After three years of uncertainty the UK has now left the EU! UK residents with Portuguese assets will now have to appoint a fiscal representative to comply with the law.
EU residents can opt to have their tax department correspondence (including their property tax bill) sent to their EU address but non-EU residents, without a fiscal representative, have their correspondence retained by the Lisbon tax office.
Non receipt of the property tax bills can lead to non payment, the incurrence of fines and penalty charges and eventually the property being seized by the tax department to be sold for debt recovery.
Equally any notifications from the tax office generally require a prompt reply within 10-15 days. Non receipt of the correspondence may lead to fiscal problems for the individual. The onus is on tax payers to be aware of and to comply with the law so non receipt of the correspondence is no excuse!
A fiscal representative must be appointed to receive correspondence and be responsible for the individual’s fiscal matters in Portugal.
(Source The Portugal News)
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