portugal_ifici_nhr_checker
Portugal IFICI ("NHR 2.0") Eligibility Checker
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Whether you qualify for Portugal’s IFICI — the activity-gated successor to the NHR regime that closed in 2024. Checks your eligibility for Portugal’s IFICI (Incentivo Fiscal à Investigação Científica e Inovação, widely called "NHR 2.0"): 20% flat tax on eligible-activity Portuguese income for 10 years, with most foreign income exempt. The old NHR closed to new entrants on 1 Jan 2024, yet general AI still tells people to "apply for NHR" and quotes its 10% foreign-pension rate — gone: IFICI taxes foreign pensions at full progressive rates. The real gate is an activity test across six routes with route-specific certifying entities (FCT, AT, ANI, Startup Portugal, AICEP) — this tool walks the gates in order and names the route, the certifier, and the registration deadline.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| priorPtResident | string | no | Were you a Portuguese tax resident in ANY of the 5 years before arrival? A hard gate: IFICI is only for people becoming PT tax resident who were NOT resident in any of the previous 5 years. "Yes" ends the analysis regardless of your activity. |
| formerRegime | string | no | Did you ever benefit from the old NHR or the Programa Regressar? Either one bars you from IFICI. If your old NHR 10-year term is still running you keep it under the old rules — you just cannot switch to IFICI. |
| activity | string | no | Which eligible activity fits you? THE gate. IFICI is not a general expat regime — your work must fit one of these routes, each certified by a different entity. Annex-I professions include directors, physical-science/engineering specialists, doctors, university professors, and ICT specialists. |
| qualification | string | no | Your qualification (Annex-I profession route only) Only matters for the Annex-I highly-qualified-profession route; ignored for every other route. That route requires a PhD, or a Bachelor-level degree plus at least 3 years of proven experience. |
| ptIncome | number | no | Expected annual PT income from the eligible activity (€) Employment or self-employment income from the eligible activity, per year — the income the 20% flat rate would apply to. |
| foreignPension | string | no | Will you draw a foreign pension? e.g. a company or state pension from your home country. The single biggest NHR-vs-IFICI difference: the old NHR taxed these at 10%; IFICI taxes them at full progressive rates. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"priorPtResident": {
"description": "Were you a Portuguese tax resident in ANY of the 5 years before arrival? A hard gate: IFICI is only for people becoming PT tax resident who were NOT resident in any of the previous 5 years. \"Yes\" ends the analysis regardless of your activity.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"no",
"yes"
],
"default": "no"
},
"formerRegime": {
"description": "Did you ever benefit from the old NHR or the Programa Regressar? Either one bars you from IFICI. If your old NHR 10-year term is still running you keep it under the old rules — you just cannot switch to IFICI.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"none",
"nhr",
"regressar"
],
"default": "none"
},
"activity": {
"description": "Which eligible activity fits you? THE gate. IFICI is not a general expat regime — your work must fit one of these routes, each certified by a different entity. Annex-I professions include directors, physical-science/engineering specialists, doctors, university professors, and ICT specialists.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"teachingResearch",
"qualifiedProfession",
"exportCompany",
"startup",
"rd",
"investmentContract",
"madeiraAzores",
"other"
],
"default": "qualifiedProfession"
},
"qualification": {
"description": "Your qualification (Annex-I profession route only) Only matters for the Annex-I highly-qualified-profession route; ignored for every other route. That route requires a PhD, or a Bachelor-level degree plus at least 3 years of proven experience.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"phd",
"bachelorPlus3",
"neither"
],
"default": "bachelorPlus3"
},
"ptIncome": {
"description": "Expected annual PT income from the eligible activity (€) Employment or self-employment income from the eligible activity, per year — the income the 20% flat rate would apply to.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"default": 60000
},
"foreignPension": {
"description": "Will you draw a foreign pension? e.g. a company or state pension from your home country. The single biggest NHR-vs-IFICI difference: the old NHR taxed these at 10%; IFICI taxes them at full progressive rates.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"no",
"yes"
],
"default": "no"
}
},
"required": [],
"additionalProperties": false
}