This summary provides an initial overview and explains the main guidelines and possible implications of the non-habitual resident (“NHR”) regime for foreigners and Portuguese individuals settling in Portugal after an extended period of living abroad.
It deals mainly with individuals receiving pension income, but also sets out other key points of the tax regime.
Individuals covered by the NHR regime can benefit from a special personal income tax (PIT) regime for a ten-year period.
The 2020 Portuguese State Budget introduced slight changes to the tax treatment of some types of income.
For each type of income, a specific set of conditions apply to determine if it can indeed be tax exempt in Portugal or taxed at a special rate. This analysis must be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
In broad summary, this tax regime allows other types of foreign source income to be tax exempt in Portugal if:
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