Chapter V · Assessment

Article 25 Contracts for a person to be nominated

Artigo 25.º · Contratos para pessoa a nomear

Código do Imposto Municipal sobre as Transmissões Onerosas de Imóveis · annex II to Decree-Law No. 287/2003 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. In contracts for a person to be nominated, the original contracting party, their representative or agent without authority (gestor de negócios) may submit to the tax office that assessed the tax, for the purposes of Article 4(b), within five days after the conclusion of the contract, a written statement containing all the information necessary for the full identification of the third party for whom they contracted, even if that party is a legal person in the course of incorporation, provided that its company name or designation and the names of its founders or organisers are stated.

1 - Nos contratos para pessoa a nomear, o contraente originário, seu representante ou gestor de negócios pode apresentar no serviço de finanças que procedeu à liquidação do imposto, para os efeitos previstos na alínea b) do artigo 4.º, até cinco dias após a celebração do contrato, declaração, por escrito, contendo todos os elementos necessários para a completa identificação do terceiro para quem contratou, ainda que se trate de pessoa colectiva em constituição, desde que seja indicada a sua denominação social ou designação e o nome dos respectivos fundadores ou organizadores.

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2. Once the statement has been made, before or after the conclusion of the contract, a different person cannot be identified.

2 - Uma vez feita a declaração, antes ou depois da celebração do contrato, não é possível identificar pessoa diferente.

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3. If the person identified in the statement is nominated, that person’s identity is annotated on the return for the purposes of the IMT assessment, and the IMT is cancelled if the nominated person benefits from an exemption.

3 - Se vier a ser nomeada a pessoa identificada na declaração, averba-se a sua identidade na declaração para efeitos de liquidação de IMT e procede-se à anulação deste se a pessoa nomeada beneficiar de isenção.

What we checked in this article

The five-day time limit for the written statement identifying the third party, the rule that a different person cannot then be identified, and the cancellation of IMT where the nominee is exempt 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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