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The Portuguese energy company this week reported a profit of €718 million through September. The value is almost close to the level of investment, which in these nine months has already reached 685 million. He paid more than a billion in taxes.

The profits presented by Galp this week, amounting to 718 million euros through September (18% more than in the same period last year), have, as always, stimulated a skin reaction among those who believe that profit is a sin and that Galp is A corporate criminal who profits from contaminated products. But where does the company’s money go – in which the state still owns 7.6% of the capital? The bulk goes to taxes. Almost as much as it makes profits, the company, which employs nearly 6,400 people, invests in projects to decarbonize the economy.

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If the Portuguese energy company’s profits exceed 2.6 million euros per day in these nine months, the bill imposed by Medina is almost twice that amount: 4 million euros per day is the amount the company paid in taxes, up to September, for a total of 100 million euros. 1,087 million euros. This also means that the tax burden to which the company is subject (in the order of 64%) results in almost double what it invested in this period: €2.5 million per day, for a total of €685 million. nine months.

The more than €1 billion in taxes paid in Portugal – although the bulk of the result is obtained through exploration and production, outside the country – is the result not only of ordinary taxes but also of the extraordinary contribution to the energy sector. (CESE), was created in 2014 on a temporary basis but will be renewed in the 2024 state budget.

Read the full article in the NOVO edition, on newsstands Saturday, November 4

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