manual escolar
Published 5 November 2026, 23:09
manual escolar (school textbook)
A textbook for the school curriculum. Like other books, it carries a zero or reduced rate of IVA (6% on the mainland) — and only these purchases count towards despesas de educação with the tax office, provided the invoice contains nothing else.
Where you come across it. Bookshops and papelarias in August and September; the expenses section in e-Fatura.
Textbooks in state schools and some private schools are free under the Manuais Escolares Gratuitos programme; what you paid for out of your own pocket is shown on the invoice.
Official website: faturas.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt