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

Article 62 Exceptional review of taxable profit

Artigo 62.º · Revisão excecional do lucro tributável

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. Taxable profit determined by indirect methods may be reviewed within the three years following the year of the corresponding tax act where, in the light of specific information that becomes known subsequently, it is found that there has been serious or manifest injustice to the detriment of the State or of the taxpayer and the review is authorised by the Director-General of the Tax and Customs Authority.

1 - O lucro tributável determinado por métodos indiretos pode ser revisto nos três anos posteriores ao do correspondente ato tributário, quando, em face de elementos concretos conhecidos posteriormente, se verifique ter havido injustiça grave ou notória em prejuízo do Estado ou do sujeito passivo e a revisão seja autorizada pelo diretor-geral da Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.

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2. Articles 60 and 61 shall apply in the case provided for in the preceding paragraph.

2 - São aplicáveis no caso previsto no número anterior as disposições dos artigos 60.º e 61.º

What we checked in this article

The three-year window, the cumulative conditions (subsequently known specific information, serious or manifest injustice to either the State or the taxpayer, authorisation by the Director-General) and the application of Articles 60 and 61 are retained.

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