Hotel tax: expense or recoverable tax? · Portugal

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Can hotel VAT be recovered?

In this country, accommodation tax is generally excluded or restricted, with specific exceptions. A business assignment alone does not make all the tax recoverable. Keep an itemised invoice and separate rooms, meals and other services for their respective treatment.

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