1. Plenty of Portuguese people and foreigners resident in Portugal work for foreign companies without huge tax burdens, plenty more work freelance for foreign c

1. Plenty of Portuguese people and foreigners resident in Portugal work for foreign companies without huge tax burdens, plenty more work freelance for foreign clients without huge tax burdens. 2. I assume you are talking about Americans? You can't expect tax breaks just because your home country doesn't offer universal healthcare! 3. Indeed private pensions are not tax deductible here, but that doesn't mean taxes are higher, it means they are not less! The 88% you said sounds more like your actual living expenses, not the tax you pay to the Portuguese government. So don't call it tax, because it is not. NHR has unfortunately been abused by people who were in fact largely resident here, and the Portuguese are quite right to close the loophole. You want to benefit from Portuguese society? Then you contribute.