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Article 66 Compulsory transfer to the normal tax regime

Artigo 66.º · Passagem compulsiva ao regime normal de tributação

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

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Where there are well-founded grounds for believing that the special tax scheme provided for in Article 60 gives the retailer unjustified advantages or causes serious distortions of competition, the tax authorities may at any time require the retailer to apply the normal tax regime.

Nos casos em que haja fundados motivos para supor que o regime especial de tributação previsto no artigo 60.º concede ao retalhista vantagens injustificadas ou provoca sérias distorções de concorrência, a administração fiscal pode, em qualquer altura, obrigá-lo ao regime normal de tributação.

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The tax authorities’ power to impose the normal regime at any time where there are well-founded grounds is 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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