# A Portuguese company with foreign clients or founders

We advise on your Portuguese company's structure, cross-border payments and transactions with related companies. That includes treaty relief, transfer pricing, VAT and how its owners are paid.

4.7 on Google from 43 reviews · Nearly 700 clients since 2022

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## Our services

- [Starting a company If the company is not yet formed, we set out the regime to choose, its registrations and its first-year obligations, with founders abroad taken into account.](/services/starting-a-company/)
- [Restructuring We set out the alternatives for a holding structure, moving the company or the way founders are paid, with the figures and the steps for each.](/services/restructuring/)
- [Selling shares or a business We set out the tax on a sale of shares or of the business, and the effect of its timing and of where the owners live.](/services/selling-shares-or-business/)
- Our partner accountant

  Our partner accountant can keep the accounts and file the corporate return.

## Related services

- Moving to Portugal

  [Your first tax year](/services/moving-to-portugal/)
- Moving to Portugal

  [IFICI registration](/services/ifici-regime-application/)
- Living in Portugal

  [Annual Tax Support](/services/annual-tax-support/)

## What decides your case

- A company registered or effectively managed in Portugal is resident here.
- Salary is deductible and taxed at progressive rates; dividends come from taxed profit, at 28% for a resident founder.
- Sales to EU businesses normally carry no Portuguese VAT; sales to consumers usually do.
- A holding, a move or a sale changes the tax for the company and its founders.

## Tax Consultation for your company

A 30-minute call with your adviser on a question for you and the company, then a follow-up memo within 3 working days after the call.

[Request a Tax Consultation for your company](/services/tax-consultation-company/#request)

## What clients say

- > Taxbordr filed my Portuguese return and sent my US CPA a coordination summary that recovered foreign tax credits I had been leaving on the table for two years.

  American cross-border client, Lisbon

From clients we have advised. Names withheld at their request.

## Guides

 [See all insights](/insights/)

- Law as at 19 June 2026

  ### [VAT in Portugal](/guides/vat-tax-portugal/)
- Law as at 13 June 2026

  ### [Cross-border tax in Portugal](/guides/cross-border-tax-portugal/)
- Law as at 19 October 2026

  ### [CAE codes in Portugal and IFICI](/guides/ifici-qualifying-sectors-cae-codes/)
- Law as at 19 October 2026

  ### [Portugal capital gains tax 2026: residents and non-residents](/guides/capital-gains-tax-portugal/)

## Tell us about your situation

We reply within 2 working days with the right service, its price and how to start. You can also write to [info@taxbordr.com](mailto:info@taxbordr.com) or message us on [WhatsApp](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=351217009536).

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Source: https://taxbordr.com/companies/portuguese-company-international/

General guidance only. Individual facts govern.