Chapter XI · Assessment

Article 115 Ex officio review and cancellation of assessments

Artigo 115.º · Revisão oficiosa da liquidação e anulação

Código do Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis · annex I to Decree-Law No. 287/2003 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. Without prejudice to Article 78 of the General Tax Law, assessments are reviewed ex officio:

1 - Sem prejuízo do disposto no artigo 78.º da Lei Geral Tributária, as liquidações são oficiosamente revistas:

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a) Where, owing to delay in updating the property registers, the tax has been assessed for an amount other than that legally due or in the name of a person other than the taxpayer, provided that, in the latter case, it has not yet been paid;

a) Quando, por atraso na actualização das matrizes, o imposto tenha sido liquidado por valor diverso do legalmente devido ou em nome de outrem que não o sujeito passivo, desde que, neste último caso, não tenha ainda sido pago;

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b) As a result of a new valuation;

b) Em resultado de nova avaliação;

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c) Where there has been an error resulting in a tax charge of an amount other than that legally due;

c) Quando tenha havido erro de que tenha resultado colecta de montante diferente do legalmente devido;

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d) Where an exemption that was due has not been taken into account, granted or recognised.

d) Quando, havendo lugar, não tenha sido considerada, concedida ou reconhecida isenção.

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2. The ex officio review of assessments provided for in paragraph 1(a) to (d) falls within the competence of the tax offices for the area where the properties are located.

2 - A revisão oficiosa das liquidações, prevista nas alíneas a) a d) do n.º 1, é da competência dos serviços de finanças da área da situação dos prédios.

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3. No cancellation is made where the amount of tax to be refunded is less than EUR 10.

3 - Não há lugar a qualquer anulação sempre que o montante do imposto a restituir seja inferior a (euro) 10.

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The four grounds for ex officio review, the competent tax office and the EUR 10 minimum for cancellation are retained.

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Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. Only the Portuguese text published in the Diário da República has legal force. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the statute.

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