{"id":14895,"date":"2026-11-10T23:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novomove.com\/ifici-activity-codes-cae\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T23:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:00:57","slug":"ifici-activity-codes-cae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novomove.com\/pt\/ifici-activity-codes-cae\/","title":{"rendered":"Which activity codes (CAE) qualify for IFICI? What’s on the list, what isn’t, and how to check a company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One five-digit number can rule you out of IFICI’s 20% rate, however good your CV is.<\/strong> It’s a company’s main activity code, called a CAE. On the route most employees and founders use, that code has to be on an official list.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re an employee, it’s your employer’s code, and you can’t change it.<\/strong> If you’re a founder, you choose it once, when the company is registered, and it’s hard to change afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of the recent files we analysed came down to exactly this. An employee in Portugal had the right profile, but the employer’s main code wasn’t on the list<\/strong>. And a US founder’s company was registered as management consultancy and training<\/strong>, and neither is on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below, we go through what the list is, what’s on it and what isn’t, how the main-activity rule works, and what to ask before you sign a contract or register a company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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