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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e6437c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FAQs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6356a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6356a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Oporto Accounting <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74220e3 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74220e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653d3d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-accordion\" data-id=\"653d3d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t            <div class=\"eael-adv-accordion\" id=\"eael-adv-accordion-653d3d7\" data-scroll-on-click=\"no\" data-scroll-speed=\"300\" data-accordion-id=\"653d3d7\" data-accordion-type=\"accordion\" data-toogle-speed=\"300\">\n            <div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1-what-is-oporto-accounting-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1061\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">1. What is Oporto Accounting? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1061\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-labelledby=\"1-what-is-oporto-accounting-\"><p><span>Oporto Accounting is a Portuguese business support and accounting firm helping international companies establish, operate and grow in Portugal.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Setting up and managing a business in a new country involves much more than meeting legal or tax obligations. International founders often need to navigate unfamiliar regulations, administrative procedures and day-to-day operational challenges while trying to focus on growing their business.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>At Oporto Accounting, we understand these complexities because we work with them every day. We combine business setup, accounting, payroll, tax compliance and consultancy to provide coordinated support that simplifies the Portuguese business environment and helps companies operate with confidence.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Whether you are launching a startup, opening a subsidiary or managing an established operation in Portugal, our role is to act as your trusted local partner, helping you navigate bureaucracy, stay compliant and build a business that is ready for sustainable growth.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"2what-services-does-oporto-accounting-provide-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"2\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1062\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">2.What services does Oporto Accounting provide? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1062\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" aria-labelledby=\"2what-services-does-oporto-accounting-provide-\"><p><span>Oporto Accounting provides integrated business support services for companies operating in Portugal<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Our core services include:<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span>Business setup and company formation <\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span>Accounting and tax compliance\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span>Payroll and HR support\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span>Treasury management\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span>Grants and incentive advisory\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>Business and operational consultancy\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span>Corporate Services<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>By bringing these areas together under one team, we help clients manage their Portuguese operations more efficiently and avoid the fragmentation that often occurs when working with multiple providers.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"3-who-does-oporto-accounting-work-with-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"3\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1063\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">3. Who does Oporto Accounting work with? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1063\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" aria-labelledby=\"3-who-does-oporto-accounting-work-with-\"><p><span>We work primarily with international founders, foreign entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs and companies expanding into Portugal.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Our clients range from businesses opening their first European operation to multinational groups managing local subsidiaries. Many operate remotely or across multiple jurisdictions and require practical guidance on Portuguese accounting, payroll, tax and compliance requirements.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"4-why-do-international-companies-choose-oporto-accounting-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"4\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1064\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">4. Why do international companies choose Oporto Accounting? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1064\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" aria-labelledby=\"4-why-do-international-companies-choose-oporto-accounting-\"><p><span>International companies choose Oporto Accounting because they need more than technical compliance. They need a local partner who understands the practical challenges of entering and operating in Portugal.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Rather than working with multiple providers, our clients benefit from a coordinated approach that brings together business setup, accounting, payroll, tax compliance and operational consultancy under one roof. This simplifies communication, reduces administrative burden and ensures that every stage of the business is aligned.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Our experience supporting founders, startups and international groups allows us to anticipate challenges before they become problems, providing clear guidance and practical solutions tailored to each business. By combining technical expertise with a culture of proximity and responsiveness, we help clients focus on growth while navigating Portugal with confidence.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"5-do-you-only-provide-accounting-services-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"5\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1065\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">5. Do you only provide accounting services? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1065\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" aria-labelledby=\"5-do-you-only-provide-accounting-services-\"><p><span>No. While accounting is one of our core services, our work extends far beyond bookkeeping and tax filings.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>We support clients throughout the entire business lifecycle,<strong> from company incorporation and operational setup to payroll management, <\/strong><\/span><strong>corporate services, legal services<\/strong><span><strong>, treasury support, grants advisory and strategic consultancy<\/strong>.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Many clients choose Oporto Accounting because they prefer working with one trusted partner who understands both compliance requirements and day-to-day business operations.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"6-do-you-provide-services-in-english-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"6\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1066\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">6. Do you provide services in English? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1066\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" aria-labelledby=\"6-do-you-provide-services-in-english-\"><p><span>Yes. English is one of our primary working languages and we regularly support clients from around the world.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>All key communications, meetings and advisory services can be provided in English, making it easier for international founders and management teams to understand Portuguese requirements and make informed business decisions.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"7-what-industries-do-you-work-with-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"7\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1067\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">7. What industries do you work with? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1067\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" aria-labelledby=\"7-what-industries-do-you-work-with-\"><p><span>Our clients operate across a wide range of sectors, including technology, software, startups, SaaS, ecommerce, professional services, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, real estate, construction, manufacturing, tourism and international trade.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Over the years, we have supported businesses at different stages of growth, from early-stage startups to established international groups expanding into Portugal.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Although each industry presents its own challenges, our focus remains the same: helping international companies navigate Portuguese accounting, payroll, tax and operational requirements with clarity and confidence.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"8-how-is-oporto-accounting-different-from-a-traditional-accounting-firm\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"8\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1068\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">8. How is Oporto Accounting different from a traditional accounting firm?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1068\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" aria-labelledby=\"8-how-is-oporto-accounting-different-from-a-traditional-accounting-firm\"><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Most accounting firms focus primarily on bookkeeping and statutory compliance. Oporto Accounting takes a broader approach, combining accounting with business setup, payroll, HR support, treasury coordination and operational consultancy.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">What also sets us apart is the close and personalised support we provide. Our team takes the time to understand each client\u2019s business, structure and priorities, maintaining direct communication and providing practical guidance as needs evolve.<\/p><p>This integrated model allows international companies to rely on a single local partner who understands not only Portuguese regulations, but also the practical realities of managing a business across borders.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"9-can-oporto-accounting-support-companies-before-they-enter-portugal-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"9\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1069\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">9. Can Oporto Accounting support companies before they enter Portugal? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1069\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" aria-labelledby=\"9-can-oporto-accounting-support-companies-before-they-enter-portugal-\"><p><span>Yes. Many of our clients engage with us before they establish a presence in Portugal.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>We help entrepreneurs and companies assess the most appropriate business structure, understand local obligations, plan their market entry and coordinate the incorporation process before operations begin.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Early planning often prevents costly restructuring and compliance issues later.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"10-how-do-i-get-started-with-oporto-accounting-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"10\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-10610\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">10. How do I get started with Oporto Accounting? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-10610\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" aria-labelledby=\"10-how-do-i-get-started-with-oporto-accounting-\"><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The process starts with an initial meeting to understand your business, objectives and operational requirements.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Based on your plans, we identify the most appropriate structure and the services you will need to operate efficiently in Portugal. From there, we coordinate the implementation and provide ongoing support as your business grows.<\/p><p>To get started, contact our team through the <a href=\"https:\/\/oportoaccounting.com\/contacts\/\">contact page <\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?phone=351910638786\">Whatsapp<\/a>,\u00a0 phone: <strong>+351 220 047 841<\/strong>, or email: <strong>info@oportoaccounting.com<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e545e77 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e545e77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60ff83f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60ff83f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Business Setup in Portugal<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e568dc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e568dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW40816086 BCX8\" lang=\"PT-PT\" xml:lang=\"PT-PT\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW40816086 BCX8\">Related<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW40816086 BCX8\">services<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40816086 BCX8\">: <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW40816086 BCX8\">Company<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW40816086 BCX8\">Formation<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40816086 BCX8\"> | NIF <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW40816086 BCX8\">Application<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40816086 BCX8\"> | Business <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW40816086 BCX8\">Banking<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40816086 BCX8\"> | <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW40816086 BCX8\">Company<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW40816086 BCX8\">Structure<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW40816086 BCX8\">Advice<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW40816086 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0b5c9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-accordion\" data-id=\"f0b5c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t            <div class=\"eael-adv-accordion\" id=\"eael-adv-accordion-f0b5c9f\" data-scroll-on-click=\"no\" data-scroll-speed=\"300\" data-accordion-id=\"f0b5c9f\" data-accordion-type=\"accordion\" data-toogle-speed=\"300\">\n            <div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1-can-foreigners-open-a-company-in-portugal-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2521\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">1. Can foreigners open a company in Portugal? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2521\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-labelledby=\"1-can-foreigners-open-a-company-in-portugal-\"><p><span>Yes. Foreign nationals can legally establish and own a company in Portugal without Portuguese nationality or residency.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>The process typically involves obtaining a Portuguese tax number (NIF), selecting the most suitable company structure, preparing incorporation documents, registering the company and completing the necessary tax and banking procedures.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>While company registration itself is relatively straightforward, international founders often find it more challenging to understand the local tax, compliance and administrative requirements that follow.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Oporto Accounting supports international founders throughout the company setup process, helping them understand their obligations, assess the most appropriate structure and coordinate the various administrative and compliance procedures involved.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"2-can-i-open-a-company-in-portugal-remotely\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"2\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2522\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">2. Can I open a company in Portugal remotely?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2522\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" aria-labelledby=\"2-can-i-open-a-company-in-portugal-remotely\"><p><span>In many cases, yes. Depending on the circumstances, the company setup process can often be completed remotely through a power of attorney or legal representation.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>This is a common solution for international entrepreneurs, startups, ecommerce businesses and companies seeking an EU presence before relocating to Portugal.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"3-do-i-need-portuguese-residency-to-open-a-company-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"3\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2523\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">3. Do I need Portuguese residency to open a company? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2523\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" aria-labelledby=\"3-do-i-need-portuguese-residency-to-open-a-company-\"><p><span>No. Portuguese residency is not required to establish or own a company in Portugal.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Many of our clients are non-resident founders, investors and international businesses operating from abroad. However, residency status may influence certain tax and administrative obligations, making it important to assess the structure carefully from the outset.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span> businesses opening their first European operation to multinational groups managing local subsidiaries. Many operate remotely or across multiple jurisdictions and require practical guidance on Portuguese accounting, payroll, tax and compliance requirements.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"4-what-is-the-best-company-structure-in-portugal-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"4\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2524\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">4. What is the best company structure in Portugal? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2524\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" aria-labelledby=\"4-what-is-the-best-company-structure-in-portugal-\"><p><span>There is no single structure that suits every business.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>The most common option is the Sociedade por Quotas (LDA), which is widely used by SMEs, startups and international companies due to its flexibility and limited liability protection.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Other structures may be more appropriate depending on the business model and long-term objectives, including:<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span>Sociedade Unipessoal por Quotas (Single-Shareholder Company)<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span>Sociedade An\u00f3nima (SA)<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span>Holding Company (SGPS)<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span>Branch Office (Sucursal)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>The most suitable structure depends on factors such as ownership, expected turnover, investment plans, international operations and future growth strategy.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"5-should-i-open-a-company-or-operate-as-a-freelancer-in-portugal-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"5\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2525\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">5. Should I open a company or operate as a freelancer in Portugal? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2525\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" aria-labelledby=\"5-should-i-open-a-company-or-operate-as-a-freelancer-in-portugal-\"><p><span>This is one of the most common questions asked by international professionals and entrepreneurs.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>The answer depends on factors such as expected revenue, business activity, liability exposure, number of clients and future growth plans.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>While freelancer status may be appropriate for some individuals, many founders benefit from the flexibility, credibility and liability protection provided by a company structure.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>A proper assessment at the beginning can prevent costly restructuring later.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"6-do-i-need-a-portuguese-nif-to-start-a-business-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"6\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2526\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">6. Do I need a Portuguese NIF to start a business? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2526\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" aria-labelledby=\"6-do-i-need-a-portuguese-nif-to-start-a-business-\"><p><span>Yes. The NIF (N\u00famero de Identifica\u00e7\u00e3o Fiscal) is required for most business and financial activities in Portugal, including company incorporation, tax registration, banking procedures and contractual arrangements.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>For foreign founders, obtaining a NIF is usually one of the first steps in the setup process.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"7-how-long-does-it-take-to-open-a-company-in-portugal-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"7\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2527\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">7. How long does it take to open a company in Portugal? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2527\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" aria-labelledby=\"7-how-long-does-it-take-to-open-a-company-in-portugal-\"><p><span>A straightforward incorporation can often be completed within a few days once all documentation is available.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>However, international cases may require additional time due to banking procedures, foreign shareholder documentation or specific compliance requirements.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Early planning and proper preparation are often the key factors in avoiding delays.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"8-how-much-does-it-cost-to-set-up-a-company-in-portugal-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"8\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2528\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">8. How much does it cost to set up a company in Portugal? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2528\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" aria-labelledby=\"8-how-much-does-it-cost-to-set-up-a-company-in-portugal-\"><p><span>The total cost depends on the chosen company structure, shareholder profile and the level of support required during the incorporation process.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>In addition to registration costs, businesses should consider accounting, compliance, banking and ongoing operational requirements when planning their investment.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Oporto Accounting provides tailored proposals based on each client&#8217;s specific objectives and circumstances.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"9-can-i-open-a-portuguese-business-bank-account-as-a-non-resident\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"9\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2529\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">9. Can I open a Portuguese business bank account as a non-resident?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2529\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" aria-labelledby=\"9-can-i-open-a-portuguese-business-bank-account-as-a-non-resident\"><p><span>Yes. Portuguese banks regularly work with non-resident individuals and international companies. However, account opening procedures often involve additional due diligence and compliance checks.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Requirements vary between institutions and may depend on the shareholder structure, country of residence and nature of the business activity.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Oporto Accounting assists clients in coordinating the banking process as part of their company setup.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"10-can-oporto-accounting-help-me-choose-the-right-structure-for-my-business-\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"10\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-25210\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">10. Can Oporto Accounting help me choose the right structure for my business? <\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-25210\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" aria-labelledby=\"10-can-oporto-accounting-help-me-choose-the-right-structure-for-my-business-\"><p><span>Yes. Selecting the right structure is one of the most important decisions when entering the Portuguese market. The choice can influence taxation, compliance obligations, shareholder arrangements, investment opportunities and future expansion plans.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span>Our team helps founders evaluate their options and select a structure aligned with both their immediate needs and long-term business objectives.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>To get started, contact our team through the <a href=\"https:\/\/oportoaccounting.com\/contacts\/\">contact page <\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?phone=351910638786\">Whatsapp<\/a>,\u00a0 phone: <strong>+351 220 047 841<\/strong>, or email: <strong>info@oportoaccounting.com<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e440128 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e440128\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d26d55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-accordion\" data-id=\"9d26d55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t            <div class=\"eael-adv-accordion\" id=\"eael-adv-accordion-9d26d55\" data-scroll-on-click=\"no\" data-scroll-speed=\"300\" data-accordion-id=\"9d26d55\" data-accordion-type=\"accordion\" data-toogle-speed=\"300\">\n            <div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1-who-can-request-sme-certification\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1641\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">1. Who can request SME Certification?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1641\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-labelledby=\"1-who-can-request-sme-certification\"><p>Any entity that conducts economic activity and has legal personality in Portugal can request its electronic certification. However, only companies that fall within SME thresholds can effectively obtain SME Certification<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"2-where-can-sme-certification-be-requested\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"2\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1642\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">2. Where can SME Certification be requested?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1642\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" aria-labelledby=\"2-where-can-sme-certification-be-requested\"><p>Companies can register and subsequently proceed with their electronic certification on the IAPMEI website, at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iapmei.pt\/\">www.iapmei.pt<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"3-when-can-sme-certification-be-requested\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"3\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1643\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">3. When can SME Certification be requested?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1643\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" aria-labelledby=\"3-when-can-sme-certification-be-requested\"><p>Both registration in the online SME Certification service and obtaining the first certification can be done at any time. The service is permanently available.<\/p><p>Certification maintenance operations \u2013 operations for already certified companies that wish to continue being certified \u2013 have, however, deadlines or conditions to be performed, namely the communication of corrections or changes, estimate confirmation, or certification renewal.<\/p><p>Companies that were certified at a given point in time, but meanwhile saw their certification expire or be declared void, can certify again at any time.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"4-what-do-i-need-to-request-sme-certification\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"4\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1644\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">4. What do I need to request SME Certification?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1644\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" aria-labelledby=\"4-what-do-i-need-to-request-sme-certification\"><p>Certification is entirely performed online and must be preceded by an electronic registration of the company as an IAPMEI client, which can be done directly from the SME Certification electronic area.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For registration purposes, a form must be filled with the following information:<\/p><ul><li>Company identification (tax identification number, name, address, postal code, district, municipality, parish, telephone and email). The company must also define its access password.<\/li><\/ul><p>For actual certification purposes, a form containing the following type of information must be filled and submitted:<\/p><ul><li>Company identification (name or corporate name; address or headquarters; tax identification number; social security identification number; legal form; dates of incorporation and start of activity, or recent mergers or divisions; company capital or assets; CAE).<\/li><li>Information that allows classifying the entity requesting certification (identification of partners and company participations, indicating participation percentage, voting rights or eventual forms of control; identical information regarding each partner or shareholder or each company in which the applicant participates, as well as all those who maintain relevant relationships with them; characterization information that allows assessing specificities of entities with which the applicant has relationships to verify the possibility of benefiting from more favorable treatments provided by law).<\/li><li>Activity information (workforce, turnover and balance sheet of the applicant, as well as all direct and indirect partner and associated entities, relative to the number of years necessary for status determination).<\/li><\/ul><p>Certification forms are personalized, so the requested information has some variations depending on the concrete characteristics of the company requesting certification and the entities it relates to (for example, legal form, year of activity start, legal obligation to present accounts, consolidated accounts, among others).<\/p><p>In parallel, a form for identifying the company\u2019s representative before the SME Certification service must be initially filled and kept updated (tax identification number of the individual entity representing the company, name, position, gender, telephone and email).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"5-what-is-the-cost-of-requesting-sme-certification\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"5\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1645\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">5. What is the cost of requesting SME Certification?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1645\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" aria-labelledby=\"5-what-is-the-cost-of-requesting-sme-certification\"><p>The service is free.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"6-how-long-does-the-decision-take-in-the-sme-certification-process\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"6\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1646\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">6. How long does the decision take in the SME certification process?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1646\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" aria-labelledby=\"6-how-long-does-the-decision-take-in-the-sme-certification-process\"><p>The decision on the certification request (on the first certification or any subsequent operation) is made available immediately after complete filling and subsequent submission of the electronic form, on the company\u2019s electronic certification platform, in the \u201cConsult Process\u201d area.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"7-how-is-the-decision-communicated-in-the-sme-certification-process\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"7\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1647\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">7. How is the decision communicated in the SME certification process?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1647\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" aria-labelledby=\"7-how-is-the-decision-communicated-in-the-sme-certification-process\"><p>The decision on the certification request is made available electronically, through the Internet. Specifically, it is made available on the company\u2019s electronic certification platform, in the \u201cConsult Process\u201d area.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"8-in-what-form-is-the-decision-communicated-in-the-sme-certification-process\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"8\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1648\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">8. In what form is the decision communicated in the SME certification process?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1648\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" aria-labelledby=\"8-in-what-form-is-the-decision-communicated-in-the-sme-certification-process\"><p>The decision on the certification request is made available through the issuance of an electronic certificate of micro, small or medium enterprise that becomes immediately available in the \u201cConsult Process\u201d area. Simultaneously, this entire \u201cConsult Process\u201d area is updated based on that decision.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"9-after-registering-in-the-sme-certification-electronic-area-of-the-iapmei-website-can-a-company-immediately-proceed-with-its-first-certification\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"9\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1649\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">9. After registering in the SME Certification electronic area of the IAPMEI website, can a company immediately proceed with its first certification?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1649\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" aria-labelledby=\"9-after-registering-in-the-sme-certification-electronic-area-of-the-iapmei-website-can-a-company-immediately-proceed-with-its-first-certification\"><p>Yes. However, before having the \u201cFirst Certification\u201d form available in the \u201cObtain Certification\u201d item of its certification platform, it must fill the \u201cRepresentative\u201d file. Only after filling this small identification form of the person representing the company before the electronic SME certification service will the \u201cFirst Certification\u201d form become available, which can be filled and submitted immediately.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"10-do-companies-always-have-all-certification-operations-available-on-their-certification-platform\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"10\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16410\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">10. Do companies always have all certification operations available on their certification platform?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16410\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" aria-labelledby=\"10-do-companies-always-have-all-certification-operations-available-on-their-certification-platform\"><p>No, operation menus are personalized; they only have available the operations that the certification lifecycle phase of the company allows to be performed at that moment.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"11-can-a-group-of-companies-seeking-certification-certify-only-one-of-the-companies-and-extend-the-effect-of-that-certification-to-the-remaining-companies\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"11\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16411\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">11. Can a group of companies seeking certification certify only one of the companies and extend the effect of that certification to the remaining companies?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16411\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"11\" aria-labelledby=\"11-can-a-group-of-companies-seeking-certification-certify-only-one-of-the-companies-and-extend-the-effect-of-that-certification-to-the-remaining-companies\"><p>No. A group of companies seeking certification must proceed with the certification of each company individually. For reasons related to individual data protection, it is also not possible to export\/import data from some certification processes to others.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"12-when-should-the-confirmation-of-estimated-workforce-and-financial-data-be-made-for-sme-certification-purposes\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"12\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16412\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">12. When should the confirmation of estimated workforce and financial data be made for SME certification purposes?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16412\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"12\" aria-labelledby=\"12-when-should-the-confirmation-of-estimated-workforce-and-financial-data-be-made-for-sme-certification-purposes\"><p>Companies certified using estimated workforce and financial data, their own or from companies with which they have partner or associated relationships (designated relevant relationships), must communicate the respective definitive workforce and financial data, at most, until 30 working days after the legally established deadline for submitting the annual declaration of the year, namely the annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority. This communication must be made through an \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"13-how-should-the-confirmation-of-estimated-workforce-and-financial-data-be-made-for-sme-certification-purposes\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"13\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16413\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">13. How should the confirmation of estimated workforce and financial data be made for SME certification purposes?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16413\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"13\" aria-labelledby=\"13-how-should-the-confirmation-of-estimated-workforce-and-financial-data-be-made-for-sme-certification-purposes\"><p>Companies certified using estimated workforce and financial data, their own or from companies with which they have partner or associated relationships (designated relevant relationships), must communicate the respective definitive workforce and financial data through an \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation. This operation must be submitted, at most, until 30 working days after the legally established deadline for submitting the annual declaration of the year, namely the annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"14-what-is-the-consequence-of-not-confirming-estimated-workforce-and-financial-data-for-sme-certification-purposes\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"14\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16414\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">14. What is the consequence of not confirming estimated workforce and financial data for SME certification purposes?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16414\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"14\" aria-labelledby=\"14-what-is-the-consequence-of-not-confirming-estimated-workforce-and-financial-data-for-sme-certification-purposes\"><p>Companies certified using estimated workforce and financial data, their own or from companies with which they have partner or associated relationships (designated relevant relationships), must communicate the respective definitive workforce and financial data, at most, until 30 working days after the legally established deadline for submitting the annual declaration of the year, namely the annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority. After this deadline, if all definitive workforce and financial data have not been communicated, certifications obtained using estimated workforce and financial data will expire, with retroactive effects to the date of certification obtained using estimated workforce and financial data.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"15-can-a-certification-process-expire-after-an-estimate-confirmation-operation-has-been-performed\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"15\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16415\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">15. Can a certification process expire after an estimate confirmation operation has been performed?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16415\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"15\" aria-labelledby=\"15-can-a-certification-process-expire-after-an-estimate-confirmation-operation-has-been-performed\"><p>Yes. It is not the performance of the operation itself \u2013 filling and submitting the \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d form \u2013 that guarantees compliance with the obligation. What ensures compliance with the obligation is the communication, through this \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation, of definitive workforce and financial data.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>That is, if the company, in the \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d form, continues to indicate in the respective field that it has not yet proceeded with the submission of the annual accounting and tax declaration of the company or companies for which estimated data had been presented, even if it submits this form, it will continue to maintain estimated data in its process; only after submission of the annual accounting and tax declaration can the data be considered definitive data for purposes of procedures associated with SME certification.<\/p><p>Furthermore, if a company certified itself, for example, based on estimates relating to itself and two partner or associated companies (designated relevant relationships), and performs an \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation in which it only presents its definitive data, then it continues to have estimates to be confirmed in its certification process (those relating to the two companies with which it has relevant relationships). Under these circumstances, its certification will expire when the deadline for presenting definitive data of the companies in question is exceeded.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"16-when-should-the-confirmation-of-estimated-workforce-and-financial-data-be-made-for-sme-certification-purposes-in-cases-where-the-certification-applicant-company-and-companies-with-relevant-relationships-partner-or-associated-companies-have-non-coincident-economic-years\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"16\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16416\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">16. When should the confirmation of estimated workforce and financial data be made for SME certification purposes, in cases where the certification applicant company and companies with relevant relationships (partner or associated companies) have non-coincident economic years?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16416\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"16\" aria-labelledby=\"16-when-should-the-confirmation-of-estimated-workforce-and-financial-data-be-made-for-sme-certification-purposes-in-cases-where-the-certification-applicant-company-and-companies-with-relevant-relationships-partner-or-associated-companies-have-non-coincident-economic-years\"><p>Companies certified using estimated workforce and financial data, their own or from companies with which they have partner or associated relationships (designated relevant relationships), must communicate the respective definitive workforce and financial data, at most, until 30 working days after the legally established deadline for submitting the respective annual declarations of the year, namely the annual accounting and tax information declarations to the Tax Authority. This is valid, therefore, both for the certification applicant company and for any of the companies with which it has relevant relationships.<\/p><p>In case they have different economic years, several \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operations will have to be performed, at different moments in time, according to the deadline dates for submitting the annual declaration of the year of each of them. For example, if the certification applicant company has a year coincident with the calendar year (therefore has July 15 as the submission deadline) and the companies with which it has relevant relationships have September 15 as their deadline, it will have a first deadline to present its definitive data (July 15 + 30 working days) and a second, later deadline (September 15 + 30 working days), to present the definitive data of companies with which it has relevant relationships. If it fails the first deadline, the certification will expire on that date, with retroactive effects to the date of the operation in which estimated data were presented; if it meets the first deadline, but does not meet the second, the certification will expire on that second date, with the same retroactivity (retroactive effects to the date of the operation in which estimated data were presented).<\/p><p>These communications must be made through \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operations.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"17-can-there-be-any-case-where-a-company-has-to-perform-an-estimate-confirmation-operation-only-to-confirm-data-of-a-company-with-which-it-no-longer-has-a-relevant-relationship-partner-or-associated-relationship\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"17\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16417\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">17. Can there be any case where a company has to perform an estimate confirmation operation only to confirm data of a company with which it no longer has a relevant relationship (partner or associated relationship)?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16417\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"17\" aria-labelledby=\"17-can-there-be-any-case-where-a-company-has-to-perform-an-estimate-confirmation-operation-only-to-confirm-data-of-a-company-with-which-it-no-longer-has-a-relevant-relationship-partner-or-associated-relationship\"><p>Yes. If a certification applicant company certified itself, at some point, also based on estimated data of a company with which it had a relevant relationship (partner or associated relationship) at the time, it will not be exempted from proceeding with the communication of the respective definitive data, through the appropriate \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation, even if, at the time of presenting the corresponding accounting and tax declaration, the company in question is no longer a related company.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"18-with-the-expiration-of-a-certification-does-the-company-lose-the-possibility-to-confirm-estimates-related-to-operations-completed-before-that-expiration-situation\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"18\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16418\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">18. With the expiration of a certification, does the company lose the possibility to confirm estimates related to operations completed before that expiration situation?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16418\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"18\" aria-labelledby=\"18-with-the-expiration-of-a-certification-does-the-company-lose-the-possibility-to-confirm-estimates-related-to-operations-completed-before-that-expiration-situation\"><p>No. If a company lets its certification expire for a reason other than the absence of estimate confirmation, but has, at the moment of expiration, estimated data to be confirmed in its process and is still within the deadline to proceed with the corresponding \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation, then it will continue to have the possibility to perform this operation after the expiration situation.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Note, however, that performing this operation will not allow it to become certified again. It will only allow it to comply with the obligation to present definitive data related to previous operations that allowed one or more certification decisions, that is, it will prevent the certification from expiring due to the absence of estimate confirmation in periods prior to the expiration meanwhile applied for another of the legally established reasons.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"19-should-changes-occurring-in-a-company-with-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-communicated\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"19\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16419\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">19. Should changes occurring in a company with micro, small or medium enterprise certification be communicated?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16419\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"19\" aria-labelledby=\"19-should-changes-occurring-in-a-company-with-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-communicated\"><p>Certified companies must communicate to IAPMEI any changes to their situation relating to identification and characterization elements; to holdings, acquisitions or disposals of social participations; to situations of division, merger, cessation of activity or dissolution; such data of the company itself or any of the entities with which it has direct relationships, or even entities with which it has non-autonomous indirect relationships.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"20-when-should-the-communication-of-changes-occurring-in-a-company-with-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-made\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"20\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16420\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">20. When should the communication of changes occurring in a company with micro, small or medium enterprise certification be made?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16420\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"20\" aria-labelledby=\"20-when-should-the-communication-of-changes-occurring-in-a-company-with-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-made\"><p>Certified companies must communicate to IAPMEI any changes to their situation relating to identification and characterization elements; to holdings, acquisitions or disposals of social participations; to situations of division, merger, cessation of activity or dissolution; such data of the company itself or any of the entities with which it has direct relationships, or even entities with which it has non-autonomous indirect relationships, within 30 working days of their occurrence.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"21-how-should-the-communication-of-changes-occurring-in-a-company-with-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-made\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"21\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16421\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">21. How should the communication of changes occurring in a company with micro, small or medium enterprise certification be made?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16421\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"21\" aria-labelledby=\"21-how-should-the-communication-of-changes-occurring-in-a-company-with-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-made\"><p>Certified companies must communicate to IAPMEI any changes to their situation relating to identification and characterization elements; to holdings, acquisitions or disposals of social participations; to situations of division, merger, cessation of activity or dissolution; such data of the company itself or any of the entities with which it has direct relationships, or even entities with which it has non-autonomous indirect relationships, through performing a \u201cCertification Element Alteration\u201d operation.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"22-does-a-change-occurring-in-a-company-have-to-be-communicated-in-the-certification-processes-of-companies-with-which-it-has-relationships\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"22\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16422\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">22. Does a change occurring in a company have to be communicated in the certification processes of companies with which it has relationships?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16422\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"22\" aria-labelledby=\"22-does-a-change-occurring-in-a-company-have-to-be-communicated-in-the-certification-processes-of-companies-with-which-it-has-relationships\"><p>Yes. Certified companies must communicate to IAPMEI changes in their situation, which includes changes in the company\u2019s relevant relationships with other companies, generated either through companies or individual persons, which can happen, for example, through acquisitions\/disposals between related companies, or through division, merger or dissolution of that company(ies) with which it has relevant relationships. In any case, whether directly in the company or in companies with which it has relevant relationships, the communication of changes must be made within 30 working days of their occurrence, through a \u201cCertification Element Alteration\u201d operation.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"23-can-corrections-be-made-to-certification-operations\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"23\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16423\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">23. Can corrections be made to certification operations?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16423\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"23\" aria-labelledby=\"23-can-corrections-be-made-to-certification-operations\"><p>Yes. Companies have 30 working days to correct certification operations. Within that period, they can make more than one correction, if necessary.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"24-what-is-the-difference-between-a-certification-correction-operation-and-a-certification-element-alteration-operation\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"24\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16424\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">24. What is the difference between a certification correction operation and a certification element alteration operation?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16424\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"24\" aria-labelledby=\"24-what-is-the-difference-between-a-certification-correction-operation-and-a-certification-element-alteration-operation\"><p>The \u201cCertification Element Alteration\u201d operation should be used for communicating alterations, changes, to the company\u2019s situation after performing the last certification operation, and not for correcting data incorrectly provided in that certification operation.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>If a company detects that it made an error filling any field in the last operation performed, it should use the corresponding correction operation (for example, if it made an error indicating turnover in a renewal operation, it should perform a correction operation (\u201cData Correction (Certification Renewal)\u201d); if it made an error filling a partner\u2019s data in the first certification operation, it should perform a correction operation (\u201cData Correction (First Certification)\u201d); but if what it wants is to inform the certification service that, for example, it recently changed the company\u2019s headquarters or its shareholding structure compared to what had been communicated in previous operations, the operation to be performed is the \u201cCertification Element Alteration\u201d operation.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"25-when-should-the-renewal-of-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-made\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"25\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16425\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">25. When should the renewal of micro, small or medium enterprise certification be made?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16425\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"25\" aria-labelledby=\"25-when-should-the-renewal-of-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-made\"><p>Certified companies must communicate workforce and financial data of a new year, at most, until 30 working days after the legally established deadline for submitting the annual declaration of the year in question, namely the annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority. This communication, if it is exclusively presenting workforce and financial data of a new year, must be made through a \u201cCertification Renewal\u201d operation.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Note that the renewal operation can only be made after effective submission of the annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority; if it is not submitted to the Tax Authority within the deadline, the company will not meet conditions to renew its certification.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"26-how-should-the-renewal-of-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-made\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"26\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16426\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">26. How should the renewal of micro, small or medium enterprise certification be made?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16426\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"26\" aria-labelledby=\"26-how-should-the-renewal-of-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-made\"><p>Certified companies that want to communicate only workforce and financial data of a new year must do so through a \u201cCertification Renewal\u201d operation. This operation must be submitted, at most, until 30 working days after the legally established deadline for submitting the annual declaration of the year, namely the annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Note that the renewal operation can only be made after effective submission of the annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority; if it is not submitted to the Tax Authority within the deadline, the company will not meet conditions to renew its certification.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"27-what-is-the-consequence-of-not-renewing-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"27\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16427\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">27. What is the consequence of not renewing micro, small or medium enterprise certification?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16427\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"27\" aria-labelledby=\"27-what-is-the-consequence-of-not-renewing-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification\"><p>Certified companies must communicate workforce and financial data of a new year, at most, until 30 working days after the legally established deadline for submitting the annual declaration of the year in question, namely the annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority. After this deadline, the certification will expire.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Note that the renewal operation can only be made after effective submission of the annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority; if it is not submitted to the Tax Authority within the deadline, the company will not meet conditions to renew its certification.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"28-can-certification-renewal-proceed-without-having-submitted-the-annual-accounting-and-tax-information-declaration-of-the-certification-applicant-company\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"28\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16428\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">28. Can certification renewal proceed without having submitted the annual accounting and tax information declaration of the certification applicant company?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16428\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"28\" aria-labelledby=\"28-can-certification-renewal-proceed-without-having-submitted-the-annual-accounting-and-tax-information-declaration-of-the-certification-applicant-company\"><p>No. The certification renewal operation can only be made after effective submission of the company\u2019s annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority, and until 30 working days after the legally established deadline for its submission; if this is not submitted to the Tax Authority within this deadline, the company will not meet conditions to renew its certification.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"29-can-certification-renewal-proceed-without-a-company-with-which-the-certification-applicant-company-has-a-relevant-relationship-having-submitted-its-annual-accounting-and-tax-information-declaration-within-the-legally-established-deadline\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"29\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16429\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">29. Can certification renewal proceed without a company with which the certification applicant company has a relevant relationship having submitted its annual accounting and tax information declaration within the legally established deadline?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16429\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"29\" aria-labelledby=\"29-can-certification-renewal-proceed-without-a-company-with-which-the-certification-applicant-company-has-a-relevant-relationship-having-submitted-its-annual-accounting-and-tax-information-declaration-within-the-legally-established-deadline\"><p>A certification applicant company can proceed with renewing its certification as long as it is still within the legal deadline for submitting the respective certification form (until 30 working days after the legally established deadline for submitting its annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority) and as long as it has already submitted the annual accounting and tax information declaration to the Tax Authority. However, if it has relevant relationships (partner or associated) with other companies, and these have the same deadline for submitting the declaration to the Tax Authority or an earlier date, and at least one of them has not submitted the declaration in question by that deadline, then it will not fully meet conditions to renew its certification.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"30-can-there-be-any-case-where-a-company-can-remain-certified-without-having-renewed-its-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-that-year\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"30\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16430\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">30. Can there be any case where a company can remain certified without having renewed its micro, small or medium enterprise certification that year?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16430\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"30\" aria-labelledby=\"30-can-there-be-any-case-where-a-company-can-remain-certified-without-having-renewed-its-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-that-year\"><p>Yes. Certification renewal operations must be performed whenever certified companies have to communicate workforce and financial data of the most recent completed year. In cases where the company had already certified itself based on data from the year in question or where they were not considered relevant for its certification, then the company will not have to proceed with renewing its certification. Under these circumstances, the operation will not even be available in the menu of available operations.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>This situation can occur in cases where:<\/p><ul><li>&#8211; the company certified itself when it started activity \u2013 the company certifies itself in year N, having as reference year the first complete year (N+1), so, with no mandatory communication change before that date, only in N+3 will it have to proceed with renewing its certification (in N+1 it has no obligation to perform this or any other certification maintenance operation; in N+2 it only has to perform an \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation);<\/li><li>&#8211; the company certified itself after being involved in a division or merger process as an incorporating entity (the situation is exactly the same as described above);<\/li><li>&#8211; the company certified itself in N based on estimated data from N, so, in N+1, after submitting the accounting and tax declaration relating to year N, it will only have to perform an \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation (that is, it has an obligation to perform a certification maintenance operation \u2013 estimate confirmation \u2013 but does not have to perform a \u201cCertification Renewal\u201d operation, because it is already certified based on data from the last completed year);<\/li><li>&#8211; the company certified itself in N based on estimated data from N-1, so, in that same year N, after submitting the accounting and tax declaration relating to year N-1, it will have to perform an \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation (that is, despite having already performed an operation in N, it has an obligation to perform a certification maintenance operation \u2013 estimate confirmation \u2013 but does not have to perform a \u201cCertification Renewal\u201d operation, because it is already certified based on data from the last completed year).<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"31-can-there-be-any-case-where-a-company-has-to-perform-in-the-same-period-both-a-certification-renewal-operation-and-an-estimate-confirmation-operation\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"31\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16431\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">31. Can there be any case where a company has to perform, in the same period, both a certification renewal operation and an estimate confirmation operation?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16431\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"31\" aria-labelledby=\"31-can-there-be-any-case-where-a-company-has-to-perform-in-the-same-period-both-a-certification-renewal-operation-and-an-estimate-confirmation-operation\"><p>Yes. For example, a company that certified itself in N with definitive data from N-1 of the certification applicant company and with estimated data from N of a company with which it has a relevant relationship (partner or associated company), both with years coincident with the calendar year, will have to, until the maximum deadline of 30 working days after July 15 of N+1, perform the \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation to present definitive data from N relating to the company with relevant relationship with the certification applicant company and perform the \u201cCertification Renewal\u201d operation to communicate definitive data from year N relating to the certification applicant company. Companies in these circumstances will see both operations listed in their \u201cAvailable Certification Operations\u201d menu. In these cases, there is no mandatory order for performing the two operations, but if one wants to follow a chronological criterion, the \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d should be performed first (which will have retroactive effects) and only then the \u201cCertification Renewal\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"32-can-two-certified-companies-with-relationships-between-themselves-have-to-perform-in-the-same-period-different-certification-operations-even-with-the-same-legal-deadline\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"32\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16432\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">32. Can two certified companies, with relationships between themselves, have to perform, in the same period, different certification operations, even with the same legal deadline?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16432\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"32\" aria-labelledby=\"32-can-two-certified-companies-with-relationships-between-themselves-have-to-perform-in-the-same-period-different-certification-operations-even-with-the-same-legal-deadline\"><p>Yes. It is possible that two companies with relationships between themselves that are certified may have to perform, in the same period, different certification operations, namely in one case having to perform a \u201cCertification Renewal\u201d operation and in another an \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation, for example. It can also happen that only one of the companies has to perform a certification operation in that period, with the other not having to do so (e.g.: if one of the companies has very recent start of activity).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>On each company\u2019s electronic platform, in the \u201cAlerts\u201d area, the legal deadlines for renewal and estimate confirmation of the company in question are indicated, in case any of these operations has to be performed. Through consultation of this area, the company can confirm if it has to perform any of these operations or eventually, in certain cases, if it has to perform both. In addition to this, each company will receive renewal or confirmation alert emails whenever the obligation is applicable. These emails are sent with a minimum advance of 10 working days relative to the final deadline for submitting the operations in question.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"33-can-a-certification-process-expire-after-a-certification-renewal-operation-has-been-performed\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"33\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16433\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">33. Can a certification process expire after a certification renewal operation has been performed?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16433\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"33\" aria-labelledby=\"33-can-a-certification-process-expire-after-a-certification-renewal-operation-has-been-performed\"><p>Yes. For example, a company that, in the same period, has to perform a \u201cCertification Renewal\u201d operation and an \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation, if it performs the renewal operation but does not perform the estimate confirmation operation, will see its certification expire, since the certification decision underlying the certification renewal will itself be based still on estimates (that were not confirmed within the deadline).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>That is, a company that certified itself in N with definitive data from N-1 of the certification applicant company and with estimated data from N of a company with which it has a relevant relationship, both with years coincident with the calendar year, will have to, until the maximum deadline of 30 working days after July 15 of N+1, perform the \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation to present definitive data from N relating to the company with relevant relationship with the certification applicant company and perform the renewal operation to communicate definitive data from year N relating to the certification applicant company. If it does not present definitive data from N of the company with relevant relationship with the certification applicant through the \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation, and only performs the certification renewal, presenting definitive data from N of the applicant, the decision relating to this operation will be taken entirely based on data relating to year N, but this data is definitive for the applicant, but remains estimated regarding the company with which it has a relevant relationship. That is, after the deadline for performing the \u201cEstimate Confirmation\u201d operation, the certification will expire, due to the expiration of operations performed based, even if partially, on estimated data (in the example, certification made in N and renewal made in N+1).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"34-besides-legal-deadlines-is-there-any-administrative-deadline-to-perform-certification-operations\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"34\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16434\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">34. Besides legal deadlines, is there any administrative deadline to perform certification operations?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16434\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"34\" aria-labelledby=\"34-besides-legal-deadlines-is-there-any-administrative-deadline-to-perform-certification-operations\"><p>Yes, any operation initiated by companies must be completed within a maximum period of 60 days, under penalty of expiring. When starting the operation, a window is shown with this information, and a new alert is automatically generated on the companies\u2019 certification platform to remind of this deadline and the consequences of not complying (loss of data entered in the form up to that moment).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Note that legal deadlines override this administrative deadline. That is, if, for example, a company is 10 days away from the deadline to perform certification renewal (legal deadline), it will have to submit the form within that deadline, and not within the 60-day period (administrative deadline).<\/p><p>There is also another administrative deadline, which also overrides the previous one, and which relates to the change of calendar year, being applicable only to \u201cLate Certification Renewal\u201d operations. \u201cLate Certification Renewal\u201d operations initiated in a given calendar year must be completed (form submitted) by the end of that same year. If they are not, they will be automatically cancelled by the computer application, with loss of data entered up to that moment.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"35-when-there-are-two-alert-messages-indicating-two-different-maximum-deadlines-for-performing-a-certification-operation-which-one-prevails\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"35\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16435\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">35. When there are two alert messages indicating two different maximum deadlines for performing a certification operation, which one prevails?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16435\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"35\" aria-labelledby=\"35-when-there-are-two-alert-messages-indicating-two-different-maximum-deadlines-for-performing-a-certification-operation-which-one-prevails\"><p>Legal deadlines always override administrative deadlines. The complete texts of alerts indicate exactly this situation. That is, if the company has an alert indicating that its certification renewal (or estimate confirmation) must be performed by day x, under penalty of expiration (legal deadline), and has another alert indicating that the renewal (or estimate confirmation) operation it has in progress must be completed by day x+y, under penalty of it expiring, with consequent loss of data entered up to that moment (administrative deadline), the deadline for submitting the renewal (or estimate confirmation) operation will be day x.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>To clarify this possible doubt, the complete text of the expired operation alert expressly states, in the last paragraph: \u201cThis deadline may be shorter if you have as deadline to proceed with renewal or estimate confirmation a date earlier than this. In that case, this operation will have to be completed by that date.\u201d<\/p><p>So if, for example, a company is 10 days away from the deadline to perform certification renewal (legal deadline) when it starts filling the renewal form, it will have to submit the form within that deadline, and not within the 60-day period (administrative deadline).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"36-can-a-company-certify-for-the-first-time-at-a-given-moment-and-make-the-effects-of-that-certification-retroactive-to-an-earlier-date\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"36\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16436\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">36. Can a company certify for the first time at a given moment and make the effects of that certification retroactive to an earlier date?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16436\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"36\" aria-labelledby=\"36-can-a-company-certify-for-the-first-time-at-a-given-moment-and-make-the-effects-of-that-certification-retroactive-to-an-earlier-date\"><p>No. The \u201cFirst Certification\u201d operation always takes effect on the date of submission of the respective form by the company.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The only exception to this happens in cases where the company is already incorporated but has not yet started activity when it is certifying itself, in which case the first certification will not have immediate effect with submission, but rather future effect, namely on the date of future start of activity.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"37-can-a-company-that-was-previously-certified-and-meanwhile-has-its-certification-expired-or-void-certify-at-a-given-moment-and-make-the-effects-of-that-certification-retroactive-to-an-earlier-date\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"37\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16437\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">37. Can a company that was previously certified and meanwhile has its certification expired or void, certify at a given moment and make the effects of that certification retroactive to an earlier date?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16437\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"37\" aria-labelledby=\"37-can-a-company-that-was-previously-certified-and-meanwhile-has-its-certification-expired-or-void-certify-at-a-given-moment-and-make-the-effects-of-that-certification-retroactive-to-an-earlier-date\"><p>No. \u201cCertification Update\u201d or \u201cLate Certification Renewal\u201d operations \u2013 the operations that can be performed by companies to certify themselves again following periods of certification expiration or nullity \u2013 always take effect on the date of submission of the respective form by the company.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"38-what-does-it-mean-to-have-an-operation-in-progress\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"38\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16438\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">38. What does it mean to have an operation in progress?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16438\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"38\" aria-labelledby=\"38-what-does-it-mean-to-have-an-operation-in-progress\"><p>An operation is in progress between the moment it is initiated \u2013 that is, when the respective form is opened for the first time \u2013 and the moment it is completed, through electronic submission of the form. So, if in the \u201cProcess History\u201d, in \u201cConsult Process\u201d, there is an operation with the status \u201cin progress\u201d, this means the company must finish filling the form and proceed with its submission. Until then, the operation will have no effect on the certification process.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Note that an operation \u201cin progress\u201d is never awaiting any type of decision by IAPMEI; it depends only on the submission action by the company.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"39-what-does-it-mean-to-have-a-pending-operation\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"39\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16439\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">39. What does it mean to have a pending operation?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16439\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"39\" aria-labelledby=\"39-what-does-it-mean-to-have-a-pending-operation\"><p>An operation is in pending status in cases where its submission did not produce immediate effects, not having generated a new certificate. These are situations that require verification of supporting documents before producing effects.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>A company with a pending operation should await contact from IAPMEI services, for verification purposes. Although this contact is usually made in a very short time, if it urgently needs the operation in question to produce effects, it can always contact IAPMEI services by phone or email to signal this urgency.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"40-what-does-it-mean-to-have-an-expired-operation\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"40\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16440\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">40. What does it mean to have an expired operation?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16440\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"40\" aria-labelledby=\"40-what-does-it-mean-to-have-an-expired-operation\"><p>An operation gets expired status when the 60-day deadline after its start is exceeded, without its submission. This occurrence entails the loss of any data entered in the form that expired.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Note that when starting the operation, a window is shown with information about the maximum admissible deadline for submission, and a new alert is automatically generated on the companies\u2019 certification platform to remind of this deadline and the consequences of non-compliance (loss of data entered up to that moment). In addition, an alert email is issued 10 working days before the end of the deadline, reminding of the same.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"41-can-a-company-with-expired-or-void-certification-certify-again\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"41\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16441\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">41. Can a company with expired or void certification certify again?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16441\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"41\" aria-labelledby=\"41-can-a-company-with-expired-or-void-certification-certify-again\"><p>Yes. Companies that were certified at a given point in time, but meanwhile saw their certification expire or be declared void, can certify again at any time.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"42-does-a-company-that-has-its-certification-expired-or-void-and-wants-to-certify-again-have-to-register-anew\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"42\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16442\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">42. Does a company that has its certification expired or void and wants to certify again have to register anew?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16442\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"42\" aria-labelledby=\"42-does-a-company-that-has-its-certification-expired-or-void-and-wants-to-certify-again-have-to-register-anew\"><p>No, registration is done only once, and remains valid even if the certification is expired or has been declared void. If a company with expired or void certification wants to certify again, it should normally access its certification process, using its password for this purpose, and performing the corresponding certification operation (\u201cLate Certification Renewal\u201d or \u201cCertification Update\u201d, depending on the case; only one of the operations, namely the one appropriate to the company\u2019s concrete situation, will be available in the \u201cAvailable Certification Operations\u201d menu). If the company tries to register again, an error message will be issued, indicating that the registration already exists.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"43-how-can-a-company-with-expired-or-void-certification-certify-again\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"43\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16443\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">43. How can a company with expired or void certification certify again?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16443\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"43\" aria-labelledby=\"43-how-can-a-company-with-expired-or-void-certification-certify-again\"><p>If a company with expired or declared void certification wants to certify again, it should normally access its certification process, using its password for this purpose, and performing the corresponding certification operation. It does not need to perform (nor can it perform) new registration. Already in its certification platform, it should perform the operation corresponding to its concrete situation, which can be one of two: \u201cLate Certification Renewal\u201d or \u201cCertification Update\u201d. The \u201cAvailable Certification Operations\u201d menu is personalized, so it will only make available the operation appropriate to the company\u2019s concrete situation.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"44-if-a-company-that-has-its-certification-expired-or-void-and-wants-to-certify-again-has-forgotten-its-password-what-should-it-do\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"44\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16444\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">44. If a company that has its certification expired or void and wants to certify again has forgotten its password, what should it do?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16444\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"44\" aria-labelledby=\"44-if-a-company-that-has-its-certification-expired-or-void-and-wants-to-certify-again-has-forgotten-its-password-what-should-it-do\"><p>Whenever a company has forgotten its password for accessing the electronic certification service, it should use the \u201cForgot password\u201d functionality, available in the access window to its electronic platform (accessible through the IAPMEI website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iapmei.pt\/\">www.iapmei.pt<\/a>), in SME Certification &gt; Companies &gt; Access to your online process).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>And it has two ways to immediately obtain a new password.<\/p><p>Using the registration email for authentication. In this case, for authentication purposes, the company\u2019s NIF and the email used in its registration must be indicated. With the indication of this data, followed by the \u201cSend\u201d action, a new password will be automatically generated, which will also be automatically sent to the electronic address in question. Simultaneously, a message is generated that the password was sent.<\/p><p>Using Tax Authority credentials. In this case, the company defines its new password. The company indicates the new password, according to the complexity rules indicated in the form, namely, the new password must have between 9 and 20 characters, and must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter and one digit and, optionally, can contain any other special characters, except space. It selects \u201cConfirm after Tax Authority validation\u201d, which makes automatic forwarding to the authentication area of the Tax Authority website. It uses the company\u2019s authentication credentials at the Tax Authority and selects \u201cI authorize\u201d, when requested that the NIF and company name be provided to IAPMEI. This authorization allows IAPMEI to authenticate the origin of the request, and validate the change of registration password at IAPMEI, for purposes of accessing SME Certification. It is emphasized that this procedure does not change the company\u2019s credentials at AT, only the registration password at IAPMEI.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"45-is-it-possible-to-change-the-password-for-accessing-the-electronic-certification-service\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"45\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16445\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">45. Is it possible to change the password for accessing the electronic certification service?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16445\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"45\" aria-labelledby=\"45-is-it-possible-to-change-the-password-for-accessing-the-electronic-certification-service\"><p>Yes. To change the password for accessing the electronic certification service, one should access the electronic certification platform, through the \u201cAccess to your online process\u201d option, still using the password to be changed. Already in the electronic platform, one should access the \u201cUpdate Registration\u201d tab, which is available at the top right of the page, and enter the new password in the \u201cNew Password\u201d field, repeating it in the \u201cRepeat Password\u201d field, for validation purposes. For security reasons, one will also have to enter the password to be changed in the \u201cCurrent Password\u201d field to effect the change to the new password.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"47-is-it-necessary-to-update-the-representatives-file-for-companies-using-the-sme-certification-service\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"46\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16446\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">47. Is it necessary to update the representative's file for companies using the SME Certification service?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16446\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"46\" aria-labelledby=\"47-is-it-necessary-to-update-the-representatives-file-for-companies-using-the-sme-certification-service\"><p>Yes, it is very important to keep the company\u2019s representative identification file always updated, so any change to the same or to contact means with the same should be made as soon as possible after occurrence.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Note that alerts from the electronic service reminding of the approach of final annual deadlines for renewal or estimate confirmation, for example, are always issued to the email in the representative\u2019s file, which means that maintaining outdated emails prevents companies from benefiting from this component of the alert service.<\/p><p>This email is also the only one used for communications within investigation procedures, so its non-updating can lead to non-compliance situations that determine certification nullity (absence of response from the interested party to document requests, additional information or questions posed by the certifying entity).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"48-is-it-necessary-to-update-the-registration-file-for-companies-using-the-sme-certification-service\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"47\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16447\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">48. Is it necessary to update the registration file for companies using the SME Certification service?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16447\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"47\" aria-labelledby=\"48-is-it-necessary-to-update-the-registration-file-for-companies-using-the-sme-certification-service\"><p>Yes, it is important to keep the registration file always updated, so any change to the company\u2019s name or contact means should be made as soon as possible after occurrence.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Note that alerts from the electronic service reminding of the approach of final annual deadlines for renewal or estimate confirmation, for example, are also issued to the email in the registration, which means that maintaining outdated emails prevents companies from benefiting from this component of the alert service.<\/p><p>This email is also mandatorily used as authentication in the \u201cForgot password\u201d functionality, so its outdating conditions or can even prevent autonomous access to the electronic certification service.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"49-can-corrections-be-made-to-the-registration-file-of-companies-using-the-sme-certification-service\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"48\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16448\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">49. Can corrections be made to the registration file of companies using the SME Certification service?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16448\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"48\" aria-labelledby=\"49-can-corrections-be-made-to-the-registration-file-of-companies-using-the-sme-certification-service\"><p>Yes. If a company made an error filling any field of the registration file, it should correct it. For this purpose, it should access the electronic certification platform, in the normal way, through the \u201cAccess to your online process\u201d option, indicating NIF and access password. Already in the electronic platform, it should access the \u201cUpdate Registration\u201d area, which is available at the top right of the page, and correct the field(s) with errors. To save corrections, and for security\/user authentication reasons, the access password must be entered in the respective field \u2013 \u201cCurrent Password\u201d.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In the very specific case of wanting to change, in that registration file, the password that is active at the moment, then the new password should be entered in the \u201cNew Password\u201d field, repeating it in the \u201cRepeat Password\u201d field, for validation purposes. For security reasons, one will also have to enter the password to be changed in the \u201cCurrent Password\u201d field to effect the change to the new password.<\/p><p>In the concrete case of the intended correction relating to the company\u2019s region \u2013 registration of a Mainland company incorrectly made in the Madeira Autonomous Region companies registration area or registration of an Azores Autonomous Region company incorrectly made in the Mainland registration area, for example \u2013, then, as this is an error in the registration itself, and not simply an error in a registration file field, access to the registration area should be made, not through the SME Certification platform, but through the IAPMEI Client Console (accessible through the IAPMEI website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iapmei.pt\/\">www.iapmei.pt<\/a>) &gt; Home Page &gt; IAPMEI+ Incentives Console). After entering the NIF and access password (password common to the IAPMEI+ Incentives Console and the electronic certification service), one should access the \u201cUpdate Registration\u201d area, which is available at the top right of the page, and correct the field(s) relating to the region. To save corrections, and for security\/user authentication reasons, the access password must be entered in the respective field \u2013 \u201cCurrent Password\u201d.<\/p><p>Note that this region correction will not have direct effects at the level of the certification process itself. So, if any certification operation has already been completed before the region correction, it will continue to be associated with the incorrect region. Under these circumstances, if only the first certification has been done, it will suffice to perform the corresponding correction operation to correct the process. If other operations have already been performed after the first certification, the company should contact IAPMEI and request this adjustment.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"50-how-can-a-change-of-headquarters-region-of-a-company-with-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-communicated\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"49\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16449\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">50. How can a change of headquarters region of a company with micro, small or medium enterprise certification be communicated?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16449\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"49\" aria-labelledby=\"50-how-can-a-change-of-headquarters-region-of-a-company-with-micro-small-or-medium-enterprise-certification-be-communicated\"><p>In case a company changes its headquarters to a different region (from Mainland to one of the autonomous regions, from one autonomous region to another or from any of them to Mainland) after having proceeded with its registration in the electronic SME certification service \u2013 this is, therefore, a headquarters change \u2013 it should, first of all, proceed with an update of its registration data.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For this purpose, it should access its registration area, and this access should be made, not through the SME Certification platform, but through the IAPMEI Client Console (accessible through the IAPMEI website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iapmei.pt\/\">www.iapmei.pt<\/a>) &gt; Home Page &gt; IAPMEI+ Incentives Console). After entering the NIF and access password (password common to the IAPMEI+ Incentives Console and the electronic certification service), it should access the \u201cUpdate Registration\u201d area, which is available at the top right of the page, and correct the field(s) relating to the region. To save corrections, and for security\/user authentication reasons, the access password must be entered in the respective field \u2013 \u201cCurrent Password\u201d.<\/p><p>After this procedure, if it is a certified company, it should access the SME Certification platform and fill and submit the \u201cCertification Element Alteration\u201d form that is available in the \u201cAvailable Certification Operations\u201d menu, selecting the reason of \u201ccompany identification elements\u201d (and eventually others also applicable, in case, together with the headquarters change, alterations of another nature have occurred in the company) and changing the corresponding fields in the respective certification form.<\/p><p>If it is a company with expired or void certification, then it should, after changing the registration, fill and submit the form available in the \u201cAvailable Certification Operations\u201d menu (which may be, depending on the company\u2019s concrete situation, the \u201cCertification Update\u201d form or the \u201cLate Certification Renewal\u201d form).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"51-who-can-consult-sme-certification\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"50\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16450\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">51. Who can consult SME certification?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16450\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"50\" aria-labelledby=\"51-who-can-consult-sme-certification\"><p>SME certification is registered in an electronic registry, and proof of certification is provided, through the Internet, on the IAPMEI website, to data holders (companies with registration in the electronic certification service), as well as to entities involved in procedures that require SME status, namely services\/bodies of direct and indirect state administration, state business sector, independent administrative entities and autonomous state administration and private law entities that have entered into contracts or protocols with state services and bodies in this context (paragraph 3 of article 3 of Decree-Law no. 372\/2007, of November 6, amended by Decree-Law no. 13\/2020, of April 7).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>With express authorization from the certification applicant company, provided through the electronic certification service, any entity outside the above scope can also consult its SME certification, exclusively for purposes of verifying its situation regarding certification (certified company or company with expired, void or suspended certification) and its status.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"51-who-can-consult-sme-certification\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"51\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16451\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">51. Who can consult SME certification?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16451\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"51\" aria-labelledby=\"51-who-can-consult-sme-certification\"><p>SME certification is registered in an electronic registry, and proof of certification is provided, through the Internet, on the IAPMEI website, to data holders (companies with registration in the electronic certification service), as well as to entities involved in procedures that require SME status, namely services\/bodies of direct and indirect state administration, state business sector, independent administrative entities and autonomous state administration and private law entities that have entered into contracts or protocols with state services and bodies in this context (paragraph 3 of article 3 of Decree-Law no. 372\/2007, of November 6, amended by Decree-Law no. 13\/2020, of April 7).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>With express authorization from the certification applicant company, provided through the electronic certification service, any entity outside the above scope can also consult its SME certification, exclusively for purposes of verifying its situation regarding certification (certified company or company with expired, void or suspended certification) and its status.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"52-can-a-company-authorize-another-to-consult-its-certification-process\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"52\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16452\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">52. Can a company authorize another to consult its certification process?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16452\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"52\" aria-labelledby=\"52-can-a-company-authorize-another-to-consult-its-certification-process\"><p>Yes. Any entity not covered by paragraph 3 of article 3 of Decree-Law no. 372\/2007, of November 6, amended by Decree-Law no. 13\/2020, of April 7 (e.g.: company suppliers or clients) can consult a company\u2019s certification process, if that company so understands, and with its express authorization, provided on its electronic certification platform (in Third Party Process Consultations &gt; Add Consultation Consent). This consultation modality serves exclusively for purposes of verifying the consulted company\u2019s situation regarding certification (certified company or company with expired, void or suspended certification) and its status.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"53-how-can-a-company-consult-another-companys-certification-process\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"53\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16453\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">53. How can a company consult another company's certification process?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16453\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"53\" aria-labelledby=\"53-how-can-a-company-consult-another-companys-certification-process\"><p>A company that wants to consult another company\u2019s certification process must, first, proceed with its registration in the electronic certification service.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Within this registration, it creates an access password to the electronic service, which allows it to access the simple consultation entity platform, through which it can consult certification processes. This consultation is only possible, however, with express authorization from the company(ies) whose certification process will be consulted.<\/p><p>After registering, to consult another company\u2019s certification process, the company should access SME Certification &gt; Consultation Entities &gt; Simple Consultation &gt; Access to your online consultation area and enter its NIF and password. Already in its SME Certification consultation entity platform, it should use the \u201cConsult\u201d option to indicate the NIF of the company whose certification process it wants to consult. If the company in question has not granted its express authorization, on its own electronic certification service platform, to consultation of its process by the company, or if it once granted this authorization, but meanwhile has revoked it, the consultation is denied.<\/p><p>It should be noted that this consultation modality serves exclusively for purposes of verifying the consulted company\u2019s situation regarding certification (certified company or company with expired, void or suspended certification) and its status.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"54-to-apply-for-public-support-must-a-company-authorize-the-entity-to-which-it-will-submit-the-application-to-access-its-certification-process\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"54\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16454\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">54. To apply for public support, must a company authorize the entity to which it will submit the application to access its certification process?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16454\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"54\" aria-labelledby=\"54-to-apply-for-public-support-must-a-company-authorize-the-entity-to-which-it-will-submit-the-application-to-access-its-certification-process\"><p>No. The possibility of verifying the certification and the status granted to each company is made available electronically, via the Internet, by IAPMEI to the entities that are required to request proof of micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise status for the purposes of administrative procedures (services\/bodies of the direct and indirect state administration, the state business sector, independent administrative entities and autonomous state administration, and private law entities that have entered into contracts or protocols with state services and bodies for this purpose, under paragraph 3 of article 3 of Decree-Law No. 372\/2007 of 6 November, as amended by Decree-Law No. 13\/2020 of 7 April).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In addition to not having to authorize these entities, companies with SME certification are exempt from having to prove their SME status to each of them individually.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"55-when-is-a-company-considered-autonomous\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"55\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16455\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">55. When is a company considered autonomous?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16455\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"55\" aria-labelledby=\"55-when-is-a-company-considered-autonomous\"><p>For the purposes of SME certification, a company is considered autonomous when it does not maintain, directly or indirectly, partner or associated relationships as defined in paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 3 of the annex to Decree-Law No. 372\/2007 of 6 November, as amended by Decree-Law No. 13\/2020 of 7 April, or when it is not controlled, directly or indirectly, by public bodies or public entities (paragraph 4 of article 3 of the annex to the same decree-law).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"56-when-is-a-company-considered-non-autonomous\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"56\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16456\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">56. When is a company considered non-autonomous?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16456\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"56\" aria-labelledby=\"56-when-is-a-company-considered-non-autonomous\"><p>For the purposes of SME certification, a company is considered non-autonomous when it maintains, directly or indirectly, partner or associated relationships as defined in paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 3 of the annex to Decree-Law No. 372\/2007 of 6 November, as amended by Decree-Law No. 13\/2020 of 7 April, or when it is controlled, directly or indirectly, by public bodies or public entities (paragraph 4 of article 3 of the same annex).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"57-what-are-companies-with-relevant-relationships-with-the-applicant-company-for-certification\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"57\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16457\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">57. What are companies with relevant relationships with the applicant company for certification?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16457\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"57\" aria-labelledby=\"57-what-are-companies-with-relevant-relationships-with-the-applicant-company-for-certification\"><p>For the purposes of SME certification, a company is considered non-autonomous when it maintains, directly or indirectly, partner or associated relationships as defined in paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 3 of the annex to Decree-Law No. 372\/2007 of 6 November, as amended by Decree-Law No. 13\/2020 of 7 April, or when it is controlled, directly or indirectly, by public bodies or public entities (paragraph 4 of article 3 of the same annex). Partner or associated companies of the applicant company for certification, or public bodies or public entities that may control it or its partners\/associates, directly or indirectly, constitute the relevant relationships of the applicant company.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"58-can-a-company-exceed-the-established-sme-thresholds-in-the-last-financial-year-and-still-obtain-micro-small-or-medium-sized-enterprise-status\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"58\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16458\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">58. Can a company exceed the established SME thresholds in the last financial year and still obtain micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise status?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16458\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"58\" aria-labelledby=\"58-can-a-company-exceed-the-established-sme-thresholds-in-the-last-financial-year-and-still-obtain-micro-small-or-medium-sized-enterprise-status\"><p>Companies may benefit from micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise status provided that, when the staffing and financial data used to determine their category are considered, the SME thresholds have not been exceeded by the company (together with companies with which it has relevant relationships, if any) for two consecutive years. In other words, a company (together with the companies with which it has relevant relationships, if any) that exceeds the employee or financial SME thresholds in one year only loses SME status if this occurs for two consecutive years.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>It should be noted that the consideration of data from several years is only applicable where there are entities with a history (no recent start of activity or recent involvement in demerger or merger processes) and comparable entities, i.e., where the set of entities underlying the determination of status at each point in time (the set of partner and associated companies) is identical to that of the previous measurement moment.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"59-can-a-company-lose-micro-small-or-medium-sized-enterprise-status-if-it-exceeds-the-sme-thresholds-for-the-first-time\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"59\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16459\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">59. Can a company lose micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise status if it exceeds the SME thresholds for the first time?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16459\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"59\" aria-labelledby=\"59-can-a-company-lose-micro-small-or-medium-sized-enterprise-status-if-it-exceeds-the-sme-thresholds-for-the-first-time\"><p>Yes. If a company has ceased to be autonomous, has become autonomous for the first time, or has had its structure of partner and associated companies changed, it may lose micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise status if it exceeds the SME thresholds for the first time.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>It should be noted that the use of data from two or more years for the purpose of determining status is only applicable when dealing with entities with a history (i.e., without a recent start of activity or without recent involvement in demerger or merger processes) and comparable entities, i.e., where the set of entities underlying the determination of status at each moment is identical to that of the previous measurement moment.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"60-for-companies-with-consolidated-accounts-should-consolidated-or-non-consolidated-financial-data-be-provided-for-the-sme-certification-process\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"60\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16460\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">60. For companies with consolidated accounts, should consolidated or non-consolidated financial data be provided for the SME certification process?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16460\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"60\" aria-labelledby=\"60-for-companies-with-consolidated-accounts-should-consolidated-or-non-consolidated-financial-data-be-provided-for-the-sme-certification-process\"><p>In the case of companies that are legally required to prepare consolidated accounts or to be included in the consolidation of other companies using the full consolidation method, the financial activity data (turnover and balance sheet) resulting from consolidation will be considered for certification purposes.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>An exception to this rule applies to companies that, among the entities with which they have relevant relationships, have recent companies or companies involved in recent merger or demerger processes. In such cases, autonomous activity data are considered.<\/p><p>It should also be noted that, since the concept of AWU \u2013 annual work units \u2013 used for certification purposes to measure staff numbers is not the same as the one used for tax declarations \u2013 even though the final result may coincide in some cases \u2013 the number of AWUs\/staff must always be reported individually by each company, even if accounts are consolidated.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"61-what-is-the-maximum-admissible-dispersed-share-capital-for-the-purposes-of-determining-micro-small-or-medium-sized-enterprise-status\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"61\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16461\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">61. What is the maximum admissible dispersed share capital for the purposes of determining micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise status?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16461\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"61\" aria-labelledby=\"61-what-is-the-maximum-admissible-dispersed-share-capital-for-the-purposes-of-determining-micro-small-or-medium-sized-enterprise-status\"><p>Two fundamental pieces of information for determining SME status are the percentage of share capital and the control of voting rights. For this reason, most entities are required to identify their full share capital and voting rights. However, due to their specific nature, in certain legal forms \u2013 such as public limited companies \u2013 dispersed share capital is accepted.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Nevertheless, certification requests from these companies will be refused if they are not accompanied by information identifying who holds more than 50% of the capital and voting rights of the applicant company and of the companies with which it has direct or indirect relevant relationships.<\/p><p>It should also be noted that the indication of dispersed share capital in certification forms is only admissible when such capital does not omit relationships that may be or give rise, directly or indirectly, to relevant relationships of the applicant company, as defined in the annex to Decree-Law No. 372\/2007 of 6 November, as amended by Decree-Law No. 13\/2020 of 7 April.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"62-which-companies-may-choose-to-benefit-from-early-status-recognition\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"62\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16462\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">62. Which companies may choose to benefit from early status recognition?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16462\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"62\" aria-labelledby=\"62-which-companies-may-choose-to-benefit-from-early-status-recognition\"><p>A company may opt for early status recognition when, upon entering for the first time in a certification form the data from the most recent complete financial year (together with those of companies with which it has relevant relationships, if any), it is found, on an annual basis, that the micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise thresholds \u2013 depending on its previous status \u2013 have been exceeded or not reached for the first time (thus requiring consideration of staffing and financial data from previous years).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For example, a company that was classified as a microenterprise based on its staffing and financial data (together with those of companies with which it has relevant relationships, if any) and that, for the first time, has a complete financial year placing it within the thresholds of a small enterprise will, according to paragraph 2 of article 4 of the annex to Decree-Law No. 372\/2007 of 6 November, as amended by Decree-Law No. 13\/2020 of 7 April (applicable when dealing with comparable entities, i.e., when the set of entities used to determine status at each point in time is identical to that of the previous measurement moment), retain its microenterprise status. However, under paragraph 8 of article 6 of the same decree-law, it may opt to benefit from early recognition as a small enterprise.<\/p><p>The same would occur if, for example, a company with medium-sized enterprise status had, for the first time, a complete financial year placing it within the thresholds of a small enterprise. In this example, its assessed status would remain that of a medium-sized enterprise, but it could choose to anticipate its status to small enterprise at the time of reporting the staffing and financial data of the last complete year via the certification form.<\/p><p>Whenever a company can benefit from early status recognition, the certification form informs it of this fact, and the company must choose, before submitting the form, between maintaining the status determined under the \u201cgeneral rule\u201d (paragraph 2 of article 4 of the annex to Decree-Law No. 372\/2007, as amended) or using the \u201cearly status\u201d (paragraph 8 of article 6 of the same decree-law).<\/p><p>It should be noted that, where the applicant company has recently started activity or has recently been involved in merger or demerger processes, or where the set of current relevant relationships differs from that of the previous period, early status recognition is never applicable (because there is no historical data in the first case, and the data are not comparable in the second). In these situations, the status assigned to the company necessarily corresponds to its size in that year.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"63-what-are-the-conditions-to-effectively-benefit-from-early-status-recognition\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"63\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16463\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">63. What are the conditions to effectively benefit from early status recognition?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16463\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"63\" aria-labelledby=\"63-what-are-the-conditions-to-effectively-benefit-from-early-status-recognition\"><p>Companies that, at a given moment, meet the conditions to use early status and choose to do so, instead of the status determined under the \u201cgeneral rule\u201d (paragraph 2 of article 4 of the annex to Decree-Law No. 372\/2007, as amended), are required to prove that, in the current financial year (being the one immediately after the last complete one), they have remained within the relevant thresholds.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>This means they must complete a certification form with the definitive staffing and financial data for the current year (including definitive data from companies with which they have relevant relationships, if any), and such data must confirm compliance with those thresholds. Failure to meet either of these obligations will result in the loss of early status. In such cases, the company will be assigned, retroactively, the status determined under the \u201cgeneral rule\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"64-what-are-the-consequences-if-a-company-lets-its-certification-expire-while-benefiting-from-early-status-recognition\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"64\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16464\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">64. What are the consequences if a company lets its certification expire while benefiting from early status recognition?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16464\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"64\" aria-labelledby=\"64-what-are-the-consequences-if-a-company-lets-its-certification-expire-while-benefiting-from-early-status-recognition\"><p>Companies that, at a given moment, meet the conditions to use early status and choose to do so, instead of the status determined under the \u201cgeneral rule\u201d, are required to prove that, in the current financial year, they have remained within the relevant thresholds.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>This means they must complete a certification form with the definitive staffing and financial data for the current year (including definitive data from companies with which they have relevant relationships, if any). If this form \u2013 which, in the absence of other mandatory changes in the meantime, will be the renewal form, but may also be the amendment or confirmation of estimates form in certain cases \u2013 is not completed and submitted by the deadline for reporting the definitive data for the current year, this requirement will not have been met.<\/p><p>On that same date, two decisions will be issued in the relevant certification process: the certification will expire, and the company\u2019s early status will be retroactively revoked from the date it first benefited from it until the date the certification expired.<\/p><p>In the specific case where the loss of early status means that the company did not in fact meet the conditions to be considered an SME, the decisions will be: the certification expires; the early status is retroactively revoked from the date it first took effect until the date of certification expiry; the operation with expired status will also expire because the company no longer meets the conditions to be considered an SME on that date; and finally, the certification itself will be retroactively cancelled to the date of the expired operation.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"65-can-a-company-that-had-the-possibility-to-benefit-from-early-status-recognition-but-chose-not-to-do-so-later-change-its-decision\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"65\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16465\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">65. Can a company that had the possibility to benefit from early status recognition but chose not to do so later change its decision?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16465\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"65\" aria-labelledby=\"65-can-a-company-that-had-the-possibility-to-benefit-from-early-status-recognition-but-chose-not-to-do-so-later-change-its-decision\"><p>The decision to benefit or not from early status can only be made by the company in the certification operation in which the right to such use first arises. Once made, the decision cannot be changed.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>However, there may be room for correcting this decision within 30 working days.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"66-can-a-company-that-does-not-meet-the-conditions-to-be-an-sme-obtain-a-certificate\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"66\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16466\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">66. Can a company that does not meet the conditions to be an SME obtain a certificate?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16466\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"66\" aria-labelledby=\"66-can-a-company-that-does-not-meet-the-conditions-to-be-an-sme-obtain-a-certificate\"><p>No. Only companies that meet the conditions to obtain micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise status are eligible to obtain certification and the corresponding certificate.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"67-what-happens-if-an-attempt-is-made-to-certify-a-company-that-does-not-meet-the-conditions-to-be-an-sme\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"67\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16467\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">67. What happens if an attempt is made to certify a company that does not meet the conditions to be an SME?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16467\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"67\" aria-labelledby=\"67-what-happens-if-an-attempt-is-made-to-certify-a-company-that-does-not-meet-the-conditions-to-be-an-sme\"><p>A company that does not meet the conditions to be an SME, whether when trying to obtain certification for the first time or when trying to renew after its certification has expired or been declared null, will see an indication in the certification form that it does not meet the SME criteria, and will not be able to submit the form, as it cannot obtain SME certification or the corresponding certificate.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>A certified company that performs a new operation resulting in it no longer meeting SME criteria may and should submit the corresponding certification form, as this submission will generate the interruption of the \u201cCertification\u201d status. As a result, an operation report will be issued stating that the company no longer qualifies as an SME. In such cases, no certificate will be issued, since the company does not meet SME criteria.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"68-can-a-company-that-does-not-meet-sme-criteria-up-to-a-certain-point-but-later-believes-it-meets-them-obtain-sme-certification\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"68\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16468\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">68. Can a company that does not meet SME criteria up to a certain point but later believes it meets them obtain SME certification?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16468\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"68\" aria-labelledby=\"68-can-a-company-that-does-not-meet-sme-criteria-up-to-a-certain-point-but-later-believes-it-meets-them-obtain-sme-certification\"><p>Yes. If a company once again meets the conditions to obtain micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise status, it may obtain certification. This applies both to first-time certification (via \u201cFirst Certification\u201d operation) and to a new certification after a period of interruption (via \u201cCertification Update\u201d operation or, if the interruption period is very short, via \u201cLate Certification Renewal\u201d operation).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"69-can-a-company-that-does-not-meet-sme-criteria-request-some-type-of-certificate-or-declaration-of-this-fact\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"69\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16469\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">69. Can a company that does not meet SME criteria request some type of certificate or declaration of this fact?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16469\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"69\" aria-labelledby=\"69-can-a-company-that-does-not-meet-sme-criteria-request-some-type-of-certificate-or-declaration-of-this-fact\"><p>No. Within the electronic SME certification service, only micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise certificates are issued, since this service is intended for companies required to prove SME status. Therefore, only companies that meet the SME criteria can obtain certification and the corresponding certificate.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"70-can-an-individual-entity-with-a-professionalbusiness-activity-but-without-organized-accounting-be-certified\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"70\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16470\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">70. Can an individual entity with a professional\/business activity but without organized accounting be certified?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16470\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"70\" aria-labelledby=\"70-can-an-individual-entity-with-a-professionalbusiness-activity-but-without-organized-accounting-be-certified\"><p>Yes. Entities not required to keep organized accounts and opting for the simplified regime can be certified. In this case, in the activity data section, under the \u201cBalance Sheet\u201d field, they must enter the value \u201c0\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"71-can-an-association-be-certified\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"71\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16471\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">71. Can an association be certified?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16471\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"71\" aria-labelledby=\"71-can-an-association-be-certified\"><p>Yes. Any entity that carries out an economic activity and has legal personality in Portugal is considered a company under Decree-Law No. 372\/2007 of 6 November, as amended by Decree-Law No. 13\/2020 of 7 April, and can therefore request electronic certification. However, as with any other type of company, only associations that meet SME thresholds can actually obtain SME certification.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"72-can-a-branch-be-certified\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"72\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16472\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">72. Can a branch be certified?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16472\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"72\" aria-labelledby=\"72-can-a-branch-be-certified\"><p>Yes. Any entity that carries out an economic activity and has legal personality in Portugal is considered a company under Decree-Law No. 372\/2007 of 6 November, as amended by Decree-Law No. 13\/2020 of 7 April, and can therefore request electronic certification. However, as with any other type of company, only branches that meet SME thresholds can actually obtain SME certification.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"73-can-a-company-that-operates-in-an-area-not-under-the-ministry-of-economy-be-certified\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"73\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16473\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">73. Can a company that operates in an area not under the Ministry of Economy be certified?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16473\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"73\" aria-labelledby=\"73-can-a-company-that-operates-in-an-area-not-under-the-ministry-of-economy-be-certified\"><p>Yes. Any entity that carries out an economic activity and has legal personality in Portugal may request electronic certification.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Only in the first year of the decree that created electronic SME certification was certification applicable solely to companies operating in an area under the Ministry of Economy. After that period, it became applicable to any interested company.<\/p><p>It should be noted, however, that regardless of the area of activity, only companies that meet SME thresholds can actually obtain SME certification.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"74-is-a-company-operating-in-an-area-not-under-the-ministry-of-economy-also-required-to-be-certified-for-the-purpose-of-proving-its-sme-status\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"74\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16474\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">74. Is a company operating in an area not under the Ministry of Economy also required to be certified for the purpose of proving its SME status?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16474\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"74\" aria-labelledby=\"74-is-a-company-operating-in-an-area-not-under-the-ministry-of-economy-also-required-to-be-certified-for-the-purpose-of-proving-its-sme-status\"><p>Yes. Any entity that carries out an economic activity and has legal personality in Portugal must request electronic certification if it needs to prove its SME status in the context of administrative procedures for which such proof is legally or regulatorily required.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>It should be noted, however, that only companies that meet SME thresholds can actually obtain SME certification.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"75-must-a-company-applying-for-certification-that-has-a-venture-capital-fund-as-a-shareholder-identify-the-holders-of-that-fund-the-funds-shareholders\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"75\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16475\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">75. Must a company applying for certification that has a venture capital fund as a shareholder identify the holders of that fund (the fund\u2019s shareholders)?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16475\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"75\" aria-labelledby=\"75-must-a-company-applying-for-certification-that-has-a-venture-capital-fund-as-a-shareholder-identify-the-holders-of-that-fund-the-funds-shareholders\"><p>Yes. A company applying for certification that has a venture capital fund as a shareholder must identify the holders of that fund in the relevant shareholder table. Given the nature of such shareholders \u2013 venture capital funds \u2013 where their relationship with the applicant company is \u201cautonomous\u201d (under article 3 of the annex to Decree-Law No. 372\/2007, as amended), companies are, however, exempt from declaring the fund\u2019s holdings in other companies. This rule does not apply when there is an \u201cassociated\u201d relationship between the fund and the applicant company. In such cases, all other holdings of the fund in other companies that also constitute associated relationships must be declared.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"76-if-a-company-has-a-venture-capital-fund-as-a-shareholder-must-it-list-the-fund-itself-or-its-management-company-as-the-shareholder\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"76\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16476\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">76. If a company has a venture capital fund as a shareholder, must it list the fund itself or its management company as the shareholder?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16476\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"76\" aria-labelledby=\"76-if-a-company-has-a-venture-capital-fund-as-a-shareholder-must-it-list-the-fund-itself-or-its-management-company-as-the-shareholder\"><p>A company with a venture capital fund as a shareholder must list the fund itself as the shareholder. In the relevant shareholder table for the fund, it must identify the fund\u2019s holders, not the company that manages it.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"77-must-a-company-applying-for-certification-that-has-a-venture-capital-company-as-a-shareholder-identify-the-shareholders-of-that-venture-capital-company\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"77\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16477\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">77. Must a company applying for certification that has a venture capital company as a shareholder identify the shareholders of that venture capital company?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16477\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"77\" aria-labelledby=\"77-must-a-company-applying-for-certification-that-has-a-venture-capital-company-as-a-shareholder-identify-the-shareholders-of-that-venture-capital-company\"><p>Yes. A company applying for certification that has a venture capital company as a shareholder must identify the shareholders of that company in the relevant shareholder table. Given the nature of such shareholders \u2013 venture capital companies \u2013 where their relationship with the applicant company is \u201cautonomous\u201d (under article 3 of the annex to Decree-Law No. 372\/2007, as amended), companies are, however, exempt from declaring the venture capital company\u2019s holdings in other companies. This rule does not apply when there is an associated relationship between the venture capital company and the applicant company. In such cases, all other holdings of the venture capital company in other companies that also constitute associated relationships must be declared.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"78-must-a-company-applying-for-certification-that-has-a-foreign-company-as-a-shareholder-identify-the-holders-of-that-foreign-company-its-shareholders\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"78\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16478\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">78. Must a company applying for certification that has a foreign company as a shareholder identify the holders of that foreign company (its shareholders)?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16478\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"78\" aria-labelledby=\"78-must-a-company-applying-for-certification-that-has-a-foreign-company-as-a-shareholder-identify-the-holders-of-that-foreign-company-its-shareholders\"><p>Yes. A company applying for certification that has a foreign company as a shareholder must identify the holders of its share capital in the relevant shareholder table. Given the nature of such shareholders \u2013 foreign companies \u2013 dispersed share capital is acceptable.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>However, certification requests will be refused if they are not accompanied by information identifying who holds more than 50% of the capital and voting rights of the foreign company(ies) in question. The indication of dispersed share capital is only admissible if it does not omit relationships that may, directly or indirectly, constitute relevant relationships of the applicant company under the annex to Decree-Law No. 372\/2007, as amended.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"79-must-a-company-applying-for-certification-that-has-a-holding-company-as-a-shareholder-identify-the-holders-of-that-holding-company\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"79\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16479\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">79. Must a company applying for certification that has a holding company as a shareholder identify the holders of that holding company?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16479\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"79\" aria-labelledby=\"79-must-a-company-applying-for-certification-that-has-a-holding-company-as-a-shareholder-identify-the-holders-of-that-holding-company\"><p>Yes. A company applying for certification that has a holding company as a shareholder must identify the holders of its share capital in the relevant shareholder table. Given the nature of such shareholders \u2013 holding companies \u2013 dispersed share capital is acceptable.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>However, certification requests will be refused if they are not accompanied by information identifying who holds more than 50% of the capital and voting rights of the holding company(ies) in question. The indication of dispersed share capital is only admissible if it does not omit relationships that may, directly or indirectly, constitute relevant relationships of the applicant company under the annex to Decree-Law No. 372\/2007, as amended.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"80-what-is-meant-by-the-deadline-for-submitting-the-annual-accounting-and-tax-return-to-the-tax-authority\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"80\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16480\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">80. What is meant by the deadline for submitting the annual accounting and tax return to the Tax Authority?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16480\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"80\" aria-labelledby=\"80-what-is-meant-by-the-deadline-for-submitting-the-annual-accounting-and-tax-return-to-the-tax-authority\"><p>The deadline for submitting the annual accounting and tax return to the Tax Authority \u2013 a field in the \u201cActivity Data\u201d section of the certification forms \u2013 is the legal deadline set by the Tax Authority for submitting the annual accounting and tax information return. In the case of the IES (Simplified Business Information), this corresponds to the 15th day of the 7th month after the end of the financial year. In other words, for companies whose financial year coincides with the calendar year \u2013 1 January to 31 December \u2013 the date will be 15 July.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"81-should-the-deadline-field-for-submitting-the-annual-accounting-and-tax-return-to-the-tax-authority-be-changed-in-years-when-the-ies-deadline-is-extended\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"81\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16481\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">81. Should the deadline field for submitting the annual accounting and tax return to the Tax Authority be changed in years when the IES deadline is extended?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16481\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"81\" aria-labelledby=\"81-should-the-deadline-field-for-submitting-the-annual-accounting-and-tax-return-to-the-tax-authority-be-changed-in-years-when-the-ies-deadline-is-extended\"><p>No. The \u201cdeadline for submitting the annual accounting and tax return to the Tax Authority\u201d field must always contain the legal deadline defined by the Tax Authority. For the IES, this is always the 15th day of the 7th month after the end of the financial year. For companies whose financial year matches the calendar year, the date will always be 15 July. Even if, in a given year, an extension is granted, this should not be reflected in the field, as it is an exceptional, extraordinary deadline.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The electronic certification service is prepared to make extraordinary updates automatically without changing the field. Therefore, in years when the IES deadline is extended, the certification forms will show the normal date in the deadline field, but will apply the extended date (plus 30 working days) for renewal or confirmation of estimates purposes. The actual date applied in each year is visible in the \u201cAlerts\u201d area of each company\u2019s electronic certification platform.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"82-if-a-company-hires-a-worker-at-a-given-moment-and-this-could-impact-its-status-can-it-request-a-certification-operation-for-this-reason\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"82\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16482\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">82. If a company hires a worker at a given moment and this could impact its status, can it request a certification operation for this reason?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16482\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"82\" aria-labelledby=\"82-if-a-company-hires-a-worker-at-a-given-moment-and-this-could-impact-its-status-can-it-request-a-certification-operation-for-this-reason\"><p>No. Decisions regarding certification operations must always be based on activity data \u2013 whether staff numbers, turnover, or balance sheet \u2013 from a complete financial year. Furthermore, status assessment is made, as legally stipulated, based on the last complete financial year, not the current one. Exceptions to this rule occur only for companies with a recent start of activity or recently involved in merger or demerger processes, in which case the reference year is still a complete year, but it becomes the first complete year after the event in question.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"83-is-the-sme-certificate-mandatory-for-a-company-under-the-portuguese-pass-through-tax-regime-transparncia-fiscal\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"83\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16483\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">83. Is the SME Certificate mandatory for a company under the Portuguese pass-through tax regime (\"Transpar\u00eancia Fiscal\")?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16483\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"83\" aria-labelledby=\"83-is-the-sme-certificate-mandatory-for-a-company-under-the-portuguese-pass-through-tax-regime-transparncia-fiscal\"><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">No, in general, SME Certification is\u00a0<b>not<\/b>\u00a0mandatory to operate a company in Portugal, even if it is under the \u201ctranspar\u00eancia fiscal\u201d regime.<\/div><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The certificate, issued by\u00a0<b>IAPMEI<\/b>\u00a0(Portugal\u2019s SME support agency), simply confirms that your company qualifies as a micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise under EU rules.<\/div><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">It is explicitly required only in certain circumstances, such as:<\/div><ul><li><div>&#8211; Applying for public tenders that require SME status;<\/div><\/li><li><div>&#8211; Accessing EU or Portuguese funding\/grant programs limited to SMEs;<\/div><\/li><li><div>&#8211; Benefiting from reduced guarantee requirements in financing programs designed for SMEs.<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"84-does-being-an-sme-reduce-taxes-for-a-company-under-the-portuguese-pass-through-tax-regime-transparncia-fiscal\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"84\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16484\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">84. Does being an SME reduce taxes for a company under the Portuguese pass-through tax regime (\"Transpar\u00eancia Fiscal\")?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16484\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"84\" aria-labelledby=\"84-does-being-an-sme-reduce-taxes-for-a-company-under-the-portuguese-pass-through-tax-regime-transparncia-fiscal\"><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">No. Under the \u201ctranspar\u00eancia fiscal\u201d regime, profits are taxed directly at the personal level of each shareholder.<br \/>The lower corporate income tax rate on the first \u20ac50,000 of taxable profit for SMEs applies only to companies subject to\u00a0<b>corporate taxation<\/b>\u00a0(IRC), not to pass-through entities.<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"85-what-benefits-could-sme-certification-bring-to-a-company-under-the-portuguese-pass-through-tax-regime-transparncia-fiscal\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"85\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-16485\"><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">85. What benefits could SME Certification bring to a company under the Portuguese pass-through tax regime (\"Transpar\u00eancia Fiscal\")?<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-16485\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"85\" aria-labelledby=\"85-what-benefits-could-sme-certification-bring-to-a-company-under-the-portuguese-pass-through-tax-regime-transparncia-fiscal\"><div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">While it does not provide a direct tax reduction, SME Certification can still be advantageous by granting access to:<\/div><ul><li><div><b>&#8211; Grants and Incentives<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 eligibility for EU and Portuguese funding programs reserved for SMEs.<\/div><\/li><li><div><b>&#8211; Special Credit Lines and Financing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 state-backed credit lines with reduced interest rates (often via Banco de Fomento) and lower collateral requirements thanks to public 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What is Oporto Accounting? Oporto Accounting is a Portuguese business support and accounting firm helping international companies establish, operate and grow in Portugal.\u00a0 Setting up and managing a business in a new country involves much more than meeting legal or tax obligations. International founders often need to navigate unfamiliar regulations, administrative procedures and day-to-day operational challenges while trying to focus on growing their business.\u00a0 At Oporto Accounting, we understand these complexities because we work with them every day. We combine business setup, accounting, payroll, tax compliance and consultancy to provide coordinated support that simplifies the Portuguese business environment and helps companies operate with confidence.\u00a0 Whether you are launching a startup, opening a subsidiary or managing an established operation in Portugal, our role is to act as your trusted local partner, helping you navigate bureaucracy, stay compliant and build a business that is ready for sustainable growth.\u00a0 2.What services does Oporto Accounting provide? Oporto Accounting provides integrated business support services for companies operating in Portugal\u00a0 Our core services include:\u00a0 Business setup and company formation \u00a0 Accounting and tax compliance\u00a0\u00a0 Payroll and HR support\u00a0\u00a0 Treasury management\u00a0\u00a0 Grants and incentive advisory\u00a0 \u00a0Business and operational consultancy\u00a0\u00a0 Corporate Services\u00a0 \u00a0 By bringing these areas together under one team, we help clients manage their Portuguese operations more efficiently and avoid the fragmentation that often occurs when working with multiple providers.\u00a0 3. Who does Oporto Accounting work with? We work primarily with international founders, foreign entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs and companies expanding into Portugal.\u00a0 Our clients range from businesses opening their first European operation to multinational groups managing local subsidiaries. Many operate remotely or across multiple jurisdictions and require practical guidance on Portuguese accounting, payroll, tax and compliance requirements.\u00a0 4. Why do international companies choose Oporto Accounting? International companies choose Oporto Accounting because they need more than technical compliance. They need a local partner who understands the practical challenges of entering and operating in Portugal.\u00a0 Rather than working with multiple providers, our clients benefit from a coordinated approach that brings together business setup, accounting, payroll, tax compliance and operational consultancy under one roof. This simplifies communication, reduces administrative burden and ensures that every stage of the business is aligned.\u00a0 Our experience supporting founders, startups and international groups allows us to anticipate challenges before they become problems, providing clear guidance and practical solutions tailored to each business. By combining technical expertise with a culture of proximity and responsiveness, we help clients focus on growth while navigating Portugal with confidence.\u00a0 5. Do you only provide accounting services? No. While accounting is one of our core services, our work extends far beyond bookkeeping and tax filings.\u00a0 We support clients throughout the entire business lifecycle, from company incorporation and operational setup to payroll management, corporate services, legal services, treasury support, grants advisory and strategic consultancy.\u00a0 Many clients choose Oporto Accounting because they prefer working with one trusted partner who understands both compliance requirements and day-to-day business operations.\u00a0 6. Do you provide services in English? Yes. English is one of our primary working languages and we regularly support clients from around the world.\u00a0 All key communications, meetings and advisory services can be provided in English, making it easier for international founders and management teams to understand Portuguese requirements and make informed business decisions.\u00a0 7. What industries do you work with? 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What also sets us apart is the close and personalised support we provide. Our team takes the time to understand each client\u2019s business, structure and priorities, maintaining direct communication and providing practical guidance as needs evolve. This integrated model allows international companies to rely on a single local partner who understands not only Portuguese regulations, but also the practical realities of managing a business across borders. 9. Can Oporto Accounting support companies before they enter Portugal? Yes. Many of our clients engage with us before they establish a presence in Portugal.\u00a0 We help entrepreneurs and companies assess the most appropriate business structure, understand local obligations, plan their market entry and coordinate the incorporation process before operations begin.\u00a0 Early planning often prevents costly restructuring and compliance issues later.\u00a0 10. How do I get started with Oporto Accounting? 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What also sets us apart is the close and personalised support we provide. Our team takes the time to understand each client\u2019s business, structure and priorities, maintaining direct communication and providing practical guidance as needs evolve. This integrated model allows international companies to rely on a single local partner who understands not only Portuguese regulations, but also the practical realities of managing a business across borders. 9. Can Oporto Accounting support companies before they enter Portugal? Yes. Many of our clients engage with us before they establish a presence in Portugal.\u00a0 We help entrepreneurs and companies assess the most appropriate business structure, understand local obligations, plan their market entry and coordinate the incorporation process before operations begin.\u00a0 Early planning often prevents costly restructuring and compliance issues later.\u00a0 10. How do I get started with Oporto Accounting? 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