Everything you need to know about invoicing, VAT and Social Security in Portugal.
The Anexo SS links your IRS to Social Security and declares your contracting entities. It's what measures your economic dependence - which can require a client of yours to pay a contribution and counts towards the cessation-of-activity benefit. A clear guide.
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It's the 'unemployment benefit' for economically dependent freelancers: if your main client lets you go, you may be entitled to Social Security support. Who qualifies, how much, and how to claim.
Are you a civil servant wanting to do some freelance work? As a rule you need authorisation to combine roles. Here's what tends to be authorised, what needs extra care, and what's outright forbidden.
Work fixed hours, at the client's office, invoicing only them? You may be a falso recibo verde - a disguised employee. The presumption of employment (art. 12.º of the Labour Code), the signs, and what to do.
Tomorrow's pension reflects what you contribute over your career. Always paying the minimum is cheap now and costly at retirement. Here's how a freelancer's pension is built and how a PPR cuts your IRS.
Becoming a parent and on green receipts? You're entitled to Social Security's parental benefit. Here's the guarantee period, the choice between 120 and 150 days, and how much sharing the leave changes.
Retired and want to keep working for yourself? You can - your old-age pension stacks with green receipts and you're exempt from Social Security. But in IRS the two incomes add up. Here's what changes.
If you fall ill and can't work, Social Security pays you a sickness benefit - but there's a 10-day waiting period and limits worth knowing beforehand. A guide with deadlines, amounts and duration.
The Segurança Social Direta portal is daunting at first. Here's the map of the areas a freelancer actually uses: the quarterly declaration, contributions, current account, contribution record and no-debt certificates.
Are you a student about to invoice your first jobs? You can issue green receipts - but it affects Social Security, your own IRS, and your dependant status on your parents' IRS. Here's what changes and what pays off.
Yes - use the benefit to your advantage: bring it forward all at once as capital, or only part and keep the rest monthly. The IEFP measure ties you in for 3 years.
If you're self-employed, Social Security does NOT cover your work accidents. You need your own insurance, mandatory by law (Law 98/2009). Here's who must have it, what it covers and the risk of going without.
In your first year of activity you are fully exempt from Social Security — 12 months at zero. After that, the contribution is 21.4% on 70% of the services provided in the previous quarter.
In the quarterly declaration you can adjust the base by up to 25%. See the impact on BIC, contributions, sickness, parental leave and pension.