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Portugal’s tax system is administered by the Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT). As an EU member state, Portugal follows the EU VAT Directive with locally adapted rates that vary by region. IVA (Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado) applies at standard, intermediate, and reduced rates on the mainland. The autonomous regions of Açores and Madeira apply their own reduced rates. Businesses are identified by their NIF (Número de Identificação Fiscal), a 9-digit number. The Portuguese VAT number uses the format PT followed by the NIF. Portugal requires all invoicing software to be certified by the AT and invoices must include a unique document identifier (ATCUD) and a hash chain linking sequential documents. The SAF-T (Standard Audit File for Tax Purposes) format is used for tax reporting. Both credit notes and debit notes are supported for invoice corrections.

Base Details

Tax Categories

VAT Rates

IRS Rates

Personal income tax withheld at source from payments made to individuals and self-employed workers. The Portuguese payer retains the tax on each payment and remits it to the AT on behalf of the recipient. No rates defined.

IRC Rates

Corporate income tax withheld at source from payments made to legal persons. The Portuguese payer retains the tax on each payment and remits it to the AT on behalf of the recipient. No rates defined.

Correction Definitions

Auto-generation of corrective invoices or credit and debit notes is supported.

Invoice Types

The types of invoices that can be created with a preceding definition:
  • credit-note
  • debit-note

Extensions

Region Code

SAF-T’s TaxCountryRegion (País ou região do imposto) specifies the region of taxation (Portugal mainland, Açores, Madeira or any ISO country) in a Portuguese invoice. Each region has their own tax rates which can be determined automatically. To set the specific a region different to Portugal mainland, the pt-region extension of each line’s VAT tax should be set to one of the following values: For example:

Validation Rules