The Portuguese government stood up imposing temporary special tax on distribution companies (supermarkets and hypermarkets) on extraordinary profits What some companies are experiencing in the current context, as defended yesterday by Prime Minister António Costa during a speech in the Portuguese Parliament.
“Not only in the energy sector (companies) but also distribution of those who have to pay for the benefits they have unjustly obtained due to this crisis Costa assured in statements collected by the newspaper ‘O Jornal Economico’ while summarizing the scope of the bill that the Executive plans to present.
Costa’s announcement is part of the ongoing debate in the Portuguese parliament these days. Approval of the general budget for 2023.
In response to this offer, Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, president of the Portuguese Distribution Companies Association (APED), told TSF radio that companies in the sector they do not make extraordinary profits and operate under very limited margins.
The measure announced by the Portuguese Government took place on Wednesday.Publication of the quarterly accounts of Jerónimo Martins, owner of Pingo Doce, one of the largest supermarket chains in the country. While the company closed the first nine months of 2022 with a net profit of 419 million euros with an increase of 29.3 percent, the turnover increased by 21 percent to 18,392 million.