Have anyone successfully leveraged Portugal NHR and paid 0% taxes?

[sdfdsgsafasfsa]

Ahm? Maybe I'm doing this totally wrong, but I moved from Netherlands to Portugal as a⁤ freelancer under the NHR (with "high value added activity"). All my clients are still Dutch.⁣

And essentially my main "state expenses" are now:
10% social security + 15% income tax⁢ (20% tax over 75% of revenue) over my revenue. I pay no VAT on business︀ expenses. I also pay 0 EUR in public health insurance which works in all of︁ the EU countries + CH + NO for emergencies.

So essentially I pay 25% to︂ the Portuguese state over my revenue with 0 health insurance expenses.

This is WAY better︃ than where I come from: Netherlands. With my income there I would pay 40 to︄ 50% in income taxes, excluding social security, excluding 1500 EUR yearly in health insurance costs︅ (and if I need healthcare you can easily add another 1500 EUR to that). Not︆ to mention everything is way cheaper in Portugal. The kicker: my administrative burden has probably︇ been reduced by like 99% compared to the Dutch situation (incredibly time consuming subsidies and︈ company/tax administration for tech freelancers there).

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a better︉ deal to be had somewhere? I'm not really bound to any country personally, no family,︊ easy to move in a heartbeat.

 

[backpacker]

Not sure if︇ you are doing something wrong. You seem to be happy in Portugal and that is︈ the most important thing.
Nevertheless, I urge you to pay attention to the title of︉ this thread: It is about 0% tax which is only possible with passive income. What︊ you describe is active income and you pay -according to your own explanation- 25%.

There are certainly better deals to be had, even within the EU. Look into CY, RO︋ or BG which are all much lower. Even when you add state health insurance and/or︌ add the cost for private health insurance it will be cheaper.
We can continue with︍ countries outside of EU/EEA where even better deals can be had. However, this has to︎ be approached with caution (probably not worth the effort) since your client base is almost️ exclusively based in the Netherlands.

 

[Mr Gus]

It’s actually 1.65% max for persons holding⁢ over more then 1M in personal wealth. First 100k is actually tax free. But there︀ are ways to avoid to pay this tax by using a company and loans, real︁ estate investment in the Netherlands can be done pretty much tax free, rent income as︂ well as the capital gains.

But if you have it just sitting in your bank︃ account it’s best to leave it in a company, where it will stay untaxed unless︄ you start making a return on that money.

Your personal home stays untaxed only property used for investments this tax︋ will be applied to which can be avoided by using debt from banks and a︌ company.

 

[Termi]

Hey im in︇ the same boat however still stuck in the Netherlands. Im a tech freelancer and asked︈ an advisor if i can obtain NHR. He said no simply not possible. It seems︉ u got a different guy for the matter and got it working. Can you explain︊ how you fixed this or which person helped you?