Tax advice for companies
We advise companies in Portugal and abroad, and their owners, in English, on Portuguese corporate tax, VAT, staff in Portugal and how owners are paid.
Companies contact us about staff working from Portugal, a founder moving here or cross-border payments.
Our services
Tax Consultation for your companyOne question for the company and its owners together, answered in a call and a memo.
Starting a companyWe set out the tax regime to choose, the registrations and the first year's obligations, for founders and companies abroad setting up here.
Moving to Portugal with a company abroadWe set out your first Portuguese tax year and what your move means for the company you keep abroad.
Staff in Portugal for a company abroadFor one to three people working here, we set out the company's tax, Social Security and payroll position.
RestructuringWe set out the alternatives for a holding structure, moving a company or the way founders are paid, with figures and steps for each.
Selling shares or a businessWe set out the tax on the sale, the effect of its timing and of the owners' residence, and the alternatives.
A letter from the tax authority or an inspection
We prepare a factual reply by the deadline, and support the company through an inspection.
Accounts and payroll
For a Portuguese company, our partner, a certified accountant, keeps the books, runs the payroll and signs the corporate return, and bills that work directly. The tax advice stays with us.
What decides your case
What does someone working from Portugal cost the company? Someone working here for your company is usually insured in Portuguese Social Security: 23.75% of pay for the employer on top of the employee's 11%. Their role can also create a permanent establishment, making part of the company's profit taxable here.
Does a founder's move make the company resident here? A company with its registered office or effective management in Portugal is resident here under Portuguese law, and a tax treaty can affect a dual-residence case. A resident with 25% or more of a low-taxed company abroad can also be taxed here on its profits.
Can the person you hire use IFICI? An employee you bring to Portugal may qualify for IFICI, a 20% rate on eligible pay for ten years, if they were not resident here in the previous five years. They register by 15 January of the year after becoming resident; on most routes the employer confirms the role and its own activity.
What is withheld on dividends and payments abroad? Dividends paid to an individual resident here are normally taxed at 28%, unless aggregated or exempt. A fee or a licence paid to a company abroad normally has 25% withheld; a treaty reduces or removes it with the treaty form and residence certificate, normally by the 20th of the following month.
What does the company itself pay in 2026? In 2026 a Portuguese company pays IRC at 19%, or 15% on the first €50,000 of taxable profit if it is small or medium-sized, plus a municipal surcharge of up to 1.5%. It registers for VAT before it trades.
The 2026 figures, checked on 6 October 2026.
Tax Consultation for your company
A 30-minute call with your adviser on a question for you and the company, then a follow-up memo within 3 working days after the call.
Bring one question for you and the company together, such as what a first hire here costs.
What clients say
You deal directly with the person doing the analysis. No account managers, no ticket numbers. When my situation changed a year later, I emailed and got a straight answer from the same person who already knew my file.
Canadian founder, Lisbon Taxbordr’s entity-versus-freelancer analysis proved I didn’t need a Portuguese company. Staying as a sole trader with corrected recibos verdes (Portugal’s self-employment receipts) reduced avoidable corporate and compliance friction.
Canadian freelancer, Lisbon
From clients we have advised. Names withheld at their request.
Our team
About usOur advisers check, decide and sign the advice for the company and its owners; our operations team keeps your file and your calendar.
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