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Taxes in Portugal are levied by both the national and regional governments of Portugal. Tax revenue in Portugal stood at 34.9% of GDP in 2018. [1] The most important revenue sources include the income tax, social security contributions, corporate tax and the value added tax, which are all applied at the national level.
Non-Habitual Resident. The tax regime for non-habitual residents (commonly known as NHR s or NHR Tax Regime ), formally known as non-regular residents, was created with the approval of the Investment Tax Code, approved by Decree-Law n. 249/2009, of 23 September. It change the rules of the Portuguese Personal Income Tax, by granting a set of tax ...
The Portuguese Tax Code foresees aggravated withholding tax, 35% tax rate, on capital income (interests and dividends) deriving from black listed jurisdictions and an aggravated municipal property tax of 7% on property owned by entities located in said jurisdiction. Portugal's "blacklist" is defined by decree issued by the Minister of Finance ...
Deloitte explains that under laws aimed at welcoming foreign workers, people who become tax-resident in Portugal are subject to a special tax regime for a period of 10 years under the NHR scheme.
The NHR, a scheme offering a flat tax and protection from double taxation for specific categories of new residents relocating to Portugal, underwent significant changes in 2020. This adjustment was prompted by an influx of pensioners, particularly from Nordic countries , who were moving to Portugal to take advantage of a fiscal regime that was ...
Value added tax – the general VAT rate in Portugal is 23%, however, there are 3 types of VAT rates (normal, intermediate and reduced) which are different in mainland Portugal, Madeira and Azores. The VAT is levied on the purchase of almost all goods and services. [1] [2] Stamp duty – is a consumption tax.
The economy of Portugal is ranked 34th in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report for 2019. The great majority of the international trade is done within the European Union (EU), whose countries received 71.4% of the Portuguese exports and were the origin of 74.6% of the Portuguese imports in 2020.
Ordem dos Técnicos Oficiais de Contas (OTOC) runs an admittance examination every four months and everyone that passes it becomes a Técnico Oficial de Contas (TOC), the authorized tax and accountancy practitioner in Portugal. OTOC, which is the largest Portuguese professional body, with more than 75,000 affiliates, offers a broad range of ...