# Hiring in Portugal from abroad

If your company abroad is hiring in Portugal, we set out the payroll, Social Security and permanent-establishment position, and IFICI for the person you hire.

[Tell us about your situation](#request)

## Our services

- [Tax Consultation for your company We answer one question for the company and its owner together, such as the tax cost of a first hire here, through a 30-minute call and a follow-up memo.](/services/tax-consultation-company/)
- [Staff in Portugal for a company abroad For one to three people working here, we set out the company's tax, Social Security and payroll position.](/services/staff-in-portugal/)
- [IFICI registration We check whether each person you hire from abroad may qualify for IFICI, then prepare their evidence file and registration request, with your confirmation where the rules require it.](/services/ifici-regime-application/)
- [Starting a company If you set up a Portuguese company to employ your staff, we set out the regime to choose, its registrations and its first-year obligations.](/services/starting-a-company/)
- 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.

## Related services

- Moving to Portugal

  [Moving to Portugal: your first tax year](/services/moving-to-portugal/)
- Moving to Portugal

  [IFICI registration](/services/ifici-regime-application/)
- Living in Portugal

  [Annual Tax Support](/services/annual-tax-support/)

## What decides your case

- A stay passing 183 days in any 12-month period, or a habitual home, makes a hire resident from their first day here.
- Without an entity here, payroll can run through a provider; Social Security is 23.75% for you, 11% for the employee.
- Contracts habitually concluded here, or a fixed place of business, can make part of your profit taxable here.
- A hire not resident here in the previous five years may get IFICI's 20% rate for ten years, usually with your confirmation.

## 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.

Your call is with a Taxbordr adviser

[Request a Tax Consultation for your company](/services/tax-consultation-company/#request)

## What clients say

- > Taxbordr’s IFICI eligibility assessment caught a qualifying-category error my previous advisor missed. The corrected election filing secured approval on first attempt.

  British IFICI applicant, Lisbon
- > 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

From clients we have advised. Names withheld at their request.

## Our team

 [About us](/about/)

Our advisers check, decide and sign the advice for the company and its owner; our operations team keeps your file and your calendar.

[Telmo Ramos](/about/) Founder · Economist · Ordem dos Economistas, member no. 16379 Lisbon [info@taxbordr.com](mailto:info@taxbordr.com) · [WhatsApp](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=351217009536)

## Guides

 [See all insights](/insights/)

- Updated 17 June 2026

  [Social security in Portugal 2026: employees and freelancers](/guides/portugal-social-security-expats/)
- Updated 13 June 2026

  [IFICI Portugal 2026: who qualifies](/guides/ifici/)
- Updated 13 June 2026

  [Digital nomad visa (D8): tax in Portugal](/guides/digital-nomad-visa-tax-portugal/)
- Updated 13 June 2026

  [Cross-border tax in Portugal](/guides/cross-border-tax-portugal/)

## Related situations

Something else

Not your situation?

[Start here](/find-the-right-help/)

- [Situation A foreign company with staff in Portugal If your company abroad already has staff here, see A foreign company with staff in Portugal.](/companies/foreign-company-staff-in-portugal/)
- [Situation A Portuguese company with foreign clients or founders If your Portuguese company has owners or clients abroad, see A Portuguese company with foreign clients or founders.](/companies/portuguese-company-international/)
- [Situation Companies Companies lists every service for companies and their owners.](/companies/)

## Tell us about your situation

We reply within 2 working days with the right service, its price and how to start. You can also write to [info@taxbordr.com](mailto:info@taxbordr.com) or message us on [WhatsApp](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=351217009536).

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Source: https://taxbordr.com/companies/hiring-from-abroad/

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