Portuguese · Finanças
The clerk asks about your tax return (IRS): what to say in Portuguese
At the tax office they talk about the annual income tax return (IRS).
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How it's done. The IRS is filed once a year, usually in spring; for employees there is often an automatic return (IRS Automático).Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Já entregou a declaração de IRS?Zhah ayn-trih-GOH uh dih-kluh-ruh-SOW d ee-ehr-es?
Have you already submitted your IRS return?
They might also say:
Já fez a declaração de IRS?
Zhah fez uh dih-kluh-ruh-SOW d ee-ehr-es?
Have you done your IRS return?
YOU REPLY
É a primeira vez que faço.
Eh uh pree-MAY-ruh vesh k FAH-soo.
It's the first time I'm doing it.
THEY SAY
Pode fazer no portal ou marcar aqui.Pod fuh-ZEHR noo poor-TAHL oh muhr-KAHR uh-KEE.
You can do it on the portal or book an appointment here.
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YOU REPLY
Não sei como se faz.
Now say KOH-moo s fahsh.
I don't know how it's done.
THEY SAY
Marque um atendimento e ajudamos a preencher.Mahrk oon uh-tayn-dee-MAYN-too ee uh-zhoo-DAH-mooz uh pree-ayn-SHEHR.
Book an appointment and we'll help you fill it in.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
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Words worth knowing
Já
Zhah
adverb
already
entregou
ayn-trih-GOH
verb
brought, handed over
declaração
dih-kluh-ruh-SOW
noun
certificate, declaration
IRS
ee-ehr-es
noun
IRS: personal income tax
É
Eh
verb
is
vez
vesh
noun
time (outra vez - again)
26 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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