How to explore fiscaldoo with the demo company

What is it for?

Empresa Demonstração, Lda is a fictitious company, with made-up invoices, purchases, banks and payroll, in a test database. It lets you see fiscaldoo working and learn without fear of damaging real data: nothing you do there reaches the AT or customers.

When to use it?

• To learn how to use fiscaldoo, or to train a new person, without touching your company's data.
• To try out a procedure before doing it in your company, for example issuing a credit note or generating a return.
• To see what each profile sees on logging in, before giving a colleague access.

Where to find it?

• Empresa Demonstração, Lda is in a test database, separate from your company's database. The administrator gives you the address and the user.
• Once logged in, the name of the company in use appears in the top right corner.
• The administrator finds the module in Apps, without the Apps filter: fiscaldoo · Instalação — Empresa de demonstração.

What the demo contains

In the demo database used for this article (2 November 2026), Empresa Demonstração, Lda has:

• 40 customer invoices issued in 2026 (January to November), 1 credit note and 45 vendor bills;
• 9 employees, with payroll processed (see How much each employee costs the company);
• bank accounts, the 2026 Balance Sheet and Income Statement, the tax calendar and the returns;
• test invoicing series (for example, invoice FT D26/33, with ATCUD DEMOFT2026-33) and a test signing key.

The documents have an ATCUD starting with “DEMO”: they are not valid tax documents.

Before you start

• You need a test database with the demo installed. It is installed by the system administrator or the fiscaldoo partner: in the Apps list, without the Apps filter, the module is called fiscaldoo · Instalação — Empresa de demonstração.
• The demo can only be installed in a test database with “test” in its name (for example formacao_test): that name is what allows the test signing key to be created and makes fiscaldoo use the AT simulator. Never ask for it in a customer database: it creates a fictitious company, with test documents and keys that are not valid for the AT. That is why this article does not give the installation steps.
• The administrator sets the password of the demo user you are going to use (below) and gives it to you.

How to use it

1. Log in to the test database with one of the demo users, depending on what you want to see:

   User	To see
   Gerência (demonstração)	the Management panel and the company's figures
   Contabilista (demonstração)	the accounting, for example the Balance sheet
   Gestor de contabilidade (demonstração)	the same, with the Certified accountant profile
   Faturação (demonstração)	customer invoices
   Salários (demonstração)	payroll
   RH (demonstração)	employees
   Auditor (demonstração)	the audit view
   Trabalhador (demonstração)	an employee's My space

2. Check in the top right corner that you are in Empresa Demonstração, Lda. The demo users only have this company.

3. If you log in as administrator, the database opens in another company (Empresa Teste Portugal, in the example): click the company name in the top right corner and choose Empresa Demonstração, Lda.

4. Explore the menus of your profile. To find out what each profile sees on logging in, see The home screen of each profile.

Expected result

You see the menus and data of the chosen profile, with the figures of Empresa Demonstração, Lda. You can issue invoices, process payroll or generate returns: everything stays in the test database.

Important notes

• Communication with the AT is simulated. In a test database, fiscaldoo uses an AT simulator: communications “answer”, but nothing goes out to the AT.
• Emails reach nobody. The demo customers, vendors and users have made-up addresses (ending in .invalid), and the demo database has no outgoing mail configured: the Monday summary, for example, stays in the queue with an error. If the administrator configures outgoing mail and gives a user a real address, emails to that address are sent.
• Do not use the demo to make decisions about your company. The figures are made up; the 2026 Balance Sheet, for example, shows a loss and a negative Cash and bank deposits line.
• What you do stays in the database. An invoice issued in the demo cannot be deleted, just as in a real database. If several people use the same database, the figures change: ask the administrator for a fresh copy when you need to start from scratch.

Common problems

The database opens in another company

• Cause: you logged in with a user that has more than one company, for example the administrator. The database opens in that user's company (in the example, Empresa Teste Portugal).
• What to do: click the company name in the top right corner and choose Empresa Demonstração, Lda (step 3).

“Wrong login/password” when logging in

• Cause: the password is not this demo user's, or the administrator has not set it yet.
• What to do: ask the administrator to set the password of the demo user you are going to use. Reset Password does not help: the demo addresses are made up and the email does not arrive.

The demo module does not appear in Apps

• Cause: the Apps list opens with the Apps filter, which hides modules that are not apps, such as the demo one.
• What to do: remove the Apps filter from the search and type Demonstração.