Portugal vs Ireland Tax 2026: Pensions, USC, CGT, CAT & the Treaty | Access Portugal Podcast

Irish residents moving to Portugal: Ireland is lighter for salaried employees once Portugal's uncapped 11 % social contribution is added, but Portugal has no tax on inheritances between spouses, children and parents. In this Access Portugal podcast, our AI hosts (part of the Access Portugal team) compare the two systems in 2026 — residence and ordinary residence, income tax, USC and PRSI against IRS and social security with worked salary examples, the 1993 Ireland–Portugal treaty, pensions, company tax (12.5 % vs IRC), dividends, property (IMT, IMI, AIMI), CGT and CAT, and IFICI. 📄 Full guides on our site: • Ireland vs Portugal tax (hub): https://www.accessportugal.net/accounting/... • Personal income tax: https://www.accessportugal.net/accounting/... • Corporate tax: https://www.accessportugal.net/accounting/... • Ireland–Portugal tax treaty: https://www.accessportugal.net/accounting/... ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 The Clean-break Fantasy 1:44 We Break It Down 3:25 Same Number, New Twist 5:26 A Clingy Ex-partner 7:29 Two Homes? 9:28 The Restraining Order 11:24 The Portuguese Way 13:25 Real-life Scenarios 15:10 The Mirror Test 17:00 Lean on Companies 19:19 Remote Work Reality 21:04 Enforcing It 23:04 Why Does the Treaty Care? 24:45 Any Escape Hatch From Article 19? 26:27 Corporate Tax is IRC 28:11 Dividend Extraction 30:04 Which Club to Join? 32:06 Leave the Money in 34:15 Company in Dublin, Life in Lisbon 36:19 You Cannot Do That Here 38:55 Stamp Duty, the Simple Kind 40:42 Hostile to Passive Wealth 42:40 The Final Piece 44:53 An Extraordinary Trade-off 46:36 NHR: Closed in 2024 48:29 The Bouncer Checks Degrees 50:10 The Classic Maneuver 52:24 The End of the Journey 54:29 Not Just ‘which is Cheaper?’ 💬 Drop a comment with your questions — we'll answer them in a future episode. 👉 Subscribe to Access Portugal and tell us which topic to cover next. Every subscriber encourages us to continue providing good information and opening the door to Portugal to people around the world. Access Portugal — Immigration & Relocation Office · https://www.accessportugal.net This podcast is for information, not tax advice. 🎞️ Stock footage: Pexels — videos by A.S. Kacar, ALL IZ Well, Aaron Hairston, Abdullah | 4K, Alina Chernii, Anastasia Shuraeva, ArtHouse Studio, Artem Podrez, Bernardo Pinho, Carola Bischof, Charlotte May, Cléviton Caldeira, Coverr, Daniel Moore, Dima Krivoy, Dominiquemel16 Ramos, Efrem Efre, Gustavo Fring, Hervé Piglowski, Home Privilege Real Estate, Horst Dreisbach, Jakub Zerdzicki, Jozef Papp, Jussi Grönvall, Just For Music And Film, K, KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA, Kampus Production, Khanh Hoang Minh 2, Kindel Media, Kmeel.com Videos, Lula Studio, MART PRODUCTION, Maksim Goncharenok, Masood Aslami, Matthias Groeneveld, Maurice Supple, Max Vakhtbovych, Mike Art 🎥 Visual Creator | Photography and Video 📸, Mikhail Nilov, Musko io, Nick Hawkes, PNW Production, Pavel Danilyuk, Pixabay, RDNE Stock project, Radd, Rafael Minguet Delgado, Rick Gurrola, Ron Lach, SAULO LEITE, SHVETS production, Samer Daboul, Sini Ko, Sora Shimazaki, Sururi Ballıdağ Director, Taryn Elliott, Theo Decker, Thirdman, Tima Miroshnichenko, TimePRO TV, Towfiqu barbhuiya, Victor Silva, Will Arberry, Yan Krukau, Zulfugar Karimov, cottonbro studio, emirkhan bal, https://kaboompics.com/, olia danilevich, urtimud.89, utopia 36.