Re: Step by Step - Arrival in Portugal
Originally Posted by ricko
(Post 12255479)
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. Answered back ( on the same web page ) in 48 hours The whole process was simplified and made web-based last July, maybe you have been reading pre July 2016 information |
Re: Step by Step - Arrival in Portugal
Originally Posted by Loafing Along
(Post 12255543)
No did not have to do that - it was a simple form with a declaration to tick about previous residency and country and origin.
Answered back ( on the same web page ) in 48 hours The whole process was simplified and made web-based last July, maybe you have been reading pre July 2016 information |
Re: Step by Step - Arrival in Portugal
Loafing Along, and Mac and Mabel
Many thanks for your replies - that information is very reassuring. It seems so simple that I wonder if anyone could be rejected for the scheme. Is it just a tick box process, as the Portuguese government are very eager to get as many people onto the scheme as possible? I went back and looked to see where the information about 5 years of tax returns came from, and judging by the website address, it was a Portuguese lawyer or accountant. Thanks again for such positive information. |
Arrival in Portugal - where will we be deemed resident?
Can someone comment on this tax/residency question?
1. Having purchased a car on May 14 this year, we intend arriving in Portugal on May 15 next year so that we will avoid import duty. 2. I believe that our period of PT residency will hence commence on May 15 next year, being the first day of our arrival. 3. We will, though, leave the UK on April 5th, so we will not be UK residents in the 2018/19 tax year. We will have no permanent UK residence. We will perhaps just tour around Europe, spending time and as little money as we can... 4. So what will our residency status be between 6 April and 14 May? To whom will taxes be due? This is not an idle question, as there are tax implications for us, and I can't believe that we would have no residency status during that gap. The car is special to me, by the way, and rare in Portugal, so please don't suggest leaving it behind! Any thoughts much appreciated! |
Re: Arrival in Portugal - where will we be deemed resident?
Originally Posted by Diddion
(Post 12279785)
Can someone comment on this tax/residency question?
1. Having purchased a car on May 14 this year, we intend arriving in Portugal on May 15 next year so that we will avoid import duty. 2. I believe that our period of PT residency will hence commence on May 15 next year, being the first day of our arrival. 3. We will, though, leave the UK on April 5th, so we will not be UK residents in the 2018/19 tax year. We will have no permanent UK residence. We will perhaps just tour around Europe, spending time and as little money as we can... 4. So what will our residency status be between 6 April and 14 May? To whom will taxes be due? This is not an idle question, as there are tax implications for us, and I can't believe that we would have no residency status during that gap. The car is special to me, by the way, and rare in Portugal, so please don't suggest leaving it behind! Any thoughts much appreciated! Tax residency is different, once you spend more than 6 months in Portugal, you will be liable to submit a tax return to the Portuguese IRS. This will levy tax on your worldwide income and assets, but thare are some allowances, etc. You need to take advice on this - the tax tear runs Dec-Dec not Apr-Mar like the UK, so there are some games you can play..... If you intend NOT being tax resident in the UK during the next financial year, AIUI you need to declare that to the Inland Revenue. It was suggested to me that you will then need to stay away from the UK for the next year, save maybe a 2-week holiday .... any more and it might be decided that you are still a UK tax resident. Good luck. |
Re: Arrival in Portugal - where will we be deemed resident?
Originally Posted by macliam
(Post 12280148)
Tax residency is different, once you spend more than 6 months in Portugal, you will be liable to submit a tax return to the Portuguese IRS. This will levy tax on your worldwide income and assets, but thare are some allowances, etc. You need to take advice on this - the tax tear runs Dec-Dec not Apr-Mar like the UK, so there are some games you can play.....
If you intend NOT being tax resident in the UK during the next financial year, AIUI you need to declare that to the Inland Revenue. It was suggested to me that you will then need to stay away from the UK for the next year, save maybe a 2-week holiday .... any more and it might be decided that you are still a UK tax resident. Good luck. I believe the issue of UK tax residency is far more complex than you suggest, because we can find ourselves automatic UK tax residents if, for example, we spend 90 days in a UK property, of which 30 days are in the year in question. So, 30 days in the UK next year - and that's it! The number of days one can spend in the UK depend upon the UK Statutory Residents Test, and the number of ties - this is how the HMRC put it: https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...nal_078500.pdf So, in a nutshell, we don't want HMRC to (for example) say we are UK residents but on holiday during the gap between 6 April and 15 May. We certainly need good advice on this, though of course other forum contributors might have encountered similar situations. |
Re: Arrival in Portugal - where will we be deemed resident?
Originally Posted by Diddion
(Post 12280172)
Thanks, Macliam - I am generally aware of these issues, and it is the tax residency position that exercises me. Our plan will to become tax resident and make use of the NHR status once we are able to do so - having gained our residency. So: our residency will start on 15 May - the question in my mind is whether our tax residency will also start on 15 May, or will apply for the full year - from 1 January.
I believe the issue of UK tax residency is far more complex than you suggest, because we can find ourselves automatic UK tax residents if, for example, we spend 90 days in a UK property, of which 30 days are in the year in question. So, 30 days in the UK next year - and that's it! The number of days one can spend in the UK depend upon the UK Statutory Residents Test, and the number of ties - this is how the HMRC put it: https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...nal_078500.pdf So, in a nutshell, we don't want HMRC to (for example) say we are UK residents but on holiday during the gap between 6 April and 15 May. We certainly need good advice on this, though of course other forum contributors might have encountered similar situations. |
Re: Step by Step - Arrival in Portugal
Thanks, macliam. I did contact them, and the receptionist passed my message onto the MD. But that's the last I heard......
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Re: Step by Step - Arrival in Portugal
Originally Posted by Diddion
(Post 12280265)
Thanks, macliam. I did contact them, and the receptionist passed my message onto the MD. But that's the last I heard......
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Re: Step by Step - Arrival in Portugal
Originally Posted by SarahMiller
(Post 12199797)
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 Hi Sarah, I've recently done all the quest with only having AirBnb rental for a month. Got my Residence Cert and NHR status now. (took me less then 2 weeks) It will depend on your local Junta de Fraguesia (local parish) if they issue a proof of address straight away or will ask you for some more proof. Here in Setubal they were very pleasant and I had no problem to get one, then it's only doc you need in Camara Municipal (Local Council) to get a Res. Cert. The step by step instruction was very helpful though. Thank you guys! |
Re: Step by Step - Arrival in Portugal
Originally Posted by DiDAN
(Post 12296243)
Hi Sarah,
I've recently done all the quest with only having AirBnb rental for a month. Got my Residence Cert and NHR status now. (took me less then 2 weeks) It will depend on your local Junta de Fraguesia (local parish) if they issue a proof of address straight away or will ask you for some more proof. Here in Setubal they were very pleasant and I had no problem to get one, then it's only doc you need in Camara Municipal (Local Council) to get a Res. Cert. The step by step instruction was very helpful though. Thank you guys! You comment is really interesting as I was just about to write to the Forum. I am retired and recently arrived presently based near Faro now looking to log onto the fiscal system here with intention of obtaining NHR before a property purchase. My wife and I have researched for renting and I think we are now organised. Comments here have been enormously useful in particular Mac & Mabel and I use this opportunity to say many thnxs. However my situation is that I may find it difficult to just simply sit tight here for a full 6 months in one straight stretch as although I am retired my expertise is in software and I might find myself 'On call' to anywhere in the world. I would generally be out and return within 2 to 3 weeks at most - that sort of thing. Do I understand your comment to indicate that it is possible to obtain/settle the whole thing up to and including NHR in a couple of weeks?? If so is that from arrival in Portugal or would one have had to be here for some time previously?? Hope to hear soonest as I had been planning to go get IFNs early next week. Best Rgds. |
Re: Step by Step - Arrival in Portugal
Hi,
As I mentioned, it took me no more than TWO weeks to settle in Setubal from the scratch. But I assume it could be different in other parts of the country.
Originally Posted by factseeker
(Post 12309473)
Hi DiDAN,
You comment is really interesting as I was just about to write to the Forum. I am retired and recently arrived presently based near Faro now looking to log onto the fiscal system here with intention of obtaining NHR before a property purchase. My wife and I have researched for renting and I think we are now organised. Comments here have been enormously useful in particular Mac & Mabel and I use this opportunity to say many thnxs. However my situation is that I may find it difficult to just simply sit tight here for a full 6 months in one straight stretch as although I am retired my expertise is in software and I might find myself 'On call' to anywhere in the world. I would generally be out and return within 2 to 3 weeks at most - that sort of thing. Do I understand your comment to indicate that it is possible to obtain/settle the whole thing up to and including NHR in a couple of weeks?? If so is that from arrival in Portugal or would one have had to be here for some time previously?? Hope to hear soonest as I had been planning to go get IFNs early next week. Best Rgds. |
Re: Step by Step - Arrival in Portugal
Originally Posted by factseeker
(Post 12309473)
Hi DiDAN,
You comment is really interesting as I was just about to write to the Forum. I am retired and recently arrived presently based near Faro now looking to log onto the fiscal system here with intention of obtaining NHR before a property purchase. My wife and I have researched for renting and I think we are now organised. Comments here have been enormously useful in particular Mac & Mabel and I use this opportunity to say many thnxs. However my situation is that I may find it difficult to just simply sit tight here for a full 6 months in one straight stretch as although I am retired my expertise is in software and I might find myself 'On call' to anywhere in the world. I would generally be out and return within 2 to 3 weeks at most - that sort of thing. Do I understand your comment to indicate that it is possible to obtain/settle the whole thing up to and including NHR in a couple of weeks?? If so is that from arrival in Portugal or would one have had to be here for some time previously?? Hope to hear soonest as I had been planning to go get IFNs early next week. Best Rgds. |
Re: Step by Step - Arrival in Portugal
Originally Posted by Loafing Along
(Post 12309485)
NHR takes 48 hrs online from application to decision. What can take more than a week is registering/ setting up your access with the Finanzas site as they post your access code to you once you have done the online registration process.
Thnxs for reply. So to summarise as I understand it - provided all goes reasonably smoothly in the paperwork etc - all is correct and one follows the correct proceedure - it should be possible to obtain a confirmation of NHR within circa a month of initial arrival in Portugal?? Best Rgds. |
Re: Step by Step - Arrival in Portugal
Yes :-)
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