CFP
Published 4 November 2026, 00:38
CFP — Conselho das Finanças Públicas (Public Finance Council)
An independent body that checks the government's budget figures and works out what announced measures will really cost. It makes no decisions and hands out no money: its job is to say publicly whether the numbers add up. That is why ministers and the opposition quote its estimates in arguments about taxes and spending.
Where you come across it. news about the budget, tax cuts and how much a new allowance or discount will cost the treasury.
A CFP estimate is not a decision or a law: it shows the price of a measure, but it is still up to the government and parliament to decide whether to adopt it.
Official website: cfp.pt