- Portugal’s VAT group regime starts for tax periods beginning on or after 1 July 2026 and lets corporate groups offset members’ VAT balances in one net group declaration.
- It is a consolidation mechanism, not a full EU-style VAT group: each member keeps its own VAT number and still files its own VAT return.
- Intra-group transactions remain taxable, so the cash-flow benefit may be limited, especially for businesses with restricted input VAT recovery.
- To qualify, the group needs a dominant entity with at least 75% ownership and over 50% voting rights, plus financial, economic, and organisational links, and all members must be Portuguese-based, on the standard monthly VAT regime, and partly or fully VAT-deductible.
- The regime is optional, elected by the dominant entity, and generally binds the group for at least three years.
Source: marosavat.com
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