Connect the invoices you issue on the Portal das Finanças — every quarter get the income figures for the Segurança Social Direta declaration, explained in English, plus reminders for the filing month and for your monthly contribution payments.
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Designer in Lisbon, three clients. July–September: 7 recibos verdes for services. Monthly income shown, quarter total ready, the values for the declaration listed field by field. In October — a reminder to file the quarterly declaration in Segurança Social Direta.
Choose your planA freelancer in Portugal working as a trabalhador independente on recibos verdes declares income to Social Security (Segurança Social) every quarter, in the Segurança Social Direta portal. The declaration is based on the income from the invoices — recibos verdes — issued in the previous three months, and the contributions calculated from it are paid monthly. For an expat who reads Portuguese slowly, each quarter means finding the right page, adding up invoices and hoping nothing was missed.
Many English-speaking freelancers pay an accountant every month mostly for this step. Recibos Quarterly is built for those who would rather do it themselves, with clear figures and clear English instructions.
You connect the recibos verdes you issue on the Portal das Finanças or upload them as files. The service sums your income for each month of the quarter and shows it separately for services and for sales of goods, because the declaration asks for them separately. Every number can be opened to see the invoices it came from, so you can check it before you file.
When the filing month comes, you get the figures for the Segurança Social Direta declaration, field by field, with a short explanation in English of what each field means. You log in to the portal yourself, enter the values and submit. The service does not file on your behalf and does not need your password.
After the declaration, contributions are paid monthly. The service reminds you before each payment, so a busy month does not turn into a late payment. The history of all quarters stays in one place: what you declared, when, and which invoices were included.
A typical quarter looks like this. During the three months you issue recibos verdes as usual on the Portal das Finanças. The service picks them up, and at any moment you can see how much income the quarter already has. If you issued an invoice by mistake and cancelled it, the cancelled invoice is left out of the totals, and you can see why.
When the filing month comes, you open the summary, check the figures against your own records, and follow the English instructions to enter them in Segurança Social Direta. The whole step takes a few minutes instead of an evening with a dictionary. If something in the portal looks different from the instructions, the help text explains what each field is for, so you can still decide correctly.
Recibos Quarterly is for freelancers under the simplified regime who issue their own invoices and want to stay in control of their Social Security declarations. If your situation is complex — several activities, employees, a company — an accountant is still the right choice. We are not Segurança Social, not the tax authority and not an accounting firm; we prepare figures from your own data.
English-speaking freelancers in Portugal on recibos verdes who file their own quarterly Segurança Social declaration.
No. You log in to Segurança Social Direta and submit; the service prepares the figures and reminds you of the dates.
No. You upload or connect your invoices; filing is done by you.
No. We prepare figures from your invoices. For complex situations, ask a certified accountant.
Not yet. The service is in preparation, and we are checking whether freelancers need it.