Investment Incentive Programmes
The Portuguese government offers a number of Tax Saving Programmes seeking to attract qualified expatriates to perform high added value activities, as well as high net worth individual investors.
These can be very beneficial to a qualifying applicant.
Golden Visa
The Portuguese government
offer a number of Tax Saving
Programmes seeking to
attract qualified expatriates
to perform high added value
activities, as well as high net
worth individual investors.
These can be very beneficial
to a qualifying applicant.
Designed to boost foreign
investment in Portugal, this
highly attractive residency
programme can be activated,
subject to legal requirements,
through the investment
in one of three avenues:
acquisition of property in the
amount of or greater than
€500.000,00; transfer of
funds above €1.000.000,00
or more; creation of at least
10 (ten) jobs in Portugal.
Besides the access to the rest
of Europe and the inclusion
of family members, there is
also the possibility to apply for
permanent residency.
Golden Visa Timeline
Non - Habitual Residents
(NHR) Regime
This has been hugely successful
in recent years with a significant
increase in people taking up the
incentive requirements.
The regime allows for tax
exemption on almost all income
from foreign sources and
a flat personal income tax
rate of 20% for qualifying
employment income. Bearers
of this status can thus increase
their net income, and avoid
inheritance and gift taxation in
Portugal.
