For solo entrepreneurs in Portugal
Invoicing, VAT, and IRS - made easy.
So you can focus on your actual business.
Invoicing, expense tracking, and guided tax reporting - built for expats and solo entrepreneurs in Portugal. Works alongside your accountant or consultant, or on your own.
Built in Portugal, because the paperwork should run itself. Read the story →
See how it works
Everything on one screen
Revenue, expenses, 15% proof progress, Social Security estimate, and upcoming deadlines. Your complete business overview - always up to date.
Invoice any client. VAT handled.
Portugal, EU, or worldwide - select your client and Descodify applies the correct VAT treatment. Reverse charge, exemptions, and the right code on every line.
Track expenses toward your 15%
Forward a receipt from your inbox and it shows up categorized. Descodify tracks your progress toward the 15% proof requirement automatically.
VAT and Social Security - filed on time
Quarterly VAT declarations and monthly Social Security contributions calculated automatically. When it's time to submit, everything is ready - you just confirm and send. No deadlines missed, no manual calculations.
IRS filing - prefilled from your year
At year-end, your IRS declaration is prefilled from your invoices, expenses, and submissions. Every campo explained. Review, confirm, and file.
Free during early access.
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Certified invoicing, coming soon
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Built for the complexity expats actually face
Most tools for freelancers in Portugal assume you have local clients and local expenses. If you're an expat or remote worker, your situation is more complex - and that's exactly what Descodify is built for.
Invoicing foreign clients
Invoice clients anywhere - EU, US, UK, Canada, or beyond. Descodify applies the correct VAT treatment automatically: reverse charge for EU B2B, VAT-exempt for non-EU services, and guides you through what to put on each invoice.
Non-Portuguese expenses
Software subscriptions from the US, cloud services from Ireland, tools from the UK - expenses that don't show up in e-fatura and don't carry Portuguese VAT. Descodify tracks them and makes sure they're declared correctly in your annual return.
VAT that actually makes sense
VAT rules change depending on where your client is, whether they're a business or consumer, and what service you provide. Descodify handles this automatically - you describe the work, we apply the right rules.
Every step explained
No Portuguese accounting background required. Descodify explains what each declaration means, why a specific VAT rate applies, and what you're actually submitting to the tax authority - in plain language.
The AT portal gives you forms. Your accountant gives you invoices. Descodify tells you what to put in them - and why.
The tax setup most freelancers don't fully understand
Portugal's simplified regime gives solo entrepreneurs real tax advantages - but the details matter.
The tax authority assumes your expenses for you
When you freelance on the simplified regime, Portugal doesn't ask you to track every expense and calculate your profit. Instead, the tax authority assumes that 25% of your income goes to business costs and only taxes you on the remaining 75%. No receipts needed for every coffee and coworking day - the deduction is automatic.
In your first two calendar years, the benefit is even larger. Year one: only 37.5% of your income is taxable. Year two: 56.25%. From year three: the standard 75%.
The catch most people miss
The 25% automatic deduction isn't entirely free. You need to prove 15% of your gross income in real expenses - invoices with your NIF registered in the e-fatura system. If you fall short, the unproven amount gets added back to your taxable income.
Descodify tracks this for you throughout the year and tells you when you're covered.
See what you'd actually pay
Enter your income and start date. The calculator shows your estimated income tax, Social Security, and expense proof requirements for your first 3 years.
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What actually changes
Doing it manually
- •Check e-fatura manually to see if you've hit the 15% expense proof threshold
- •Calculate Social Security contributions on a spreadsheet, guess which quarter's income they'll use
- •Set phone reminders for VAT deadlines and hope you got the dates right
- •Discover from an expat forum that you missed a mandatory declaration - and now there's a fine
With Descodify
- •Forward a receipt - it shows up categorized and counted toward your 15%
- •One dashboard: revenue, expense proof, SS estimate, and upcoming deadlines
- •Email reminders 7 days before each deadline - nothing slips through
- •Every declaration explained before you submit it - no surprises from the tax authority
See every deadline. Know every number. Before it's due.
Your IRS isn't a June event. It's a year-round cycle with deadlines in February, March, and April that most people miss. Descodify tracks all of them.
Where are you in your journey?
Descodify helps solo entrepreneurs in Portugal at every stage - whether you just arrived or have been here for years.
Free tools and resources
Tax Calculator
Estimate your income tax, Social Security, and expense proof requirements for your first 3 years as a freelancer in Portugal.
NIF Business Check
Verify any Portuguese NIF, NIPC, or EU VAT number. See the name and address behind the number.
VAT Guide
Answer a few questions to find the correct VAT rate and exemption code for your invoice - domestic, EU, or international.
Glossary
NIF, Recibo Verde, regime simplificado - Portuguese tax terms explained in plain language.
Blog
Guides on invoicing, VAT, Social Security, and the things nobody explains when you start freelancing in Portugal.
Get the IRS filing guide for freelancers in Portugal
Step by step: which annexes you need, how to fill Anexo B, how to simulate your tax before submitting. We'll send it to your inbox.
Simple pricing
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Invoicing & income dashboard
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Guided submissions & expense tracking
IRS Filing
Free
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Your NIF is your responsibility - but it shouldn't be your burden. Descodify gives you visibility and control over what gets submitted to the Portuguese tax authority.
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