Chapter V · Charging and payment of the tax · Section III · Other obligations of taxable persons

Article 51-A Record-keeping obligation of electronic interfaces

Artigo 51.º-A · Obrigação de conservação de registos pelas interfaces eletrónicas

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. A taxable person who, through the use of an electronic interface, facilitates supplies of goods or services to non-taxable persons in the European Union and who is not covered by Article 3(9) and (10) or Article 4(4) shall keep detailed records of those transactions so as to permit verification of the tax due by the suppliers of goods and service providers that use its services.

1 - O sujeito passivo que facilitar, mediante a utilização de uma interface eletrónica, a realização de transmissões de bens ou de prestações de serviços a pessoas que não sejam sujeitos passivos na União Europeia, que não esteja abrangido pelo disposto nos n.os 9 e 10 do artigo 3.º ou pelo n.º 4 do artigo 4.º, deve conservar registos detalhados dessas operações de modo a permitir o controlo do imposto devido pelos transmitentes dos bens e prestadores de serviços que utilizam os seus serviços.

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2. Those records shall, on request, be made available electronically to the Tax and Customs Authority (AT).

2 - Esses registos devem, quando solicitados, ser disponibilizados por via eletrónica à Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.

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3. The records shall be kept for a period of 10 years from the end of the year in which the transaction was carried out.

3 - Os registos devem ser mantidos pelo prazo de 10 anos a contar do final do ano em que a operação tenha sido efetuada.

What we checked in this article

The scope (interfaces not covered by Article 3(9) and (10) or Article 4(4)), electronic availability to the AT on request and the 10-year retention period from the end of the year of the transaction 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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