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What does a salary cost?
Enter the gross salary and see the real cost to the company and the net pay the employee receives. It includes Segurança Social (Portuguese social security), IRS (personal income tax) at the 2026 tables and subsídio de alimentação (meal allowance).
The meal allowance is exempt up to €10.455 on a card and €6.15 in cash. Leave is paid but cuts the meal allowance. Unpaid absences cut both the meal allowance and the salary.
| Description | Earnings | Deductions |
|---|---|---|
| Base salary | €1,500.00 | |
| Holiday allowance duodécimo (100%) | €125.00 | |
| Christmas allowance duodécimo (100%) | €125.00 | |
| Meal allowance22 days × €10.20 | €224.40 | |
| IRSeffective rate 11.2% | −€196.00 | |
| Segurança Social (11%) | −€192.50 | |
| Net pay | €1,974.40 − €388.50 | €1,585.90 |
In Selfcare, this payslip generates itself every month: absences, duodécimos, DMR (monthly pay return) and SEPA file included, to the cent.
Estimate for employed work in mainland Portugal, using the 2026 IRS withholding tables and the general-scheme Segurança Social rates (11% for the employee, 23.75% for the employer). Assumes 14 payments a year and meal allowance in 11 months (22 days a month).
Does not include IRS Jovem (youth income tax relief), the disability surcharge, workplace accident insurance, compensation funds or specific CCTs (collective agreements). This is not tax advice. For real payroll, each case is calculated to the cent.
In Selfcare, this is the payslip every month
The same calculation, to the cent and with IRS Jovem, absences, duodécimos and the official returns, runs automatically in payroll.