Chapter VI · Ancillary obligations

Article 124 Transactions in financial instruments

Artigo 124.º · Operações com instrumentos financeiros

Código do Imposto sobre o Rendimento das Pessoas Singulares · republished by Law No. 82-E/2014 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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Credit institutions and financial companies must report to the Tax and Customs Authority, by the end of March each year, in respect of each taxpayer, on an official form:

As instituições de crédito e sociedades financeiras devem comunicar à Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira, até ao final do mês de março de cada ano, relativamente a cada sujeito passivo, através de modelo oficial:

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a) The transactions carried out with their intervention in respect of securities and stand-alone warrants;

a) As operações efetuadas com a sua intervenção, relativamente a valores mobiliários e warrants autónomos;

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b) The results determined on transactions carried out with their intervention in respect of derivative financial instruments.

b) Os resultados apurados nas operações efetuadas com a sua intervenção relativamente a instrumentos financeiros derivados.

What we checked in this article

The reporting entities (credit institutions and financial companies), the end-of-March deadline and the split between securities and stand-alone warrants (transactions) and derivatives (results) 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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