Guides for hosts

An AL's obligations, one at a time, in plain words. Every rule has the law or the official source next to it, so you can check.

• SIBA: reporting foreign guests

  Who has to report foreign guests to SIBA, how many days you get, what goes on the form and what it costs to miss it. With the law next to every rule.

• SIBA: why your host asks for your details

  For guests: why accommodation in Portugal asks for your passport details, who receives them, when they are deleted and what your rights are.

• Tourist tax for Alojamento Local

  What the tourist tax costs per night in 45 municípios, up to what age children go free and how many nights count, with each câmara's regulation.

• Modelo 30 and platform commissions

  Why AL hosts file a Modelo 30 for their Airbnb and Booking.com commissions, by when, and what the 21-RFI form changes. Based on the tax authority's binding rulings.

• IVA (VAT) for Alojamento Local

  What VAT an AL charges, when you can be exempt, the quarterly return deadlines and what to do about VAT on Airbnb and Booking commissions. With the law and the tax authority cited.