Overview
The «Why Portugal» webpage is directed to investors and entrepeneurs who are considering Portugal as a place to invest or doing business in Portugal.
In this page we review the main aspects of doing business in Portugal, including:
- How to set up a business
- Forms of investment incentives and government grants available and how to apply
- Getting a Portuguese residence permit or a golden visa
- Hiring employees, employers' obligations and rules concerning the dismissal of employees
- Portugal's main taxes, including among others personal and corporate income taxes, VAT and property taxes
- Intellectual property protection, software, patents, trademarks and technology
- Real estate, acquisition and lease of property and financing and tax related issues
- Dispute resolution, the judicial system and of the main steps and costs of lawsuits
In this webpage you will also find a library of publications, documents and forms regarding the matters covered in each section, which you can download free of cost.
We trust these documents to be updated at the time of publication. However, you should be mindful that supervening laws and events may make them out-of-date. We recommend you to seek legal counsel to review and adapt those forms for your own use and to advise you on any specific legal questions you may have regarding the legislation and forms that are published in this website. We also recommend you to look for updates of any legislation that is quoted or published in our website.
You may access a PDF version at «Why Portugal 2024 - Doing Business in Portugal».