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Bootstrapping a Startup in Portugal
Forming a company, choosing a tax structure, finding a contabilista certificado, and running a lean SaaS business in Portugal. Written as I worked through it, not after. Not advice.
- 1Portugal SaaS Tax Regime: Which IRC Coefficient Applies If You Build Software?If you're a freelancer or sole proprietor in Portugal who builds software products, the IRC simplified regime has two very different paths: 0.10 (other services) or 0.75 (listed professions). Which one applies to you isn't settled. Here's what the law says, where it's ambiguous, and what to ask your contabilista.
- 2Bootstrapping a Startup in Portugal: Setting Up an Lda - the Costs, the Benefits, and the PossibilitiesThe liability-led reasons for forming an Lda over staying a sole trader, why I went straight to regime geral, what the real overhead looks like, and the salary and benefits decisions I haven't made yet.
- 3Bootstrapping a Startup in Portugal: The Form That Locks In Your Tax StructureThe abertura de atividade at AT is a single form that sets your IRC regime, VAT regime, CAE codes, and whether your accountant signs on your behalf. Here is what that actually means when you get to it.
- 4Bootstrapping a Startup in Portugal: Social Security as a Company OwnerWhat Social Security registration actually looks like when you move from freelancer to sócio-gerente of an Lda, and whether the acumulação rule means you pay twice.