor space restrictions required by the rules of sanitary control, this regime offers the following benefits:
The furniture to be installed are restricted to tables, chairs, umbrellas and heaters for outdoor use and must not have ads.
Restaurants, cafes, pastry shops, among other catering and hospitality establishments in the city of Porto.
The licenses can be obtained through the form provided at the Virtual Service Desk for this purpose.
The following documents must be attached in pdf format to the form:
In force since September 1st, 2020, the regulation for the reduction of urban fees within the framework of the REURB 2020 – Special Regime for Urban Management – foresees the attribution of fiscal benefits at the level of urban fees and the facilitation of all urbanistic processes in the CMP.
REURB 2020 allows for a 50% reduction of all settled urban rates, except the compensation rate, public domain occupation rates for the execution of the work, as well as traffic conditioning and police monitoring. These benefits will apply subject to terms such as:
Relevant document:
Regulation No. 728/2020, Official Gazette of the Republic of Portugal No. 169/2020, Series II of 2020-08-31
The "Porto com Sentido" program aims to promote affordable housing in Porto through the inclusion in the rental market of:
The Municipality of Porto will hire the rental of residential properties of various types through public tender for owners (or heirs of undivided inheritance), owners or users of properties located in the municipality of Porto, provided that their tax and contributory situation is regularized and are not beneficiaries or candidates in another municipal housing program. The properties will then be sub-leased by the Municipality of Porto to families, applying the affordable rent regime.
The maximum amount of rent payable by the Municipality of Porto when leasing the properties that will be part of the Porto com Sentido program can be calculated using the simulator provided by Porto Vivo, SRU. The lease contracts have an initial term of 3 to 5 years.
Owners who enter into lease agreements with the Municipality of Porto for a period of 5 years or more, enjoy the following tax benefits:
The "Porto com Sentido" program also offers the following advantages:
How to access?
To apply for the program you need to fill in the electronic application form available online, attach the requested documentation in digital format, and accept the General Conditions of the Public Consultation.
The application requires the identification details of the owner of the property (name, e-mail, address and telephone number) and the elements related to the property: address, parish, postal code, building description, property registration document, energy certificate of the property, license number for the use of the property for housing purposes and, in the case of Local Lodging property, the RNAL number.
Porto Vivo, SRU, a municipal company, is the managing entity of the Porto com Sentido Program.
For more information please see FAQs e and generation conditions of the program. For further clarification, you may contact Porto Vivo, SRU by email: portocomsentido@portovivosru.pt or telephone 222 072 700 or 930 412 895.
The Municipal Executive Board approved a 50% reduction of comercial rents owed by municipal tenants.
The measure will also be applied by municipal companies with commercial tenants.
The reduction of comercial rents is in force between October 1st 2020 and March 31st 2021.
Who may benefit?
Comercial tenants of municipal buildings, whose activity is directly or indirectly related to the tourism sector.
How to access?
The exemption is automatic and the Municipality of Porto is notifying each beneficiary individually. Tenants covered by the measure do not need to submit an application.
