Publications - Tax
Since 1 January 2020 new rules on EU trade have become effective, some of them immediately implemented since that date, others transposed later by Law no. 49/2020, of 24 August, but with retroactive effects.
New extraordinary measures to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were approved by Decree Law 99/2020, of 22 November, including the deferment of the VAT payment for the third quarter of 2020 and the social contributions for November…
The Portuguese Government, through SEAF Order no. 450/2020.XXI, has again extended the VAT exemption applicable to domestic supplies and intra-Community acquisitions of goods necessary to combat COVID-19 established in Article 2 of Law no. 13/2020,…
The Portuguese Government approved, through Order of SEAF no. 437/2020.XXII and Circular letter no. 30227/2020, of 10 November, new deadlines extensions for the fulfillment of several tax obligations that we summarize in the table…
The obligation to mention the single document code (ATCUD) on all invoices and other tax relevant documents was postponed from 1 January 2021 to 1 January 2022, set forth in article 7 (3) of Decree-Law no. 28/2019 of 15 February, through Order no.…
The monetary devaluation indexes were approved by Ordinance no. 220/2020, of 21 September, which updates the annual monetary devaluation indexes applicable to the goods and rights disposed during 2020, whose value should be updated in…
The new model forms 21-RFI, 22-RFI, 23-RFI and 24-RFI, which are required for the application of international double taxation conventions, were approved by Dispatch No 8363/2020 of 31 August 2020.
The Government approved some legislative changes regarding SAF-T (PT) accounting file and reporting obligation on the establishments where invoices are issued through Decree-Law no. 48/2020, of 28 August. We highlight below the principal…
We outline below the exceptional measures that have successively been adopted to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in Portugal on payments on account and additional payments on account.
We recall that this obligation has been implemented by the SIMPLEX+ Programme in article 34 of Decree-Law no. 28/2019, of 15 February. Initially this obligation had to be fulfilled until 30/06/2019, later extended to 30/06/2020 by Order no. 4/2019-…
The Portuguese Government has approved new extensions of the tax deadlines to comply with VAT obligations, by Order no. 229/2020-XXII, of 24 June, that can may be fulfilled without the application of any penalties:
The Portuguese Government presented a Supplementary Budget Bill for 2020 that includes several tax measures. The Supplementary Budget Bill will now enter a phase of parliamentary discussion to arrive to a final text by 3 of July.