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Annual Pension Income Statement (Declaração Anual de Rendimentos de Pensões)

Social Security (Segurança Social) statement showing the total pensions it paid in a year, for IRS purposes.

What it is for

Check your pension income before submitting your IRS return.
Prove your annual income when this statement is requested.
Compare the annual total with the monthly payslips.

Example (fictitious). Titus Gorila's grandfather is preparing his IRS return and obtains the statement. As he also receives a pension from abroad, he checks whether he needs a document from that other body.

What it is

This statement totals the pensions paid by Social Security (Segurança Social) during the year it refers to, and is used for IRS purposes. It is an annual total: it does not correspond to the amount for a single month, nor does it include pensions paid by other bodies. Always check the year shown before using it.

How we collect it

We need the holder's NISS and Social Security Direct (Segurança Social Direta) password, and the SMS code when the portal requests it. We collect the annual statement made available by the portal, in PDF; it is not possible to choose a different year.

Period: year available on Social Security Direct (Segurança Social Direta).

Access required: Social Security Online (Segurança Social Direta). Credentials are encrypted only during the collection and deleted at the end.

Things to note

It does not replace the IRS return or the tax assessment notice. Pensions paid by other bodies require a statement from each of them.

Frequently asked questions

Is it the same as a pension payslip?

No. The statement covers the whole year; the payslip details the payment for a single month.

Can its authenticity be verified?

According to the Social Security guide, verification is done using the NISS and the verification code printed on the statement.