Lending your NIF, invoices, VAT, cash limits, Social Security and your residence permit: 10 tax and legal mistakes immigrant business owners in Portugal should avoid, and what to do instead.
39 detained in Portugal in Operação Hermes, an EU-led probe into €150M+ VAT fraud in phones. 8 Oct update: court hearing, seized cars. Red flags for shops.
A calm checklist for your first week in Portugal: getting a phone number, your NIF, a bank account, and transport passes in Lisbon, Porto and on CP trains.
AIMA says appointment requests are free and only made via its contact form, email, the visa or its portals. How to spot scams, report them and get a NIF the official way.
Request your Portal das Finanças password in 10 minutes: registration, the letter, first login, and what to do if it never arrives.
What a NIF is, the three ways to get one as a foreigner, which documents you need, and when you need a fiscal representative.
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