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Crypto tax & Portugal residency, as it happens

Deadlines, IRS and DAC8 changes, NHR/residency news, and freelancer tips — every post from our X account, rebuilt here as fast, readable pages.

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* You want to fly to a holidays destination with your hard earned money? Great! Pay your "flight tax" and have a nice holiday!

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💡The More You Learn About Taxes, the More Unfair and Restrictive It Becomes 📚 On nearly every of your financial decisions, the state wants to have a cut. Income Taxes Earn a salary? If your tax rate is 30%, that means you’re working for the government 30% of the time before t.co/mtTX1SJryh

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🇵🇹Portugal slips from #2 to #4 in International Living’s 2026 Global Retirement Index. 🇬🇷Greece takes the top spot for the first time. Why the drop? • Rising housing & living costs in hotspots like Lisbon & the Algarve • Golden Visa real-estate path ended • Attractive NHR t.co/V9xacFVCOY

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🔥4 valuable lessons from lawyers In my circle, I spend a lot of time with lawyers. Sometimes it feels intimidating, but more often than not, it’s incredibly valuable. Their mindset is just completely different from someone who, like me, studied accounting and lives in the t.co/juCqGX7Hlw

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🌴Digital Nomad in Portugal check list🇵🇹 Here's my personal checklist of hidden gems and must-do experiences that go beyond the usual tourist spots. These are the ones that make Portugal feel truly magical 🔷Catch the massive big waves in Nazaré (prime time: November–December) t.co/i6SO674G5s

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⚡️6 reasons why I am bullish on Portugal for digital nomads in Web3 🇵🇹🚀 1⃣Loads of sun and vitamine D🌞 2⃣Great food! Never heard anyone complaining about Portuguese food 🍲 3⃣Great direct flights to US, UAE and etc.✈️ 4⃣High level English speakers. The Portuguese are great at t.co/7JksFRZFsG

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⚠️Did you get caught in the Celsius bankruptcy? Then this is for you. @CelsiusNetwork, a centralized finance (CeFi) platform, filed for bankruptcy in July 2022. If you had over $5,000 in claims, you received shares in Ionic Digital. Ionic Digital went public this week, which t.co/NUOiGqTbcc

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CTT just handed me the tax bill of a random person in my street. CTT should treat AT physical letters with more care. Maybe this is the reason why some of you never get the final tax bill...

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EDIT: The period is 3 month of Platinum, not 6 months.

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🇵🇹🏆 Portugal leads the way with the lowest percentage of ultra-processed foods in household purchases! Okay, I admit it, I'm a huge Portugal fan. But here’s another reason to love it. The Portuguese buy fewer ultra-processed foods than anyone else in Europe. Instead, they fill t.co/fkLFzEsht3

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I tried transferring a few stocks from an agent to a brokerage account. Gathering the forms alone took half an hour, it cost €25, and the whole process dragged on for two days. We need tokenized stocks. Younger generations have no patience for this. They expect a simple

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⚠️If you hold any USDT on Revolut, than this is for you🫵 Due to MiCA Regulation, Revolut is forced to convert USDT in EUR. This means that you have a taxable event in Portugal. The fact that the USDT is sold will also be shared with Portugal through DAC8. Due to the MiCA

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Which bank is crypto-friendly in Portugal?🏦🇵🇹 I’ve had some pretty frustrating experiences with local Portuguese banks, mostly communication problems, administrative errors, and attempts to charge me for their own mistakes. None of those issues were crypto-related, but they

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💪There is no success without failure There is no winning without losing. If your portfolio dips and you feel discouraged, remember: those influencers you admire, go through the same pullbacks. I’ve personally seen people take major losses and later return with even greater t.co/NWcSKuaOCq

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💡Can I offset my crypto losses against my gains in Portugal? 🇵🇹 Let’s be honest, most of us missed the top and are now sitting on losses. In the 2025 IRS declaration, I reported more crypto losses for my clients than in previous years. Here’s what you really need to know t.co/tcmLK9uyH5

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⚡️What Triggers a Taxable Event for Crypto Capital Gains in Portugal?💰🇵🇹 A taxable event refers to an action that must be reported to authorities, which is not the same as owing taxes. Losses and crypto capital gains that are held longer than 365-days have to be reported but in t.co/qQG9qPzHTk

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Buying Gift Cards with Crypto! Directly, Privately, No KYC 💳 🔥I’m excited to share that I’ve just been approved as a @bitrefill affiliate. Bitrefill offers a very practical solution for anyone in Portugal who wants to convert crypto into everyday spending power. They currently

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🔥I think we’ve hit the bottom in crypto An ex-personal trainer from my gym, whom I hadn’t heard from in at least eight months, just contacted me asking for help selling all his crypto on Binance. He’s convinced it’ll never recover. You should’ve seen how confused he looked t.co/XcWkqexsMI

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I wish the EU would know that rising taxes don’t soak the rich, they chase them away. High earners leave for lower-tax states or countries, shrinking the tax base. What’s left? A heavier load on the middle class that’s stuck here. Progressive taxation in practice: the mobile t.co/GKrgU7mdMb

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