Rafaela Beire Cardoso is senior associate and head of the tax department of Belzuz Abogados, S.L.P., branch office for Portugal, and joined the firm in 2012. She has developed her work in Tax Law, specializing in indirect taxes.

Supports tax advising to national and multinational businesses. Her practice focuses on the following areas:

– Legal advising concerning Non-Habitual Tax Residents Regime and legal support in the application.

– Legal support to insurance companies carrying on business anywhere in the Community, whether through branches or under freedom to provide services (FOS).

– Transfer Pricing documentation file.

– Corporate Income Tax estimation review.

– Advice on constructing effective cross-border strategies and manage global structures.

– Support intending to optimize cash flow situation by means of VAT refunds or by recovering VAT from bad debts.

– Compliance.

– Assistance with electronic invoicing and guidance on business accounting system data requirements for tax audit purposes (SAFT-PT).

– Optimize methods to deduct VAT incurred on taxpayers with deductions restrictions.

– Planning to identify and reduce risks and mitigate tax costs, concerning VAT, Corporate Income Tax and Personal Income Tax