Open Atividade Before CRUE with a Non-Resident NIF
Moving to Portugal as an EU/EEA freelancer with a foreign-address NIF? Learn what to do before CRUE and how to update your tax address with AT.
News, tips and guides for independent workers
Everything you need to know about invoicing, VAT and Social Security in Portugal.
What's new in FIZ — September 2026
The Dashboard is now open to everyone: what you can spend after taxes, and how much to set aside for VAT, IRS and Social Security. Plus ready-made reports in the AI chat, expenses and payments in Finances, FIZ connected to Claude and ChatGPT, and receipts printed from your phone.
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Car on credit, leasing or renting: and the VAT?
Buying the car outright, on credit, on a lease or renting? See how the VAT you can deduct changes - and why a single-price renting package may give you nothing.
Car running costs: fuel and charging on VAT
Diesel at 50%, petrol at 0%, electricity deductible - and the VAT of charging at home and on a wallbox, where the AT has said no. What you recover on car costs.
The car on IRS: simplified, organised, autonomous
In the simplified regime the coefficient presumes expenses, so the car barely counts. Organised accounting deducts, but there is autonomous tax, bar EVs.
Mixed-use car: personal and business in the tax
Using the car for work and at weekends? Personal use of a car whose VAT you deducted is taxable, and there are two '15%' that get confused. How to split.
Selling the car, declaring VAT and keeping records
Deducting the car's VAT doesn't end at purchase: where it goes on the return, what happens when you sell (VAT may apply) and why you keep records 10 years.
A work car: what you can deduct on VAT and IRS
Buying a car for your activity? The VAT you recover depends on the fuel and the price; and on IRS the car mostly lowers your tax under organised accounting.
Remote work for a foreign employer: freelance or employed?
Recibos verdes or a contract? Living in Portugal, working for a company abroad - how you're taxed, why Social Security is due here, and what decides it.