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Mags44 wrote on Wed May 25, 2022 10:55am:
As I explained previously, SUMA is a company that collects taxes on behalf of the Ayuntamientos of certain areas. Here is the Wikipedia explanation. If you live in Alicante Province then these would be the people to contact re: your IVTM (car tax) and IBI (council tax).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suma_Gesti%C3%B3n_Tributaria
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If you don't live in this area, then your local Ayuntamiento (town hall) will have an Oficina de Recaudación or Agencia Tributaria (collections or tax office) where these payments should be made and direct debits set up. When your car documents finally arrive and your car is finally registered with the DGT at your local Ayuntamiento/Suma office, if the receipt for this year's car tax is not attached to the documents, it is possible that the receipt will still be payable at the previous owner's Ayuntamiento, as the revised details may not be registered as yours until January 2023. Nothing to worry about here. Just be certain to pay 2022's before you pay 2023's and get both receipts to go with the one that you already have for 2021. Failure to pay any of them could result in an embargo on your bank account in the future (again, not a big worry but this was happening to a couple when I was in my local Oficina de Recaudación last month when I went to set up my own direct debits after moving into the area from a different Province of Spain. The couple just had to make the payment for the year that they hadn't paid by direct debit and it was all sorted. I hope that this doesn't sound too complicated but just wanted to warn you that all outstanding debts on the car are now yours to pay.
Thank you, as I had assumed then:
Car Tax payment is regional and not national as it is in the UK with the DVLA.
So as you've said
IVTM is for the Alicante region
SUMA is for my region (I am in Mazarron) is this for the Murcia region then?
The dealer, who I kep chasing for the IVTM probably wondered why I kept asking for it!!!! They did send me 2021, and th car was first registered in 2021, so as you advised I have proof of payment for this too.
I have contacted Seguro parking that look after our car when back in the UK, so although they charge for this service, I get certainty and peace of mind that I am compliant when we come back across next month. I will then go to my local bank Sabadell who will be able to setup a regular, annual Direct Debit, to ensure this is never missed.
I hope when I am over next month that the log book and any other documents will have arrived.
