This could be done in one of two ways:
Companies get extinguished to form a new company
One or more companies merge into a single company, already existing
A company splits part of their patrimony to form a new company.
A company winds-up and splits its patrimony, with each resulting part destined to set a new company.
A company splits part of its patrimony or is wound-up, spliting its patrimony into parts, which will then merge with companies already incorporated.
The online demerger or merger registry is only available to private limited companies, sole quotaholder private limited companies and public limited companies.
Lawyer, Notary, Solicitor
In case the submission of accounts registry is not updated, the demerger/merger registry stays provisional.
Minutes of the general meeting or the administration body, public deed, private document, unanimous decision in written. In case the incorporated company holds immovable propety, the transfer of assets must be done via authenticated private document or public deed. In case of a private document, the document must be deposited electronically.
In case the request is done by a procuration holder
If the documents are not written in Portuguese, you need to add their translation.
You might need to submit other documents, depending on the specificity of the request.
The payment must be made within 5 consecutive days from the date of submission of the request.
You can request within 2 months following the deliberation of the general meeting.
Whenever it exceeds the deadline, there may be an additional cost.
Online
If you choose to do it in person, please schedule in advance.
The billing document is sent to your email. If you do it in person, the document will be delivered at the time.
The request will be reviewed and if there are no non-conformities, the request is approved.
If there are non-conformities in the request, you will be notified and have 5 consecutive days to correct them. Correction of non-conformities has an additional cost of 30€.
If you do not correct the request in due time, the registry might be provisionally approved or refused.
You will notified upon registry conclusion.
The people in charge of the compay must inform Tax authorities and the Social Security on the termination of activity of companies which have been cancelled. This may be done electronically, within 3 months counting from the winding-up (final accounts) registry.
Upon confirmation of the Merger/Demerger registry, you have 30 days to update information featured in the RCBE declaration, in case of any changes.
The Merger/Demerger registry is automatically communicated by the service to the Tax Authorities and the Social Security.