A foreign company with staff in Portugal
If people already work for your foreign company from Portugal, we set out the Portuguese tax consequences for the company and the steps it takes here.
Our services
Tax Consultation for your companyWe answer one question for the company and its owner together, such as what the work done here means for the company, through a 30-minute call and a follow-up memo.
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.
Starting a companyIf you decide to employ your staff through a Portuguese company, we set out the regime to choose, its registrations and its first-year obligations.
RestructuringIf you are considering moving the company or changing its structure, we set out the alternatives, with the figures and the steps for each.
A letter from the tax authorityWe prepare a factual or divergence reply by the letter's deadline.Payroll and accounts
Payroll for a company with no entity here can run through a provider the company chooses. Once you set up a Portuguese company, our partner accountant can keep its accounts, run its payroll and sign its return, and bills that work directly.
What decides your case
- A stay passing 183 days in any 12-month period, or a habitual home, makes staff resident from their first day here.
- Contracts habitually concluded here, or a fixed place of business, can make part of your profit taxable here.
- Without an entity here, payroll can run through a provider; Social Security is 23.75% for you, 11% for staff.
- EU staff posted here can keep their home Social Security with an A1.
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 the work done here means for the company.
What clients say
My salary was still being paid from the US, but California also thought I had not really left. I needed someone who understood Portugal first, then could read the treaty and the state-residency problem without turning it into guesswork. The advice gave my US CPA a clear position to work from.
American tech employee, Lisbon I had a US W-2 salary, stock options, and a California filing requirement that didn't disappear when I moved. Most Portuguese advisors I spoke to had no idea what a PFIC was or why my 1099-B mattered here. Telmo walked me through the US-Portugal treaty article by article and showed me which income was taxable where. That kind of depth is rare.
American tech worker, 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 owner; our operations team keeps your file and your calendar.
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Not your situation?
SituationHiring in Portugal from abroadIf you are abroad and hiring your first staff here, see Hiring in Portugal from abroad.
SituationA Portuguese company with foreign clients or foundersIf your Portuguese company has owners or clients abroad, see A Portuguese company with foreign clients or founders.
SituationCompaniesCompanies lists every service for companies and their owners.
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