Chapter III · Determination of the taxable amount · Section II · Resident legal persons and other entities whose main activity is commercial, industrial or agricultural · Subsection IX · Deduction of distributed profits and reserves and of gains and losses on the transfer of shares for consideration

Article 51-A Holding period of the interest

Artigo 51.º-A · Período de detenção da participação

Código do Imposto sobre o Rendimento das Pessoas Coletivas · republished by Law No. 2/2014 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. For the purposes of verifying the requirement laid down in point (b) of paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, Article 47-A applies.

1 - Para efeitos da verificação do requisito constante da alínea b) do n.º 1 do artigo anterior, é aplicável o disposto no artigo 47.º-A.

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2. If the minimum interest referred to in paragraph 1 of the preceding Article ceases to be held before the one-year period has been completed, the deduction made must be corrected, without prejudice to taking into account any tax credit for international double taxation that may be due in accordance with Article 91.

2 - Se a detenção da participação mínima referida no n.º 1 do artigo anterior deixar de se verificar antes de completado o período de um ano, deve corrigir-se a dedução que tenha sido efetuada, sem prejuízo da consideração do crédito de imposto por dupla tributação internacional a que houver lugar, nos termos do disposto no artigo 91.º

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3. Where the taxpayer transfers its registered office or place of effective management to Portuguese territory, the one-year period referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 of the preceding Article or in Article 51-C(1) begins to run at the time that transfer takes place.

3 - Nos casos em que o sujeito passivo transfira a sua sede ou direção efetiva para o território português, a contagem do período de um ano mencionado na alínea b) do n.º 1 do artigo anterior ou no n.º 1 do artigo 51.º-C inicia-se no momento em que essa transferência ocorra.

What we checked in this article

The application of Article 47-A to the holding period, the correction of the deduction if the minimum interest ceases to be held before one year (with any international double taxation credit preserved) and the start of the one-year period on transfer of the registered office or place of effective management to Portugal are retained.

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