Portugal raise taxes to meet bailout requirements

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Source: The Guardian
Portugal decided to raise taxes to meet necessary requirements to receive an international bailout. Average rate of income tax will be increased by 2 percentage points from 9.8% currently to 11.8%. The government's measures, including income and property taxes hikes, a new tax on financial transactions and spending cuts, will amount to 3% of GDP next year.    
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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:27:05 GMT

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