Top 10 Europe stories of 2017
By Tom Carnegie, 22 Dec 17
The arrest of a Gibraltar based financial chief executive, the EU tax haven blacklist and expats angry at Brexit were among the top stories driving the agenda in 2017. To see the others, click through the slides.
The Portuguese government introduced a wealth tax in January on properties valued over €600,000 (£538,572, $660,108) in a move that benefited thousands of British expats living in the EU-member state.
The new property levy replaced a more punitive 1% charge on homes valued above €1m, which was abolished.
The new tax, which is an annual rate of 0.3% on properties valued at over €600,000, was originally announced October 2016 and came into force on 1 January 2017.
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