The Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority has published a new guide titled “Invoices and Receipts - Service Usage Guide” on the Tax Portal at the end of September. This comprehensive guide provides step-by-step tutorials on the features of the new application for issuing invoices/ receipts. Users can also manage a customer catalog and a catalog of goods, services, or other items.
Portugal Releases User Guide for Manual Upload of Invoices and Receipts
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Author: Nikolina Basić
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This guide outlines one of the three methods for sending invoices and receipts to the Tax Authority in Portugal. Specifically, it covers the manual upload of data, which is convenient for small taxpayers and sellers with a low volume of sales. It is important to note that this method does not apply to real-time data submission to the Tax Authority or the sending of SAF-T files.
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