{"id":41737,"date":"2021-06-30T08:20:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T07:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/?p=41737"},"modified":"2021-07-01T11:15:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T10:15:47","slug":"azores-get-tax-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/azores-get-tax-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Azores get tax boost","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8230; on Madeira Day!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/06\/image-80-292x360.png\" alt=\"The Diario headline about the Azores\" class=\"wp-image-41738 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/06\/image-80-292x360.png\" alt=\"The Diario headline about the Azores\" class=\"wp-image-41738\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-80-292x360.png 292w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-80-405x500.png 405w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-80.png 483w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Diario reports that the Azores implements a tax boost tomorrow &#8211; ironically on Madeira Day &#8211; when the neighbouring archipelago sees their VAT (IVA in Portuguese) rate reduced to 16%. The VAT rate in Madeira remains at 22%, whilst the Azores have implemented the maximum discount allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow is a public holiday on the island, with Dia da Madeira, celebrated on 1 July, the date when Portugal granted autonomy to Madeira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">Reactions to vaccinations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main picture links to statistics showing that 345 people have reported reactions to the 200,000 doses of vaccine administered in the Region so far to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infarmed.pt\/web\/infarmed\/contactos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Infarmed<\/a>, the national authority for medicines. Headaches and fever are reported to be the most common side effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Job vacancies and unwillingness to work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jornal website, which seems to crash regularly of late, reports that, according to the Employment Institute in Madeira, there are recruitment difficulties in areas such as restaurants, hotels, and civil construction.&nbsp;But despite the high unemployment numbers, between January and May this year, nearly 140 candidates missed interviews and another 20 even rejected the offer made available.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">A new tab has been added to the top of each page with a link to resources dealing with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/covid-19\/\">COVID-19 in Madeira<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 this covers the latest government regulations on travel to the island, how to get a PCR test, and many other links that will be useful to people wanting to travel to and from Madeira<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COVID-19 in Madeira:\u00a0<\/strong>daily updates can be found\u00a0in\u00a0an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/covid-19-another-death\/\">earlier post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vaccinations in Madeira:&nbsp;<\/strong>updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/vaccinations-for-over-20s-from-august\/\">&nbsp;earlier post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; on Madeira Day! The Diario reports that the Azores implements a tax boost tomorrow &#8211; ironically on Madeira Day &#8211; when the neighbouring archipelago sees their VAT (IVA in Portuguese) rate reduced to 16%. The VAT rate in Madeira remains at 22%, whilst the Azores have implemented the maximum discount allowed. Tomorrow is a public holiday on the island, with Dia da Madeira, celebrated on 1 July, the date when Portugal granted autonomy to Madeira. Reactions to vaccinations The main picture links to statistics showing that 345 people have reported reactions to the 200,000 doses of vaccine administered in the Region so far to Infarmed, the national authority for medicines. Headaches and fever are reported to be the most common side effects. Job vacancies and unwillingness to work The Jornal website, which seems to crash regularly of late, reports that, according to the Employment Institute in Madeira, there are recruitment difficulties in areas such as restaurants, hotels, and civil construction.&nbsp;But despite the high unemployment numbers, between January and May this year, nearly 140 candidates missed interviews and another 20 even rejected the offer made available.&nbsp; A new tab has been added to the top of each page with a link to resources dealing with&nbsp;COVID-19 in Madeira&nbsp;\u2013 this covers the latest government regulations on travel to the island, how to get a PCR test, and many other links that will be useful to people wanting to travel to and from Madeira COVID-19 in Madeira:\u00a0daily updates can be found\u00a0in\u00a0an\u00a0earlier post Vaccinations in Madeira:&nbsp;updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;earlier post<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-regional-people-headlines","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}