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Portugal’s Patent Box in 2026 Companies that develop and license software, patents or industrial designs can shelter most of that income from Portuguese corporate tax. The Patent Box regime [...]

Portugal maintains a list of jurisdictions treated as having clearly more favourable tax regimes. Inclusion on this list triggers penalty provisions across six tax codes. The list was approved in [...]

On 25 June 2026 the Council of Ministers approved a government bill seeking authorisation to rewrite the criteria that place a jurisdiction on Portugal’s list of privileged tax regimes. The [...]

The 2026 Personal Income Tax (PIT) filing season in Portugal is approaching. Individuals who earned income during the 2025 tax year should assess their reporting obligations in light of their tax [...]

GFDL Advogados participated in the 2nd UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats) Biennial Global Mobility Forum, held in Lisbon under the theme “Interdisciplinary Compliance and Planning in an Age [...]

We’re proud to share that João Gil Figueira has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 16ᵗʰ edition of The Best Lawyers in Portugal™ for his work in Tax Law. In its 16th edition, The [...]

GFDL Advogados is proud to announce its participation in the 10th Edition of The Legal 500: Tax Comparative Guide, having authored the Portugal chapter of this internationally recognised [...]

Portugal has removed Hong Kong, Liechtenstein, and Uruguay from its list of jurisdictions with “clearly more favourable” tax regimes. The measure was published on 5 September 2025 and applies [...]

João G. Gil Figueira (Partner), Beatriz Valério Pimenta (Associate) and Carolina Monteiro (Trainee) contributed to ICLG’s Corporate Tax Guide 2025. This International Comparative Legal Guides [...]

João Gil Figueira, Partner at GFDL, was quoted by Kathleen Peddicord in a Forbes (December 27, 2023) article regarding terminating of the Non Habitual Tax Residency Regime and Portugal as a [...]