Chapter V · Charging and payment of the tax · Section I · Deductions

Article 26 Adjustments of deductions relating to immovable property not used for business purposes

Artigo 26.º · Regularizações das deduções relativas a imóveis não utilizados em fins empresariais

Código do Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado · republished by Decree-Law No. 102/2008 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. Where immovable property in respect of which tax was deducted is not used for the purposes of the business for 1 or more complete calendar years after the beginning of the 19-year period referred to in Article 24(2), an annual adjustment of 1/20 of the deduction made is required, which must be included in the return for the last period of the year to which it relates.

1 - A não utilização em fins da empresa de bens imóveis relativamente aos quais houve dedução do imposto durante 1 ou mais anos civis completos após o início do período de 19 anos referido no n.º 2 do artigo 24.º dá lugar à regularização anual de 1/20 da dedução efectuada, que deve constar da declaração do último período do ano a que respeita.

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2. The annual adjustment provided for in the preceding paragraph also applies in the case of immovable property in respect of which the tax incurred on its construction, acquisition or other related capital expenditure was initially deducted in full or in part, where that property is allocated to one of the uses referred to in Article 21(1)(d).

2 - A regularização anual prevista no número anterior é também aplicável no caso de bens imóveis relativamente aos quais houve inicialmente lugar à dedução total ou parcial do imposto que onerou a respectiva construção, aquisição ou outras despesas de investimento com eles relacionadas, quando tais bens sejam afectos a uma das utilizações referidas na alínea d) do n.º 1 do artigo 21.º

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3. If the activity ceases during the adjustment period, the adjustment is made in accordance with Article 24(5).

3 - No caso de cessação da actividade durante o período de regularização, esta é efectuada nos termos do n.º 5 do artigo 24.º

What we checked in this article

The annual 1/20 adjustment for each complete calendar year of non-business use within the 19-year period of Article 24(2), its extension to property allocated to the uses in Article 21(1)(d), and the one-off adjustment under Article 24(5) on cessation 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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