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- Step Inside Accounting, 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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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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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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- Immigration, Live in Portugal
EU long-term resident status gives non-EU citizens who have lived in Portugal for five years a permanent status recognised across the European Union. Here's who qualifies, how the five years are counted, how to apply through AIMA's contact form and
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- Immigration, Live in Portugal
After five years with a temporary residence permit, you can apply for permanent residence in Portugal. Here's who qualifies, how to prove basic Portuguese, which documents you need and how to apply with AIMA — and why you must renew
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- Tax, Live in Portugal
Wondering whether the Portuguese tax authority knows about your bank account abroad? It almost certainly does. Portugal takes part in automatic exchange of information with more than 100 jurisdictions, receives data from US banks under FATCA, and can request specific
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- Tax, Live in Portugal
Not all crypto income is a private investment. In Portugal, mining, validating transactions and issuing crypto-assets are business activities by law — and frequent, organised trading can be too. When crypto becomes category B income, the 365-day exclusion no longer
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- Tax, Live in Portugal
Earning yield on your crypto — through lending, "earn" products, liquidity pools or staking? In Portugal, this income is usually capital income (category E), taxed at 28%. But there's an important twist: when the reward is paid in crypto, there's
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- Tax, Live in Portugal
Portugal was once known as a crypto tax haven. Since 2023, that's no longer quite true — but for long-term holders, it's still one of the friendliest regimes in Europe. Gains on crypto held for 365 days or more are
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- Tax, Live in Portugal
Did you know you can support a charity, a cultural association or an environmental organisation through your IRS — without paying a cent more? It's called IRS consignment (consignação do IRS). Here's how it works.
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- Tax, Live in Portugal
In Portugal, the tax year is always the calendar year — 1 January to 31 December. Unlike the UK (April to April) or Australia (July to June), there's no alternative tax year. But in the year you arrive in or
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- Tax, Live in Portugal
You've filed your IRS return — can you throw away the receipts? Not yet. Article 128 of the IRS Code requires taxpayers to keep and present the documents supporting their return if the tax authority asks. This guide is for