Chapter V · Taxable property value of rural property · Section I · Land income

Article 18 Land income

Artigo 18.º · Rendimento fundiário

Código do Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis · annex I to Decree-Law No. 287/2003 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. Land income is the balance of an annual crop account in which the credit side is represented by gross income and the debit side by the operating costs referred to in Article 25.

1 - O rendimento fundiário corresponde ao saldo de uma conta anual de cultura em que o crédito é representado pelo rendimento bruto e o débito pelos encargos de exploração mencionados no artigo 25.º

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2. The land income of a property is calculated from the sum of the income of its plots plus that of the scattered trees on them, where those trees belong to the holder of the right to the income of the property and if, taken together, they are of economic interest.

2 - O rendimento fundiário de um prédio apura-se a partir da soma dos rendimentos das suas parcelas com os das árvores dispersas nelas existentes, quando pertencentes ao titular do direito ao rendimento do prédio e se, no seu conjunto, tiverem interesse económico.

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Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. Only the Portuguese text published in the Diário da República has legal force. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the statute.

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