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Hi Tersi, what's up?
What about those who live a "double life" as you mentioned earlier? The case in question, receives monthly income in Brazil and has assets, but is declared as a resident (and lives) in another country through a spousal visa? Are there any regular alternatives for this case? Thank you in advance.Hello, Vinicius,
Thank you very much for sharing this information, but after reading it I have an important question. I am the majority shareholder of a small company in Brazil and I will receive dividends in 2023. During this period I will have the NHR regime in Portugal. Normally, in Brazil, these dividends would be tax-free. As a general rule, under the Portuguese non-habitual resident regime, it seems that these dividends would not be taxed in Portugal either. Can you tell me if this deduction is correct?
Thank you for your attention,
PedroHi Vinicius,
First of all, I'd like to thank you very much, as I really enjoyed the article.
If possible, I'd like to ask for help with a question too.
My case is the same as yours. I was born in Brazil, worked in Brazil for about 4/5 years, but never declared because my salary was always below the minimum required to start paying tax.
In 2019 I moved to the UK and I've been living and working there for almost 5 years.
I left Brazil without submitting an exit declaration or anything like that.
In the last almost 5 years of living in the UK, I've been to Brazil to visit family, but I've never spent more than 6 months in 1 year in Brazil.
One important detail is that in Brazil I had a "Limited Company" with my mother. In this case, I was a minority shareholder with (I believe) only 1% of the company.
Now, in 2023, I finally quit the company, because I found out that only residents of Brazil (tax citizens in Brazil) can have this type of company active.Thinking about returning to Brazil in the future and bringing back any earnings I've made abroad, I wonder if I've invalidated my departure from Brazil because I've kept this "Sociedade Empresaria Limitada" linked to my name during the years I've lived abroad, thus remaining a tax citizen in Brazil even while living abroad.
I understand that it's a complicated situation and that you can't give me certainty, but I'd just like to know if my reasoning is correct and if, in your opinion, the IRS could use the fact that I have a company in Brazil to charge me taxes for the years I lived abroad.
Apart from this company that I kept in Brazil, I also kept a current account in which I managed to move some money around and I also used the Brazilian credit card a few times (from the same bank), usually while I was in Brazil visiting family. However, I must make it clear that the money in the account did not come from Brazil. I had no income in Brazil during the years I lived abroad.
Thank you very much for any help you can give me, Vinicius!
