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Article cover: Beyond the salary: 6 rules on the managing partner’s benefits
  • Blog Post
  • Step Inside Accounting, Company
Beyond the salary: 6 rules on the managing partner’s benefits
Health insurance, a pension plan (PPR), childcare vouchers, a car, a phone or training: the company can pay for much more than the salary. Some of these benefits pay income tax, others pay no Social Security, and some pay nothing
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Article cover: Travel allowances and mileage: 5 rules for paying the managing partner’s business trips
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  • Step Inside Accounting, Company
Travel allowances and mileage: 5 rules for paying the managing partner’s business trips
When the managing partner travels for work, the company can cover the costs free of income tax and Social Security, within the legal limits. Above those limits, or without the right paperwork, the amount is treated as salary.
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Article cover: Shareholder loans (suprimentos): 5 rules for lending money to your company
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  • Step Inside Accounting, Company
Shareholder loans (suprimentos): 5 rules for lending money to your company
When the business is starting out, needs to invest or has a tight month, it is common for the partner to put money into the company. Done as a shareholder loan (suprimento), it is exempt from Stamp Duty and the
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Article cover: The company’s money is not the partner’s: 5 rules to avoid paying tax twice
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  • Step Inside Accounting, Company
The company’s money is not the partner’s: 5 rules to avoid paying tax twice
Taking cash out of the company account or paying for groceries with the company card can look harmless, especially when the company is all yours. For the Tax Authority, it may be a profit distribution: the same amount pays corporate
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Article cover: The managing partner’s salary in 2027 – 4 rules for the new year
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  • Step Inside Accounting, Company
Managing partner salary in 2027: 4 rules for the new year
The minimum wage rises to €970 in January. It’s the right time to review the managing partner’s salary: what it costs the company, why it is still free of IRS and how to pay more with no deductions.
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For the self-employed

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  • Self-Employee, Live in Portugal
NISS in Portugal: What It Is and When You Need It
If you're going to work in Portugal, sooner or later someone will ask for your NISS. It's the number that connects you to the Portuguese Social Security system — and without it, starting a job or working as a freelancer
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