The
NHR, created by Decree-law 249/2009 of September 23, is a special taxation
regime applicable to Portuguese or foreign tax payers, that live in Portugal for at least 183 days per year
(consecutive or not), and if they have not lived in Portugal in the
last 5 years
2. Benefits
2.1.
For a period of 10 years, taxation
related to IRS (personal income tax) on labour income in Portugal is a
fixed at a rate of 20%. (*)
2.2.
No double taxation for pensions or for employment and self-employment income
obtained abroad.
3.Taxable income
Taxation applies to income derived from high added value activities of a
scientific artistic or technical nature, such as:
·
Architects, engineers and similar
·
Artists, actors and musicians
·
Auditors
·
Doctors and dentists, teachers and
psychologists
·
Liberal professions, technicians
and similar
·
Senior managers
·
Investors, directors and managers,
when part of companies covered by the contractual regime provided for in the
Investment Tax Code
4. Eligibility
4.1.
Having not been a resident in Portugal for
the last 5 years;
4.2.
Register at the local tax office
as a tax resident in Portugal (to do so you must have remained in Portugal for
more than 183 consecutive or non-consecutive days, or having remained for less
time, having, at 31st December of that year, a home in such
conditions that would lead to the assumption that it is intended to be kept and
occupied as your habitual residence);
4.3.
Request that the status of
Non-Habitual Resident be attributed at the time of registering as a tax
resident in Portugal, or by
31st March of the year following that in which you become a resident
in Portugal
5. Notes
(*)
In the case of employment or self-employment, the applicable tax rate is 20%,
with an additional 3,5% surcharge in 2013.
(**)
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