AT-certified invoices
Legal invoices in Portugal come from certified software. DISTmio prepares each rent invoice and issues it in InvoiceXpress, Moloni or Primavera Jasmin.
Portugal
Built for film distribution in Portugal
DISTmio settles Portuguese cinemas on a Thursday week, issues rent invoices in your AT-certified program and prepares the yearly ICA report from your own figures.
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Local rules
What a Portuguese distributor needs
Thursday cinema week
Booking grids, play weeks and holdovers run Thursday to Wednesday.
6% on tickets, 23% on rent
Portuguese cinemas start with 6% VAT on tickets and rent invoices with 23%.
Promotional price days
Days with reduced ticket prices are marked and shown in the settlements they affect.
Portuguese settlement
Settled weekly, invoiced by certified software
DISTmio removes the ticket VAT, applies your share, guarantee or flat fee for each cinema week and sends approved settlements to your certified program as invoices.
- Weekly shares, guarantees and flat fees
- Settlements approved, then invoiced in one step
- Promotional price days flagged per settlement
- Gross box office
- Less 6% ticket VAT
- Net box office
- Rental share
- Guarantee or flat fee
- Certified invoice, 23% VAT
ICA
The yearly ICA report, prepared
DISTmio prepares the yearly ICA figures from your own data: rent from Portuguese cinemas by film and the investment obligation at your rate.
- Rent from Portuguese cinemas by film
- Investment obligation at the rate you enter
- Ready for the yearly filing
ICA
Yearly rent and investment report
Yearly
CSV
Yearly ICA report
| Film | Cinemas | Rent | Investment obligation |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Lights | 38 | €92,000 | €3,680 |
| The Silent Path | 21 | €48,200 | €1,928 |
Invoicing and accounting
InvoiceXpress, Moloni or Primavera Jasmin
DISTmio issues rent invoices in the certified program you already use, which keeps the numbering and the legal copy.
- InvoiceXpress, Moloni and Primavera Jasmin
- Invoice status read back from InvoiceXpress
- ECB rate on foreign-currency invoices
AT-certified software
Invoice DM/2025/042
- Payer
- Cinema example
- Film
- The Northern Lights
- Rent
- €12,420
- VAT
- €2,857
- Due date
- 16 Apr
- Legal invoice
- InvoiceXpress
Online payment link
InvoiceXpress
Moloni
Primavera Jasmin
Cinema week
Play weeks from Thursday to Wednesday
The booking grid, play weeks and the Monday holdover board follow the Thursday week, and a holdover decision extends the booking and orders new KDMs together.
- Booking grid by Thursday weeks
- Monday holdover board with the national average
- One-click extension with new KDMs
- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
- Sat
- Sun
Questions
Portugal: common questions
Why is the invoice issued in our certified program?
Portuguese law requires invoices from AT-certified software. DISTmio prepares the invoice, and your certified program issues the legal copy with its own numbering.
Portugal
See DISTmio with your Portuguese releases
We set up a demo with your films, your cinemas and a Thursday cinema week.
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