Learn about readers' favorite economics news in the last week, between October 5th and 9th, which range from the “lapse” in some pensions awarded between May and August 2026 and the bonus that will be paid to pensioners in December.
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10/10/2026
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The General Pensions Box (CGA) will correct nearly 3,000 pensions awarded between May and August, due to a “lapse” that led these pensioners to receive more than was foreseen in the law.
The news was advanced by the public, who realizes that these pensioners will receive, on average, less than 93 euros per month than had been originally reported to them.
Retired civil servants in this situation have already been contacted by the CGA over the past few weeks, and a “lapse” has been confirmed in the overall calculation of the reform. In the same communication, the CGA gave 10 days to those concerned to challenge and consult the case.
The first expropriations for the construction of the high-speed line between Porto and Lisbon, which will connect the two cities at about 1:15 am, are advancing in the district of Aveiro. After all, what are the scheduled stops?
The line should connect Porto and Lisbon in an hour and 15 minutes in 2032, with possible stops in Gaia, Aveiro, Coimbra and Leiria.
The high-speed line between Porto and Vigo (via Porto airport, Braga, Ponte de Lima and Valença) should last 50 minutes, also in 2032.
The reduction of IRS provided for in the State Budget proposal to 2027 (OE2027) will allow an annual savings of EUR 307 to those who earn EUR 970 per month and EUR 37 per salary of 1,500, concludes the consultant PwC.
The simulations carried out for Lusa confirm that in 2027, if the bill is approved as the government proposes, there will be “a general reduction of the IRS” in the various income classes, summarizes Joana Garrido, of the consultant’s tax team.
The savings calculated by the PwC are made between the IRS table entered in the OE2027 and the version of the IRS table that will be in force on December 31, 2026 if the additional relief proposal submitted by the Government of Louis Montenegro in September this year is approved in the meantime in parliament.
The Minister of Finance said that the OE2027 will bring a further reduction of the IRS, by updating the ranks, the specific deduction and the minimum of existence, which must be adjusted by law.
In a debate in plenary to discuss the proposal for legislative authorisation for the Government to lower the IRS in 2026, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento said that, with the State Budget that the executive will present, there will be the sixth tax relief since the PSD and the CDS-PP are in the Government for the last two and a half years.
It was published this Thursday in Diário da República the decree-law establishing the award of a bonus to pensioners. You'll be paid in December, along with that month's pension.
“ It should be noted that the budgetary implementation of this year involves the adoption of this measure, the Government considers that the conditions for granting, in 2026, an extraordinary supplement to pensioners of invalidity, old age and survival of the social security system, pensioners for retirement, reform and survival of the convergent social protection regime and pensioners of the banking sector whose overall monthly pension amount is equal to or less than three times the value of the existing Social Support Indexant”, can be read in the government document.