Sara Soares

Practice Areas: Tax

Industries: Construction; Oil & Gas; Agrofood

Desks: Mozambique Desk

Services: Social Security, Pensions and Benefits

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Sara Soares is a Professional Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2008. Her main focus is on tax advice and litigation.

She specializes in tax litigation, representing clients before the tax authorities, social security and tax courts, in the design of procedural strategy, responding to requests, preparing binding ruling requests and challenging additional tax assessments.

Sara advises on VAT matters, particularly in domestic and cross-border transactions involving the health, sports, education, real estate, e-commerce and digital services sectors.

She also has experience in customs matters, particularly in relation to imports in the medical, pharmaceutical, automotive, food and IT sectors.

She has assisted clients in the setting up of oil and gas distribution companies in Portugal and in disputes related to taxes such as CESE (extraordinary contribution on the energy sector) and the Road Service Contribution.

Tax Law, Portugal (2022)

Work Experience

Advising a leading tech company on VAT issues related to physical structures required to provide digital services.

Advising some of the most relevant digital platforms on VAT issues related to their business model.

Advising one of the largest operators in the Portuguese fuel market on litigation related to the Road Service Contribution.

Advising several companies concerning the recovery of state aid applying to the Madeira Free Trade Zone.

Advising several Portuguese companies, operating in sectors ranging from metalworking to retail, on disputes relating to Social Security contributions.

Advising a multinational company in the food sector and oil and gas distribution companies on special tariffs, notably CESE (extraordinary tax on the energy sector), the food safety tariff, and excise duties.

Advising multinational companies on tax matters related to financing, in the context of a major natural gas project in Mozambique.

Advising a multinational company on corporate income tax, VAT and property tax matters related to one of the largest hydro-electric projects in Europe.

Advising real estate companies and hotels on VAT matters, particularly concerning VAT corrections, urban rehabilitation contracts, and the right to deduction input VAT.

Advising on tax litigation related to corporate income tax and VAT, related to capital losses arising from restructuring operations, payments to non-residents, tax benefits, financial charges and intra-EU transfers to multinational groups in the areas of food, agriculture and livestock, and paper and pulp.

Advising companies on finding the most efficient business model considering special procedures and custom duties applicable.

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