Are your accounts with the Tax and Customs Authority up to date? You can verify whether you have any tax debts online via the Finance Portal.
This online service allows users to check their tax debt status and learn if their “tax collection procedures are active or legally suspended.”
Additionally, users can “issue full or partial payment guides, request installment payments, and obtain taxpayer status certificates.”
Who can check tax debts and when?
Taxpayers can access this information using their login credentials on the Finance Portal.
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This information can also be requested in person by the individual, their legal representative, or judicial proxy.
It’s important to note that this consultation can be done at any time. This service remains free of charge.
Debts in Voluntary Collection or Tax Execution
The Finance Portal provides insights into payment values, whether they are in voluntary collection (within the collection notice payment deadline) or in tax execution (after the deadline and issuance of the respective debt certificate), as detailed by the tax authority on Facebook.
Consequences of not paying taxes
Taxes are debts that should not be neglected. According to DECO PROTeste, “If you can, pay immediately or negotiate installments.”
Failing to pay a tax debt triggers a tax execution process: “The taxpayer receives a written warning of asset seizure (such as bank accounts, real estate, cars, or jewelry). Therefore, keeping your tax address updated is advisable,” explains the consumer protection agency.
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“Assets are seized, with or without prior notice, and later sold by the tax authorities. Main residences can also be seized, although they cannot be sold,” it reads.
And if there are no seizable assets? “The process is suspended after three months if the taxpayer lacks seizable assets, but the debt is not forgiven. It merely waits for the tax authorities to detect new assets. Meanwhile, taxpayers lose any potential tax benefits (such as pension savings plans or VAT-beneficial expenses),” DECO PROTeste explains.
It’s important to remember that, “unless otherwise stated by law, payment of any tax, duty, or other charge to the state is prescribed after eight years. However, the right to collect expires if the taxpayer is not notified for payment within four years. The counting of this period can vary and be interrupted, for example, by challenging the debt, among other situations.”
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