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Portugal to Increase VAT in Bid to Cut Deficit Faster

By WSP May 13, 2010, 4:42 PM Author's Blog  

Portugal will cut wages of top government officials and temporarily raise taxes in a bid to narrow its budget deficit faster than previously planned, Prime Minister Jose Socrates told a press conference in Lisbon today. The government approved increases in value-added, personal income and corporate taxes – Bloomberg

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