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    Posted: 08/June/2015 at 17:56
Can anyone help?
I paid my April IMI a bit late on 9 May and its gone out of my account on that day.
I have just got a reminder letter from Financas for the original amount plus 23.40 added on as a fine.
What do I do?
1.  Ignore it as I have paid.
2.  Pay just the fine.
3.  Something else.
I'm in the UK so can't pop in there and sort it out.  
Is there a number to ring them?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08/June/2015 at 18:47
I'd pay the fine, it'll just keep mounting up if you don't.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08/June/2015 at 20:06
IMI bills need to be paid by end of April to avoid a fine so as you paid in May you have been fined.
As I understand it you get a 10% fine for every month you are late so if you don't pay it the bill will just keep on increasing every month.
You can pay it from your Portuguese Bank Account so there is no need to go over.
Don't pay the original bill again though as you're unlikely to get it back until your next IMI Bill.
The phone number is 707 206 707 but my suspicion is that phoning them would get you nowhere and cost you more than the fine.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09/June/2015 at 09:28
That's right, IMI has to be paid in April.

I paid mine from my Portuguese bank account and printed out the transaction just in case.

Pay the fine right now at the very least as it is June and another 10% will be added.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09/June/2015 at 20:26
Reading the comments just made me chuckle when the word  "Fine" is mentioned. We went to financas last year as our Solicitor/ fiscal rep had never paid ours for 2012 and  found that financas had  put a charge on our bank account for the amount. We didn't know what this charge was for even though we knew it was financas. When I mentioned to the lady at the counter was there  a fine on this unpaid IMI arrears she said "it's not a fine but an administration charge" Big smile  . I said to her well everyone calls them fines, she just smiled.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10/June/2015 at 13:35
It wont let me just pay the amount of the fine.
When I put in the 15 digit reference number it says the total amount must be 331,53 which is the 308,13 plus the fine of 23,40
So now what??
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10/June/2015 at 13:46
You'll need to get proof of the bank transaction and contact them with it. I paid my IMI last April through the Multibanco and luckily kept the transaction slip. I got the same notice as you have now, the payment never "went through". A Portuguese friend went to the Financas with the Multibanco slip and had it all cancelled for me. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10/June/2015 at 14:03
I didn't pay it at a multibanco.  I guess a printed bank statement should suffice.  However, if I'm in the UK my chances of sorting it out are pretty slim I presume.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10/June/2015 at 16:58
1. Are you certain that the payment actually left your account?

2. Are you registered on the Financas website?
If so, when you've logged in you can send them a message/fill in a form by clicking on "Não-Residentes e Entidades Públicas"

Here's the link but I doubt if it'll work if your're not registered & logged in.

https://www.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/pt/novoPedidoFormNaoResidentes.action

Edit - Just checked & the link works without being logged in.

Click on the first drop down menu & select IMI/IMT/IS/IUC
Click on the 2nd drop down menu and select IMI
Click on the 3rd drop down menu and select Pagamento - Cobranca
Type in subject
Write your message and hope for the best
Don't forget to give them your details and your email address
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10/June/2015 at 19:09
Yes it went out of the account fine, as it has done for the last many years, albeit first time late.
What a bloody hassle.
Yes I have a sign on to Financas website, can't imagine if I write my message and hope for the best anything will come of it, but thanks for the instructions.
Thanks for all your answers, a friend of mine has said if I send the reminder and bank statement he will go to Financas and endeavour to sort it out for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11/June/2015 at 00:21
Wendy does your bank statement have a PDF file against the payment which  you can download for proof its been paid instead of sending a copy of your banks statement.
Not sure who you bank with but Millennium have a PDF file against the payment on your bank statement  you can download and print off. Good Luck !!!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14/June/2015 at 10:02
All sorted thanks to a friend who went up there for me.
He even got the fine waived, now that's a result.

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Thanks Dave Strange.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15/June/2015 at 10:41
Glad that got sorted for you, a friend on site is usually the best way to get things done.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26/October/2015 at 08:17
Have the October accounts gone out yet?     Mine is posted to uk but am over here now.    Was going to go down there and pay it over the counter today but will it be pointless if they have not gone out yet?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26/October/2015 at 08:30
Yes - my wife's arrived last week. I will be getting mine electronically this week.
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