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Sole trader

Empresário em Nome IndividualPortugal

What it takes to form, own and run a sole trader in Portugal, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.

This company type

At a glance

Owners' liability
Unlimited: the owners answer with their own assets
Officialpgdlisboa.ptRead 10 Oct 2026
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Pelo cumprimento da obrigação respondem todos os bens do devedor susceptíveis de penhora, sem prejuízo dos regimes especialmente estabelecidos em consequência da separação de patrimónios.
Owners
At least 1 · at most 1 · one person may form it alone
Officialwww2.gov.ptRead 10 Oct 2026
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Se é trabalhador/a independente ou tem uma atividade extra como complemento ao seu trabalho por conta de outrem, tem de abrir atividade nas Finanças
Directors
Does not apply
Minimum capital
Does not apply
Formation fee
Free
Officialgov.ptRead 25 Oct 2026
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A entrega da declaração é gratuita.
Tax on profit
Through owners · 12.5–48%
Officialinfo.portaldasfinancas.gov.ptRead 10 Oct 2026
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As taxas do imposto são as constantes da tabela seguinte:
Formed online: Yes

Form it

Who registers it

Registry
Formed without visiting
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Formed online
Yes

What it takes to form

Not in our records A notary, A resident director, Paying up the capital: none of these is in our records for the Empresário em Nome Individual.

Own it

Who may own and run it

Directors
Does not apply
Shareholders
Does not apply
Members
At least 1 · at most 1 · one person may form it alone
Official www2.gov.pt read 10 Oct 2026
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Se é trabalhador/a independente ou tem uma atividade extra como complemento ao seu trabalho por conta de outrem, tem de abrir atividade nas Finanças
A local company secretary
Does not apply
A local registered agent
Does not apply

Each year, at the registry

Annual registry fee
Does not apply
Accounts on the public record
No
Official pgdlisboa.pt read 10 Oct 2026
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Estão sujeitos a registo os seguintes factos relativos a comerciantes individuais:
Audit for a small company
Does not apply
Audit
Not in our records

Important dates

When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.

Not in our records No dates for the Empresário em Nome Individual are in our records.

What is public

Not in our records What the register shows the public is not in our records for the Empresário em Nome Individual.

Tax

Tax on profit

How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.

Through owners · 12.5–48%

Business income of a natural person is taxed in the owner's personal income tax (IRS) on the general scale of art. 68 CIRS (rates for 2026 as amended by Lei n.º 73-A/2025); the simplified regime and deductions were not read.

Official info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt read 10 Oct 2026
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As taxas do imposto são as constantes da tabela seguinte:
CFC rules in Portugal
Yes

Close it

Closing it

The other end, which most guides leave out.

Not in our records Route, Statutory fee: none of these is in our records for the Empresário em Nome Individual.

Every business in Portugal

VAT

Standard rate
23%
Official European Commission, Taxes in Europe Database situation on 2026-01-01
Other rates
  • 13% Supplies listed in Annex II to the VAT Code, including restaurant and catering services and certain foodstuffs
  • 6% Supplies listed in Annex I to the VAT Code, including basic foodstuffs, water, medicines, books and periodicals, passenger transport and accommodation
Official info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt read 22 Oct 2026
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b) Para as importações, transmissões de bens e prestações de serviços constantes da lista II anexa a este diploma, a taxa de 13%;
Registration threshold
EUR 15,000

annual turnover in Portugal (volume de negócios) under the special exemption scheme; previous calendar year

Official info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt read 22 Oct 2026
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Beneficiam da isenção do imposto os sujeitos passivos com sede ou domicílio em território nacional que, não praticando operações de exportação ou atividades conexas, não tenham atingido, no ano civil anterior, um volume de negócios anual em território nacional superior a 15 000 €.
Voluntary registration
Yes

A business eligible for the exemption may waive it and opt to charge VAT, by declaration, and must then stay in the chosen regime for at least five years.

Official info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt read 22 Oct 2026
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Os sujeitos passivos suscetíveis de beneficiar da isenção do imposto nos termos do n.º 1 do artigo 53.º podem a ela renunciar e optar pela aplicação do imposto às suas operações tributáveis
A foreign company
Registers from its first taxable supply; needs a local tax representative

The €15,000 exemption belongs to businesses with their seat or domicile in Portugal; a business without one registers and charges VAT on taxable operations in Portugal from the first such operation. A non-resident without a fixed establishment in Portugal and without seat or establishment in another EU state must appoint a Portuguese VAT representative; one established in another EU state may appoint a representative but is not obliged to.

Official info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt read 22 Oct 2026
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Beneficiam da isenção do imposto os sujeitos passivos com sede ou domicílio em território nacional que, não praticando operações de exportação ou atividades conexas, não tenham atingido, no ano civil anterior, um volume de negócios anual em território nacional superior a 15 000 €.
Returns filed
Quarterly
Official info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt read 22 Oct 2026
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b) Até ao dia 20 do 2.º mês seguinte ao trimestre do ano civil a que respeitam as operações, no caso de sujeitos passivos com um volume de negócios inferior a 650 000 € no ano civil anterior.
Tax authority
Registration page read 2026-10-22

Portals and registers

Payment and banking services

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Reference

Its name and code

Kind
Sole trader
Derived our grouping, the same words in every country
Name in law
Empresário em Nome Individual
ISO 20275 code
VALH