Thanks. I've done some research of my own and found this site, which refers to a Portuguese Tax Ordinance which clarifies what can be considered as "maintenance and preservation" expenses - and this appears to include maid, gardener, gas and electricity incurred whilst the property is let. http://ww...

I suspect the answer is on the forum somewhere - but I have searched - honest. Can anyone advise me on which expenses I have incurred on my property are deductible from my rental income for tax purposes? I am "non-resident" I know that my mortgage interest isn't and that IMI, property insurance & im...

Thanks - does that apply even now? ie if can these be booked today knowing that they will become EJ flights? (Not that the prices are all that attractive for the dates I want to travel).

I can see that the BA website is still showing GB Airlines flights post the end of March completion date for the sale. Does anyone know if these flights can still be booked (and will then become Easyjet flights)?

Agreed - picked up a copy in the arrivals hall on Saturday morning - but it hardly answers any of our basic questions.

While we're talking about Easyjet does anyone have any experience of what they class as hand luggage? I've just printed off my boarding cards for the weekend and note the picture suggests that those small bags with wheels and collapsible handles are not accepted even if they meet the size criteria -...

Thanks pete - this goes some way to answering my question above. Our property is not on a tourist complex, just an apartment in a residential block so i will study this with interest. Mike

and don't forget to budget for the fine if you are caught letting without a Tourist Licence! Always a risk unless you have discovered the magic to get the Camera to issue you with one (and if you have pls let us know).

Does your everyday Portuguese resident require a licence to let their property or is this something specifically targetted at the tourist trade? If the latter what are the characteristics that make a let a "tourist let" rather than an normal commercial letting arrangement?

My agency mentioned they had had the tax man crawling all over them recently.

You can be sure that Mrs Scorpion wont let me near the TAP website again - to be fair we've used them a lot over the last 14 years and never had a problem until this year when they scrapped the direct flight.

Just a quick update on our experience of the flight to Faro via Lisbon - disaster! Flight out was on Sat 26th May - we (family of 4) were part of a group of 30 passengers who were told when we reached Lisbon that there was no room for us on the flight to Faro and that we would have to wait until 4pm...

Anyone experienced this new "indirect" TAP summer flight from Heathrow to Faro via Lisbon? My in-laws took it last Saturday and didn't get to our apartment until 2pm - instead of the usual before 11am. Interchange at Lisbon was less than convenient (we had originally been told that you just stay on ...

But if you haven't got a tourism licence should you be declaring that you are earning rental income from the property? Dilemma.

Is there an English translation available for carvoeiro1's posting yesterday?