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Inheritance tax applies when a spouse receives a life estate from a deceased donor's common property. The Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the tax incidence transfers upon the death of the first spouse. The court held that the legal transfer of the life estate constitutes a taxable event under the Civil Code. The decision clarifies that the tax obligation arises from the transmission of the reserved life estate to the surviving spouse. This ruling establishes the taxability of such inter-spousal transfers in Portuguese law.

Case Number 000988
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Supreme Administrative Court of Portugal dismissed the administrative appeal regarding the incidence of inheritance tax on a life estate reserved in a common property donation. The respondent, the National Treasury, argued that the tax should apply when the life estate of the deceased spouse is transmitted to the surviving spouse. The court ruled that this transmission constitutes a taxable event under the Civil Code, thereby allowing the tax assessment. Consequently, the decision confirmed that the tax obligation arises from the legal transfer of the reserved life estate to the surviving partner.

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IMPOSTO SOBRE SUCESSÕES E DOAÇÕES INCIDENCIA DOAÇÃO COM RESERVA DE USUFRUTO TRANSMISSÃO MORTIS CAUSA

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inheritance tax incidence reserved life estate common property donation spousal transmission taxable event Civil Code Article 1180 Portuguese tax law

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CCIV867 Art. 1180

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[AREA TEMATICA 1] DIR FISC - SUCESSÕES DOAÇÕES. DIR PROC TRIBUT CONT - REC JURISDICIONAL. [AREA TEMATICA 2] DIR CIV - DIR SUC. [LEGISLACAO NACIONAL] CCIV867 ART1180. [1ª PAG. DE PUBLICACAO DO ACORDAO] 0 [ANO DA PUBLICACAO] 1961 [DATA DE ENTRADA] 06/21/1957 [Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTA00000396 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SAP19580719000988 [Nº DO VOLUME] X [OBJECTO] AC 2 SECÇÃO PROC13763. [PAGINA] 19 [PRIVACIDADE] 01 [RECORRENTE] NORONHA , MARIO [RECORRIDO 1] FAZENDA NACIONAL [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jsta.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/9EFCB27DCF6EDDB7802568FC0037FFEE?OpenDocument

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Se na doação de predio comum os conjuges reservaram o usufruto enquanto vivos forem ambos ou qualquer deles, ha lugar ao pagamento do respectivo imposto quando o usufruto do pre-defunto se transmita ao conjuge superstite.