Chapter III · Determination of the taxable amount · Section IV · Non-resident entities

Article 55 Taxable profit of a permanent establishment

Artigo 55.º · Lucro tributável de estabelecimento estável

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. The taxable profit attributable to a permanent establishment of non-resident companies and other entities shall be determined by applying, with the necessary adaptations, the provisions of Section II.

1 - O lucro tributável imputável a estabelecimento estável de sociedades e outras entidades não residentes é determinado aplicando, com as necessárias adaptações, o disposto na secção ii.

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2. General administrative costs attributable to the permanent establishment may be deducted as expenses in determining taxable profit, on terms or conditions substantially identical to those that would normally be agreed, accepted and applied between independent entities in transactions, and such criteria must be applied consistently across the various tax periods.

2 - Podem ser deduzidos como gastos para a determinação do lucro tributável os encargos gerais de administração que sejam imputáveis ao estabelecimento estável, nos termos ou condições substancialmente idênticos aos que normalmente seriam contratados, aceites e praticados entre entidades independentes em operações, devendo esses critérios ser uniformemente seguidos nos vários períodos de tributação.

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3. Without prejudice to the preceding paragraph, where it is not possible to make an allocation based on the permanent establishment’s use of the goods and services to which the general costs relate, the following, among others, shall be acceptable as apportionment criteria:

3 - Sem prejuízo do disposto no número anterior, nos casos em que não seja possível efetuar uma imputação com base na utilização pelo estabelecimento estável dos bens e serviços a que respeitam os encargos gerais, são admissíveis como critérios de repartição nomeadamente os seguintes:

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a) Turnover;

a) Volume de negócios;

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b) Direct expenses;

b) Gastos diretos;

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c) Tangible fixed assets.

c) Ativo fixo tangível.

What we checked in this article

The application of Section II with necessary adaptations, the arm's length and consistency conditions for deducting general administrative expenses, and the non-exhaustive fallback apportionment criteria (turnover, direct expenses, tangible fixed assets) are retained.

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Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. Only the Portuguese text published in the Diário da República has legal force. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the statute.

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