Hey, I had my lawyer be my tax representative when I first applied for my GV. They’ve been doing this for me for the past 4 years. In July 2025, my wife and I had our biometrics and made the payment, but we are still awaiting our residency cards.
I understand that as long as I don’t have my cards, I need a representative. And because it is just me on the title deed then my wife won’t need a represetnative.
Can someone confirm my understanding please? And has anyone tried any of the online tax representatives? (I changed my lawyer so I either move tax representation to new lawyer or hire an independent one but not sure which to use)
Backing on this question. I just have property taxes until our property sale goes through and I can exit the program
I have access to the portal, but can’t figure out how to see my tax liability online - the GV legal firm charges me €1200 and my property taxes are appproximately €500 yearly. I’d love to ditch the legal representation and just pay myself but can’t figure out how to calculate. The fincas site just says I don’t owe anything, but I clearly do.
If anyone can direct me to where/how I can figure this out, I’d be super grateful. It’s insane to be paying that amount of money for nothing. We’ve already thrown away too much money on the GV scheme.
Google bordr “How to check your Portugal property tax (IMI) online”
Then you can pay IMI yourself on Portal das Finanças. Assuming you are not a tax resident, and IMI is the only taxes you owe to Portugal, then it’s a 30-second job each year, and definitely not worth paying someone 1200EUR for.
