SUMA Gestión Tributaria is the tax agency of the Diputación de Alicante, the provincial government. Most town halls of the province — including the coastal towns where many foreigners own homes — have handed it the collection of their local taxes and fines. So a letter about a tax of your town in the province of Alicante often comes from SUMA, not from the town hall.
What SUMA letters are about
- IBI — the yearly property tax (IBI bill explained).
- Basura — the rubbish-collection charge of the town.
- Plusvalía municipal — the tax on the rise in land value when a property is sold, given or inherited.
- IVTM — the yearly tax on a vehicle registered in the town.
- Fines — traffic and parking fines of the towns it serves (parking fines).
- Enforcement — an unpaid amount with a surcharge (providencia de apremio) and, later, a seizure of a bank account (diligencia de embargo).
How to deal with a SUMA letter
- Find the type of letter and the reference (the número de recibo or de expediente).
- Check the date to pay or to answer — it depends on the kind of letter.
- Pay online, at a bank or at a SUMA office with the reference; for yearly taxes set up a direct debit from a Spanish account.
- To object, write to SUMA within the period the letter gives — for most local taxes the appeal (recurso de reposición) is due within one month.
Not sure what it says?
Upload the letter on this page: the site reads it, tells you which of these it is and counts the deadline. For a plusvalía after a sale or an inheritance, unpaid taxes or a seizure, a lawyer for property tax for foreign owners can deal with SUMA for you.
Prepared by Legal Help Tool. Last updated . General information, not legal advice.
