Are you claiming the 20% rate for freelance / self-employment income under the NHR? Risk with new court ruling

Wanted to flag this for any of you living in Portugal. If you’re an NHR holder and your tax benefit has been the 20% flat rate on Portuguese-source professional income — meaning you’re self-employed or freelancing, registered under a “high-value-added activity” code from Portaria 12/2010, and billing Portuguese clients or otherwise earning income that originates in Portugal — then the constitutional court ruling (Acórdão 366/2026) is relevant to you and you should speak to your accountant about your exposure in open tax years.

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“Three concentric circles of risk follow” is that like Dante’s nine concentric circles of hell? :slight_smile:

Is a (nowhere near as detailed!) mention of the same in this article: