Chapter V · Charging and payment of the tax · Section IV · Special schemes · Subsection III · Small retailers scheme

Article 61 Transfer from the normal regime to the special scheme

Artigo 61.º · Passagem do regime normal ao regime especial

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 the conditions laid down in the preceding Article are met and taxable persons under the normal regime wish to apply the special small retailers scheme, they shall submit the declaration referred to in Article 32.

1 - Se, verificados os condicionalismos previstos no artigo anterior, os sujeitos passivos incluídos no regime normal pretenderem a aplicação do regime especial dos pequenos retalhistas, devem apresentar a declaração a que se refere o artigo 32.º

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2. The declaration referred to in the preceding paragraph may be submitted only during the month of January of the year following that in which the conditions referred to in the preceding Article are met, and shall take effect from 1 January of the year in which it is submitted.

2 - A declaração referida no número anterior só pode ser apresentada durante o mês de Janeiro do ano seguinte àquele em que se verifiquem os condicionalismos referidos no artigo anterior, produzindo efeitos a partir de 1 de Janeiro do ano da apresentação.

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3. Taxable persons under the tax scheme provided for in this subsection do not enjoy the right of deduction laid down in Section I of Chapter V of this Code, except in respect of acquisitions of the goods referred to in paragraph 2 of the preceding Article.

3 - Os sujeitos passivos enquadrados no regime de tributação previsto nesta subsecção não beneficiam do direito à dedução constante da secção i do capítulo v do presente diploma, salvo no que respeita às aquisições dos bens referidos no n.º 2 do artigo anterior.

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4. Taxable persons who make use of the option provided for in paragraph 1 shall apply a coefficient of 25% to the amount of tax deducted in respect of the stock remaining at the end of the year, and the resulting amount, plus that tax itself, shall be included in the return or payment slip for the first tax period under the small retailers scheme.

4 - Os sujeitos passivos que utilizem a possibilidade prevista no n.º 1 aplicam um coeficiente de 25 % ao valor do imposto deduzido e respeitante às existências remanescentes no fim do ano, devendo o valor resultante, adicionado do próprio imposto, ser incluído na declaração ou guia referente ao primeiro período de tributação no regime dos pequenos retalhistas.

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The January filing window with effect from 1 January, the bar on deduction save for the goods in Article 60(2) and the 25% coefficient on tax deducted on closing stock 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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