Chapter III · Determination of the taxable amount · Section V · Determination of taxable profit by indirect methods

Article 60 Notification of the taxpayer

Artigo 60.º · Notificação do sujeito passivo

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. Taxpayers shall be notified of the taxable profit determined by indirect methods, with an indication of the facts that gave rise to it and of the criteria and calculations on which it is based.

1 - Os sujeitos passivos são notificados do lucro tributável fixado por métodos indiretos, com indicação dos factos que lhe estiveram na origem e, bem assim, dos critérios e cálculos que lhe estão subjacentes.

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2. (Repealed.)

2 - (Revogado.)

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The required content of the notification (facts, criteria and calculations) is retained; paragraph 2 is repealed.

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