Below is the list of Portugal’s so-called high-value-added professions. If you are fall in any of these professions you can apply for the Non-Habitual Resident (NHR) program in Portugal. This will give you a flat tax rate advantage of 20% per year of your total income for the first 10 years. However, to be eligible for the Non-Habitual Tax Resident it’s mandatory to complete an application with the Portuguese tax department with multiple stages. And this is where Move-in EU will help you through your application process. Please read through and contact us if you need an English-speaking tax lawyer who can accompany you with your application.
Who can Apply for Non Habitual Resident?
Anyone who meet the following 3 criteria:
- You are not a resident in portugal for last 5 years and you want to move in Portugal now.
- You must stay in portugal for 183 days after issuing your resident parmit or you have your primary home here in portugal.
- You must made the application before 31st march of the following year you become resident. (For example if you become a resident in May you will have time for application until 31 march of next year)
High Value added job list in portugal
Self-employed, technical, and similar workers:
- Archaeologists;
- Biologists and life scientists;
- Computer programmers;
- Computer programming consultants and activities in the same field with Information Technology and Computer Science;
- Computer programming activities;
- Computer consulting activities;
- Computer equipment management and exploration;
- Information service activities;
- Data programming, information domiciliation and data warehousing activities;
- Data processing activities;
- Information services activities;
- Activities in the same field the web and websites;
- Data programming, information retrieval and hosting activities;
- Other information service activities;
- Information agency activities;
- Scientific investigation and development activities;
- Scientific investigation and development activities in the physical and natural sciences;
- Biotechnology investigation and development activities;
- Designers;
Architects, engineers and similar technicians:
- Architects;
- Engineers;
- Geologists;
Plastic artists, actors and musicians:
- Artists in theatre, ballet, film, radio and television;
- Singers;
- Sculptors;
- Musicians;
- Painters;
Auditors:
- Auditors;
- Tax consultants;
Doctors and Dentists:
- Dentists;
- Medical analysts;
- Surgeons;
- Physicians on ships;
- General practitioners;
- Dentists;
- Stomatologists;
- Physiotherapy doctors;
- Gastroenterologists;
- Ophthalmologists;
- Orthopedic physicians;
- Otorhinolaryngologists;
- Pediatric physicians;
- Radiological physicians;
- Physicians in other specialties;
Teachers:
- University professors;
Investigators, administrators and managers:
- Investigators, directors and managers of investment promoting companies if it is related to eligible projects and concession agreements of tax benefits in application of the investment tax code, approved by the decree Law 249/2009, of 23 September:
- Senior business executives
