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Three decades of legal experience dedicated to defending our clients' interests.
TAX LAW
AND TAX LITIGATION
Legal support in tax matters, defence in tax proceedings and representation in litigation with the Tax Authority, with rigorous support for individuals and companies.
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The Experience Behind Our Practice
Over 30 Years of Consolidated Experience
With more than three decades of legal practice, we combine strong legal knowledge, extensive practical experience, and a mature understanding of the challenges faced by businesses, individuals, and investors.
Rigorous Legal Expertise with Close Client Support
Every case is handled with attention to detail, technical precision, and strategic focus, ensuring personalized and close support throughout every stage of the process.
International Presence and Coordinated Legal Assistance
Through a network of strategic partnerships across Portuguese-speaking and European markets, the firm provides coordinated legal support for both national and international matters and operations.
TAX LAW
AND TAX LITIGATION
Tax law and tax litigation play a central role today in the life of any business and in the protection of taxpayers, against a backdrop of growing legislative complexity, stronger enforcement, and higher demands when it comes to meeting tax obligations. Acting in a preventive and technically grounded way is essential to reducing risk, anticipating problems, and responding properly to decisions of the Portuguese tax authority.
In a law firm based in GuimarĂ£es with a practice in tax law and tax litigation, legal support in this area is not just about reacting to problems that have already arisen. It is just as important in preventing disputes, looking at how transactions sit within the tax framework, interpreting tax rules, and setting the right strategy in the face of inspections, tax adjustments, additional tax assessments, or enforcement proceedings. Legal work here can cover personal income tax (IRS), corporate income tax (IRC), VAT (IVA), municipal property tax (IMI), property transfer tax (IMT), and Stamp Duty, as well as the taxation of capital gains, tax benefits, the tax liability of managers and directors, tax-related administrative offence proceedings, and the enforced collection of tax debts.
In tax litigation, the support of a lawyer is especially valuable when filing administrative complaints, hierarchical appeals, requests for the review of tax acts, oppositions to tax enforcement, and judicial challenges. For anyone looking for a tax lawyer in GuimarĂ£es, it is essential to have close, careful guidance focused on the effective defense of your financial and business interests.
Qualified legal advice in this area helps strengthen legal certainty, limit exposure to risk, and improve the chances of a favorable outcome.
Situations where legal support is essential
Tax inspections and notifications from the tax authority
When a taxpayer is the subject of a tax inspection or receives notifications that meaningfully affect their tax position, legal support is essential to assess the legal framework, prepare the right response, and protect their rights from the outset.
Additional tax assessments
Where there are additional assessments of personal income tax, corporate income tax, VAT, or other taxes, it is important to look at whether the act is lawful, what it is based on, and whether there are grounds to respond through the administrative or judicial routes set out by law.
Tax enforcement, seizures, and enforced collection
When a tax debt has already moved to the enforced collection stage, legal support makes it possible to assess whether there are grounds to oppose enforcement, suspend the process, regularize the debt, or defend against seizures that are unlawful or disproportionate.
Tax-related administrative offence proceedings
Proceedings opened over alleged tax infringements call for a careful look at the facts, the taxpayer's responsibility, and the lawfulness of the procedure, and a properly mounted legal defense makes all the difference.
Subsidiary liability of managers and directors
When the tax authority seeks to hold managers or directors personally liable for a company's tax debts, specialist legal input is essential, with close attention to the legal conditions for that liability.
Tax planning and the tax framing of transactions
Before going ahead with certain deals, transfers of assets, corporate restructurings, or investments, legal advice on tax matters helps prevent unwelcome surprises, reduce risk, and ensure compliance with the applicable law.
Tax litigation in court
Whenever it becomes necessary to challenge a tax act in court, being represented by a lawyer experienced in tax litigation is essential to setting the procedural strategy, building the legal foundations of the client's case, and putting on an effective defense.
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About Us
More Than Three Decades of Strategic Legal Practice
Armandino Lopes Advogados is a law firm headquartered in GuimarĂ£es, with offices in Porto and Maputo, founded in 1995. With more than three decades of activity, the firm combines consolidated legal experience with an international outlook, advising businesses, private clients, and investors in Portugal and across Portuguese-speaking markets.
We operate in the areas of Civil Law, Tax Law, Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Labour Law, Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring, Family and Succession Law, and Foreign Investment — with particular relevance in tax litigation and the defence of companies before the Tax Administration and Social Security.
Through a network of partnerships with law firms in Vigo, Madrid, Paris, Luanda, SĂ£o Paulo and Macau, we assure our clients coordinated legal support in the markets where they operate or intend to invest.
Rigor, proximity, and results. That is what defines us.
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A Rigorous Legal Approach, From Assessment to Representation
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Assessment
We begin by understanding the facts, reviewing the documentation, and identifying legal risks, relevant deadlines, and the full scope of the situation.
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Strategy
We define the most appropriate approach for the case, based on the client’s objectives, the applicable legal framework, and the best way to protect their interests.
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Action
We handle the matter with technical rigor, whether through negotiation, contract drafting, document regularization, dealings with public authorities, or litigation proceedings.
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Ongoing Support
We keep the client informed and supported throughout every stage of the process, with close communication, clarity, and a focus on achieving a legally sound solution.
In-Person or Online Legal Support
Rigor, experience and confidentiality
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Frequently Asked Questions
When should I turn to a tax lawyer?
ï‚·Whenever you are facing a tax inspection, an additional tax assessment, tax enforcement proceedings, a seizure, tax-related administrative offence proceedings, or any other situation with a meaningful tax impact. Stepping in early tends to strengthen the taxpayer's ability to mount a defense.
What is tax litigation?
ï‚·Tax litigation is the set of legal routes that allow a taxpayer to respond to acts of the tax authority, whether through administrative channels or in court. It includes, among other things, administrative complaints, hierarchical appeals, oppositions to tax enforcement, and judicial challenges.
Can a tax assessment be challenged?
ï‚·Yes. Whenever there are legal grounds to question whether an assessment is lawful or correct, the taxpayer can use the routes of response set out in the law, within the applicable deadlines.
Can a lawyer assist with tax enforcement proceedings?
ï‚·Yes. A lawyer can look at how the debt arose, check whether the process is lawful, file an opposition where there are grounds to do so, and guide the client through ways to regularize the debt or defend against seizure measures.