HACKER Q&A
📣 Eidonon

Anyone else found the Portuguese freelancer tax system impenetrable?


I moved to Lisbon on the D8 visa 14 months ago. Issuing a recibo verde (the Portuguese freelancer receipt) requires navigating Portal das Finanças — no English version exists.

The wrong selection in one dropdown can silently opt you into a 23% VAT regime you never collected from clients. A friend discovered this six months later via his accountant. €23k liability.

I've been building an English-language layer over the workflow (VerdeDesk) — plain-English field explanations, income tracking, VAT threshold warnings, quarterly SS declaration reminders.

Landing page at verdedesk.vercel.app — would love to hear from anyone who's dealt with this, and whether the framing matches the actual problem.