Decide the structure before you spend on it.
One written memo on how your group enters Portugal: Lda or branch, permanent establishment, VAT, intra-group payments, and the timeline and budget for the first year. Written for the board that has to approve it.
Fixed price. Credited in full when you join the EU Landing Programme within 60 days.
- The right structure: Lda or branch
- Remote team and contracts, set up right
- Tax and VAT set-up
- Intra-group payments
- Timeline and budget for the year
Five questions, answered for your group
Each answer is a recommendation with its reasons, built on your structure and your plan for Portugal.
Lda or branch
- A Portuguese company owned by the group, or a branch of the parent itself
- Liability, banking and reporting to head office compared
- One recommended structure
Remote team and contracts
- Where your team can work from, set up correctly
- Where profit is taxed under Portuguese law and the relevant treaty
- Contracts and roles that keep the set-up simple
VAT
- Registration and the invoicing position from the first sale
- VIES for intra-EU supplies
- EORI where goods cross the EU border
Intra-group payments
- How money moves between the parent and the Portuguese entity
- Services, cost recharges, royalties and loans
- Withholding tax and treaty position on each flow
Timeline and budget for the year
- The order of steps, from parent documents to the first invoice
- Every cost of the first year, itemised
- The running cost for twelve months
What you receive
- A written memo the board can approve
- The reasoning and the legal basis for each answer
- A delivery date confirmed in writing when you order
Credited in full to the programme
Sign the EU Landing Programme contract within 60 days of paying for the memo and the €1,900 is deducted from the programme fee. The memo becomes step four of the programme timeline, already done.
How it is ordered and delivered
- Send the briefThe group structure, the planned activity in Portugal and the timing, through the company enquiry form.
- Fixed price, in writing€1,900, confirmed with the delivery date before work starts.
- A written memoDelivered as a document for head office and the board, in English or Portuguese.
Start with the structure. Decide the rest with it.
Fixed price, in writing. Credited in full when you join the EU Landing Programme within 60 days.