The following has been received by afpop and is important information for those property owners who ALREADY are holders of an Alojamento Local licence, issued before the new legislation was introduced on 27th of November 2014.
Those in this category are obliged to present a document from Finanças to their local Câmara Municipal stating how they are fiscally conducting their renting business, whether it is by being registered as sole trader or through a company.
This document is called “Inicio de Actividade” and has to be presented at the local Câmara Municipal BEFORE 27th of December 2014.
Failure to present this document could lead to a fine. In most Câmaras this can be presented by post or e-mail and ownrs must state their full name, fiscal number, the address of the property that has the AL licence and the AL licence number.
When submitting by post, copies of the original documents must be sent.
If the Inicio de Actividade is not presented before 27th December, the AL licence will not be considered complete and owners cannot continue legally to rent out the property.
If owners are out of Portugal they may need the help of an accountant, lawyer or a friend who can present the document on their behalf.
Proof of submission of an Inicio de Actividade can be requested from a local Finanças office, or a copy can be printed from the Finanças website, having logged in with fiscal number and password and following the steps:
Os Seus Serviços /Obter /Comprovativos/ Actividade.
NOTE: If owners already have presented the Inicio de Actividade document with their initial application for the licence, then they will not need to do so again.
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See also the article by Sovereign on this topic dated 3 October 2104:
http://www.algarvedailynews.com/property-news/3574-new-law-on-tourism-rentals
Comments
Concerning already licensed properties: the best and easiest thing is to GO to the servicio de obras of your Camara and present
1. copy of an inicio de actividade (your account can give you that) + 2. copy of the ID doc from the responsible person for the property + 3. copy of the caderneta predial (to obtain in the registration office) and depending on the Camara it is possible they also require copy of the n° de contribuente card. Unfortunately - and once again - we see that the requirements might be DIFFERENT depending on the Camara. This is of course not normal and depends only on the fact of the employe knows the law good - half or not at all ... Hard to believe but true.
The instauration of this law is very good for the following reasons: 1. it offers quality guarantees to the tourists 2. it regulates the business (legal opposite illegal beds) and 3. it says that everybody has to pay all its taxes (vat+IRS+soc. sec) which is unfortunately NOT the case today but might change tomorrow under a severe ASAE regime.
http://hometeamportugal.com/alojamento-local-and-so-the-saga-continues/
"After completing the rather lengthy form we stumbled upon the fact that once the form was completed, there was actually no way to submit it on line."
I suggest you copy this immediately to :
Vitor Manuel Gonçalves Aleixo
presidente
and copy
Ana Paula Merta
paula.murta
and ask them what they can do to help.
Ed.
This is from expat focus :
http://hometeamportugal.com/alojamento-local-and-so-the-saga-continues/
So you read :
"After completing the rather lengthy form we stumbled upon the fact that once the form was completed, there was actually no way to submit it on line."
"system did not appear to be “quite complete” at the moment."
"Off we headed down to the Camera Municipal and, after a rather long wait, we were finally seen…… To be told rather smugly “We don’t accept applications any more – it all has to be done on-line. It is no longer anything to do with us here!”"
So ... this “Inicio de Actividade” has to be presented at the local Câmara Municipal BEFORE 27th of December 2014. ... but it is actually nothing now to do with the Municipal ?
Always remembering that this is not true tourism. Thats sector is closed to SME foreigners. All this lience gives you is the right to take in lodgers.
Anything resembling holidays will be penalised !
If an Inicio de Actividade hasn't been submitted, proof won't be available.
Why is it that everything related to this (corrupt) government is always comes threatened by a fine, another reason to close up and leave.