{"id":2171,"date":"2025-11-07T18:23:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unitlegal.pt\/2025\/11\/07\/amendment-to-the-corporate-income-tax-code\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T16:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:23:42","slug":"amendment-to-the-corporate-income-tax-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unitlegal.pt\/en\/2025\/11\/07\/amendment-to-the-corporate-income-tax-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Amendment to the Corporate Income Tax Code"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Law No. 64\/2025 of 7 November amended the Corporate Income Tax Code (CIT Code), progressively reducing the corporate income tax rates as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

Standard Corporate Income Tax Rate<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The standard corporate income tax rate applicable in 2026 to the total income of entities having their registered office or place of effective management in Portuguese territory shall be 19%.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the tax period commencing in 2027, the general corporate income tax rate shall be 18%.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the tax periods commencing in 2028, the general corporate income tax rate is set at 17%.<\/span><\/p>\n

Special Corporate Income Tax Rate \u2013 SMEs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For tax periods commencing on or after 1 January 2026, taxable persons that carry on, directly and as their main activity, an agricultural, commercial or industrial business and that qualify as a small or medium-sized enterprise or as a small mid-cap company shall be subject to a corporate income tax rate of 15% on the first EUR 50,000 of taxable income, with the general rate in force for each tax period applying to the excess.<\/span><\/p>\n

Law No. 64\/2025 shall enter into force on 12 November 2025; however, this regime shall apply only to tax periods commencing on or after 1 January 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

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