SarahMiller

Has anybody had to do the first few steps whilst still in an air bnb/alojamento local? I don't know how long it will take me to find & purchase a house, so it's very likely that I'll still be in the alojamento local when I need to get the residency. Is a confirmation letter from the owner enough as proof of address, as obviously won't have bills with my name on.

Many thanks

Sarah

Mac and Mabel

AliceCaroline's link above is the tutorial I used, for some reason snipped from my previous post. As I said, slightly out of date as it refers to paper applications as well as online, but I'm sure I read that only online applications are accepted since last Summer.

qianh

Slightly off the topic, I always have some confusion about these 2 requirement of tax resident，does that mean if you can be in your permanent residence on 31 Dec every year, you don't really have to physically stay in Portugal for more than 183 days to qualify as tax resident?

Loafing Along

Exactly if on the 31st December your "principle residence" is in Portugal is in a condition that what lead the fiscal authorities to believe it is your home you do not need to be there 183 for fiscal residency
http://info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt...System_CEF.pdf

Page 50 of the pdf explains it all - it is in english

RichardHenshall

It's not like a census (ie where were you on 31st December?) - there is a little more to it, described here.

Remember that just because you can claim to have tax residence (or Portugal can claim you have tax residence) in Portugal under Portuguese rules, it doesn't mean that other countries can't also claim you as tax resident (or domiciled) in their countries too.

SarahMiller

Hi guys, very interesting re tax residence status. Just to get back to my earlier question though : has anybody done the residency registration whilst still in an alojamento local/airBnB? What did you need in terms of paperwork?

Thanks

Sarah

RichardHenshall

AFAIK, an AL holiday letting is supposed to be for no longer than approximately 30 days - after that it's supposed to be a 'normal' longer term letting, for which the rental contract is registered with the tax authorities etc (thus giving you 'proof' of address). Most immigrants will, I imagine, try to get accommodation that is slightly more long term in nature than a holiday rental even if their plans are uncertain so your situation may be unusual but shouldn't prevent a successful application/notification of residency. Could you use the address of an advogado/a which might also avoid problems with delivery of any mailed correspondence?

mfesharne

I think you need to simplify the question & ask if anyone has obtained their first 5 year residencia whilst staying in a rental?

And the answer to that question is yes. In our case they just put the rental address on the document & after we'd bought our own house we just went back there & had them change the address & reissue a new document with the new address.

If I remember correctly, it took about 20 minutes.

SarahMiller

Thank you both, that's reassuring

Mac and Mabel

We met with our accountant today. She advised that a new resident with NHR tax status will declare their income from 1 January to 31 December of the year in which they became resident, regardless of the exact date they became resident. However, if a new resident does not have NHR tax status, they will declare their income only from the date on which they became resident. This is the answer she received from Finanças/AT.

AliceCaroline

Thank you for this Mac and Mabel.
I think we have now pretty much decided to move over in the January not the November, just so that we don't get involved in the 2017 tax year.
For the sake of a few weeks we might as well wait.

ricko

Mac and Mabel, I've just seen your post #12 and found it very helpful.
It looks like Portugal has a good combination of climate, cost of living, and friendliness for retirees and so I've recently been finding out about the country.
So the details you have given should prove very useful to others who are thinking of moving there.
I've just become aware of the NHR system, but the information I've seen seems to be a little uncertain (maybe because the situation has changed since it was introduced).
So to hear from somebody who has just gone through the process is reassuring.
Would it be possible for you to post some more information about the NHR process, with, for example, what information you needed for the online application.
Thanks again for such a useful post.

Loafing Along

The NHR process is well-documented on various threads so a summary :

1. You need a Portuguese fiscal number and an address

2.You register on the Portuguese Tax Authorities website :https://www.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/pt/home.action

3. When registered they will send to your home address a confirmation with a password

4. You go to the section : https://www.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt...action?pai=154

Headed up "Cidadaos , Entregar "

Scroll down to "pedido" - Inscriçao de residente nao habitual

When you click on it you will be asked for your Fiscal Number and your password
Follow it from there.

qianh

Hi I would still like to find a English speaking accountant whose charge is reasonable to discuss about the tax planning in the view of applying NHR, any recommendation would be much appreciated. If you are happy with yours please pm me. Ideally based in Lisbon area.

thanks!

ricko

Hi Loafing Along, thanks for the extra information, which will be useful if I decide to move to Portugal.
However, when I did a previous search, one web page said that during the application, you had to input your tax returns for the previous five years. If that type of information is necessary, then I thought that there might be a lot of other detailed information, not necessarily to hand, that would also be asked for.
That's why I asked about the specific information that needed to be input for the application.