IRS automático
Published 5 November 2026, 22:39
IRS automático (automatic tax return)
A ready-made return that the tax authority prepares itself from the data it holds: salary, tax withheld, receipts in e-Fatura. All you have to do is check it and confirm. It is not offered to everyone, only to people with straightforward income; anyone with their own business, rental income or income from abroad fills in the return in the usual way.
Where you come across it. The Portal das Finanças during the IRS filing period, from 1 April to 30 June.
With an automatic return the refund arrives faster: in 2026 the Ministry of Finance put the average payment time at 11.96 days. No average time is given at all for an ordinary return. Even so, do not confirm it without checking: the tax authority only knows what it has been told, and a deduction it does not know about will not be counted.
Official website: portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/at/html/index.html