As of March 2020, Non Habitual Residents in Portugal enjoy the following benefits:

1. Pay no wealth taxes

2. Enjoy tax exemption on gifts for family members

3. Enjoy free remittance of funds to Portugal

4. Enjoy a tax residency in an EU white listed jurisdiction

5. Pay only 10% tax on foreign sourced income (launching soon, historically 0%)

6. Pay a flat tax of only 20% on a range of Portuguese income types.

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As of March 2020, the following list of countries enjoy double taxation treaties with Portugal:

Algeria, Austria, Andorra, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, East-Timor, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany Georgia, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, São Tomé and Principe, Sweden, Switzerland, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, the USA, the UK, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela and Vietnam.

• Step 1: Firstly, you will need to register as a Portuguese resident and gain a Portuguese tax number via the relevant tax office.

• Step 2: Complete this online form to register for the use of the Portuguese tax authority’s website.
  

• Step 3: Your password will be delivered via mail, after which you can register yourself as a Non Habitual Resident via this website. Your application’s progress can be followed on the site.
  

• Step 4: Download your confirmation document, once approved, and store it in a safe place.
  

You can also opt to seek the help of a professional service provider to assist you in the above application.

People of any nationality can apply for NHR. Investors, retired individuals, freelancers, digital nomads, business owners and a range of professional workers are eligible to apply to obtain NHR status in Portugal. The professions deemed to be “high value” under the NHR include, but are not limited to university lecturers in the STEM fields, surgeons, dentists, biologists, medical doctors, auditors, designers, architects psychologists, psychiatrists, engineers, computer programmers (coders), as well as certain types of software consultants, to name but a few of the key professions.

As of March 2020, the following criteria must be met to apply for the Portugal NHR: In order to be eligible to apply for Non Habitual Tax Residency in Portugal, you must have, or obtain, the right to reside in Portugal. You are also not allowed to have been a Portuguese resident in the 5 year period prior to applying. You are also required to have a residence in Portugal (either rented for a minimum prescribed monthly amount, or purchased, as would be the case with the Portugal Golden Visa Program). In addition, you’ll be expected to spend a minimum of 183 days per year in Portugal.

The NHR is Portugal’s Non Habitual Residency, an attractive tax regime intended to encourage investors, high net worth individuals and professionals who can make a significant cultural or economic contribution to the country.