snikpoh

Of course it's NOT!

It's like any other tax, you can choose not to pay it but then you face the legal consequences!

missile

You should ignore BS talked in the pub.

amideislas

Depends on the region. Here in Mallorca they don't send out reminders or make any attempt to collect. You are supposed to go to the office and ask if you owe anything. If you never ask, they never collect, until of course, you try to sell it, at which time all back taxes and penalties must be paid up.

If you have the car disposed of, they don't check back taxes, so you never have to pay, and they never collect.

At least not yet.. But I reckon they'll figure that out soon. Most important thing nowadays is to get cash. Wherever they can, from whoever might have some.

Dick Dasterdly

Congratulations on post of the year.

You've pretty well summed up the current Govt's. financial policy in a few brief words.

bfg69bug

there arnt any. its a town imposed tax, not a hacienda one.

like it says below - if its not paid they dont really chase you - when you come to sell it you have to pay the taxes up to date or you cant get a new "permiso de circulation".

its like not paying your basura or sewage. it will just mount up until you bring it to their attention - it is just a bill that they add interest onto.

malagaman

Not true, it is followed up. We had our bank account embargoed for non payment of road tax on a car we sold to a dealer in the November which wasn't re-sold and registered to the new owner until February the following year and because I was the registered owner on Jan 1st I was liable, it does and will happen

Domino

surely the owner is/was the dealer

unless you didn't inform Traffico

Fred James

If you buy a new car then the dealer is responsible for the road tax for the remaining part of the year. It is registered with your local Ayuntamiento in your name and you will automatically be charged road tax on it from the start of the following year.

If you don't pay it you will be fined and face the possibility of an embargo on your property.

If you get away with that you will have to pay it when you sell it.

snikpoh

I agree it's a local tax but there are still legal ramifications.

It's just like you don't need to pay your IBI - it just gets added when the property gets sold. However, if they do make enquiries, then you are breaking the law and consequences (fines, embargoes) will be applied.

John Vanneste

Mister Fyfin

I'm a registered Belgian accountant 'IPCF', and had a sad experience with Spanish car tax.
Belgian company had a luckily small car Opel Zafira matriculated in Spain, but brought the car back to Belgian, where it was matriculated in May 2005 and where Belgian Road Tax was paid.

In 2013, car was already sold, the Belgian company received a payment card for the car tax for the years 2010,2011,2012,2013! Corporate Governance?
A complaint was introduced in Spanish*, and the Belgian got the answer on the complaint, totaly overruled.

*Adjunto les remito la notificación que nuestra empresa ha recibido por supuestos impuestos impagados sobre la circulación de uno de nuestros coches de empresa.

Se nos reclama el impuesto de tracción mecánica de 4 años consecutivos, 2010, 2011, 2012 y 2013. Sin embargo, este vehículo, con matrícula 5681CPT, está fuera de la circulación en España desde hace más de 8 años, por lo cual, esta notificación ha sido una sorpresa.

El vehículo fue trasladado a Bélgica en marzo del 2005 y se dio de alta allí en mayo del 2005. Adjunto les remito el certificado de inscripción en Bélgica con fecha del 18/05/2005. Pueden comprobar el n° de bastidor (WOLOTGF7532103386 (01)).

Ruego nos indiquen si necesitan algún otro documento de nuestra parte.

Quedamos a la espera de su respuesta.

snikpoh

Just goes to show the importance of exporting the vehicle correctly

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Cats-R-Us

Before we moved to Spain around 14 years ago, a work colleague had a Spanish friend staying with her. She asked him whether there was a car tax similar to the UK road fund licence to pay and he said no. I didn't believe it as a friend living in Spain had assured me that there was a tax she paid to the Ayuntamiento each year. I think there was a misunderstanding due to the language/translation. In the UK it is a government thing whereas in Spain, as has been said, it is a local tax and uses a different name. When we lived in Alicante Province we couldn't pay it before September whereas where we are now we pay it in May. In both cases it covered the year from Jan to Dec.