Portugal Terminology

The following table defines the terms used in NetSuite to support businesses in Portugal.

Term

Definition

AT

Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira – Portugal Tax and Customs Authority

ATCUD

A document code that makes it possible to uniquely identify a document. It is set at the moment of creating a Portugal transaction.

ATDocCodeID

An identification code issued by the Portugal Tax and Customs Authority (AT) to the document per Decree No. 147/2003, of July 11 after submitting the SAF-T for Shipping file.

Document Series Identifier

An identifier of the document series assigned to a transaction.

IVA

Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado – Value Added Tax

It is also a Tax Type Code in Portugal SAF-T reports.

NS

Tax Type Code in Portugal SAF-T reports used when tax type is nontaxable or not applicable.

Portugal Transaction ID

An identifier that is used to certify specific customer transactions. It consists of the transaction type code, document series identifier, and the transaction's sequence number.

PT

Fiscal space code for mainland Portugal.

PT–AC

Fiscal space code for the Autonomous Region of the Azores.

PT–MA

Fiscal space code for the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

PT SAF-T

Portugal Standard Audit File for Tax Purposes.

Terms related to transaction type codes

DC

Two-letter transaction code for Sales Order that appears in the Portugal Transaction ID.

FT

Two-letter transaction code for Invoice that appears in the Portugal Transaction ID.

GR

Two-letter transaction code for Item Fulfillment that appears in the Portugal Transaction ID.

RG

Two-letter transaction code for Customer Payment that appears in the Portugal Transaction ID.

CR

Two-letter transaction code for Cash Refund that appears in the Portugal Transaction ID for those cash refund transactions dated after December 31, 2021.

NC

  • Two-letter transaction code for Cash Refund that appears in the Portugal Transaction ID for those cash refund transactions dated before January 1, 2022.

  • Two-letter transaction code for Credit Memo that appears in the Portugal Transaction ID.

FR

Two-letter transaction code for Cash Sale that appears in the Portugal Transaction ID for those cash sale transactions dated after December 31, 2021.

VD

Two-letter transaction code for Cash Sale that appears in the Portugal Transaction ID for those cash sale transactions dated before January 1, 2022.

Terms related to account grouping categories

AA

Account grouping category for summary or integrating accounts of the analytical accounting.

AM

Account grouping category for checking accounts (movement accounts) of the analytical accounting.

AR

Account grouping category for accounts of the 1st level analytical accounting.

GA

Account grouping category for summary or integrating accounts of the general accounting.

GM

Account grouping category for checking accounts (movement accounts) of the general accounting

GR

Account grouping category for accounts of the 1st level general accounting.

General Notices