The discussion and vote on this tax package in Parliament is scheduled for Friday, January 9, 2026, with little room for debate between political parties at this stage.

It was on December 2nd that the AD (Democratic Alliance) government presented an ambitious tax package with a series of changes in terms of IRS (personal income tax), IVA, and IMT (property transfer tax), with the aim of encouraging more houses to be put up for sale and rent in the country. This is, in fact, a request for legislative amendment that must pass through the scrutiny of the Assembly of the Republic, since tax changes fall under its jurisdiction.

It is now known that the discussion and voting on the tax package in parliament are scheduled for the same day (January 9th) because the Government has requested urgency, as explained by Marina Gonçalves, former Minister of Housing in Costa's government and current Socialist MP, quoted by Expresso. If this urgency had not existed, the tax package would have been discussed and voted on in detail, and the parties could have presented amendment proposals.

Therefore, given the urgency, the proposed legislative change regarding the housing tax package will be discussed and voted on the morning of January 9th. To be approved, the Government needs political support because it does not have a parliamentary majority. And if the legislative authorisation receives the green light, it will proceed as is for consideration by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

In this process, the parties with parliamentary seats will only be able to discuss the fiscal package with the Government again after the respective legislative authorization proposal receives the green light, which will allow the Montenegrin government to proceed with several tax changes to the IVA and IRS codes, which will then also have to be voted on in Parliament, the same newspaper writes.