Chapter VI · Oversight and ex officio determination of the tax

Article 86 Presumption of acquisition and supply of goods

Artigo 86.º · Presunção de aquisição e de transmissão de bens

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

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Unless proven otherwise, goods found at any of the places where the taxable person carries on its activity are presumed to have been acquired, and goods acquired, imported or produced that are not found at any of those places are presumed to have been supplied.

Salvo prova em contrário, presumem-se adquiridos os bens que se encontrem em qualquer dos locais em que o sujeito passivo exerce a sua actividade e presumem-se transmitidos os bens adquiridos, importados ou produzidos que se não encontrem em qualquer desses locais.

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Both rebuttable presumptions (goods on the premises acquired; goods absent from the premises supplied) 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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