Identificación del conductor — multa a un vehículo de alquiler
The hire company says a fine came for the car you rented in Spain and charges your card a fee — the fine itself comes later, from the traffic authority. You then have 20 calendar days to pay it with 50% off or to object.
Denuncia por estacionamiento — multa de la ORA / zona azul
A parking ticket on the windscreen or a parking fine sent by a Spanish town hall. You have 20 calendar days to pay it with 50% off or to object — and in some towns a blue-zone ticket can be cancelled at the meter.
Notificación de denuncia — multa de radar enviada al extranjero
A Spanish speeding or traffic fine that reaches you at home in another country, sometimes months after the trip. Check that it is real — then you have 20 calendar days to pay it with 50% off or to object.
Notificación de denuncia — multa de tráfico
A notice of a traffic offence in Spain — speeding, a red light, a mobile phone — sent by the DGT or a town hall. You have 20 calendar days to pay it with 50% off, to object, or to say who was driving.
Recibo del IBI (Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles)
The yearly property tax bill of a Spanish town hall. Every owner pays it, resident or not, within the town's payment period — the dates are on the bill, and a direct debit is the easiest way for non-residents.
Liquidación del impuesto sobre el incremento de valor de los terrenos (plusvalía municipal)
The town hall's tax on the rise in value of the land under a property, due after a sale, a gift or a death. When it was not declared in time, the town hall sends a bill — pay it by the date the rule gives, or appeal within a month.
Carta / notificación de SUMA Gestión Tributaria
SUMA is the agency that collects the local taxes and fines of most towns in the province of Alicante — Torrevieja, Orihuela Costa, Benidorm, Jávea and many more. A letter from SUMA is about IBI, rubbish tax, plusvalía, vehicle tax or a fine.
Requerimiento / propuesta de liquidación — Impuesto sobre la Renta de No Residentes (Modelo 210)
A letter from the Spanish tax office to a non-resident owner about Modelo 210 — the tax on a Spanish home, its rent or its sale. Usually it asks for missing returns or proposes a bill, with 10 business days to answer.
Propuesta de liquidación provisional (trámite de alegaciones)
A draft tax bill from the Spanish tax office: it has checked a return — or a year you did not file — and proposes to correct the tax. You have 10 business days to object before the real bill (liquidación) is issued.
Requerimiento de información / de documentación
A request from the Spanish tax office to send information or documents — about a return you filed, income it has heard of, or a property. You usually have 10 business days to answer.
Acuerdo de imposición de sanción (or propuesta de sanción)
A penalty from the Spanish tax office for a return filed late, not filed at all, or with tax left unpaid. Paying it in time without appealing takes 40% off — or you have one month to appeal.
Diligencia de embargo (de cuentas, de sueldo, de devoluciones)
A seizure order: a public body is taking money from your Spanish bank account, a tax refund or your wages to pay a debt that went to enforcement. Find out which debt it is — and act within a month if the debt or its notices were wrong.
Providencia de apremio
An enforcement order: a tax or a fine was not paid in time and is now being collected by force, with a surcharge. Pay it by the date the rule gives — the 20th of the month or the 5th of the next — to avoid a 20% surcharge and a seizure.
Burofax (con certificación de contenido y acuse de recibo)
A burofax is a letter sent through Correos with proof of its text and of its delivery — a formal notice before a claim or a step in a contract. It has no deadline of its own: read what it asks and by when.
Aviso de llegada (Correos)
A slip from Correos, the Spanish post office: a registered letter could not be delivered and is waiting at the post office. If it is an official notification, collect it — leaving it there does not stop the deadline.
Notificación electrónica — DEHú (Dirección Electrónica Habilitada única)
An e-mail or SMS saying a Spanish authority has left a notification for you in the DEHú, the state's electronic letter box. Open it within 10 calendar days — after that it counts as delivered and its deadline runs anyway.
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