# A letter from the tax authority

[Letters from the tax authority](/tax-authority-letters/)

We prepare a factual or divergence reply to a letter from the tax authority by its deadline.

We read your letter and confirm the fee before you pay.

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## Send us your request

We reply within 2 working days with the right service, its price and how to start.

## In short

A divergence notice tells you that your return does not match the data the tax authority holds, and gives you a deadline to explain or correct it. Where the answer is a matter of fact, we prepare the reply and it is filed on your authorisation, or by you through your own access.

What decides it:

- what the letter asks, and its deadline;
- whether the answer is a matter of fact or argues a point of law;
- whether a return has to be corrected.

## What you get

- A review of the letter and its deadline.
- A factual reply, or a reply to a divergence, prepared by the deadline.
- Filing on your authorisation, or through your own access to the Portal das Finanças.
- Your approval of the reply before it is filed, and the record in your portal.

## How it works

1. [Send your request](#request) with the letter's deadline. We reply within 2 working days, and letters with a deadline go to the top of our queue.
2. We read the letter through a secure portal link.
3. You pay in your portal, and we start.
4. We prepare the reply, you approve it, and it is filed by the deadline.

## The dates that matter

The deadline is the one in your letter.

## What is not included

- A substitute return, which is charged at the return price.
- A reply that argues a point of law, which is quoted separately.

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## Guides on this

- Guide

  ### [IRS 2025 in Portugal: correct a return or file late](/guides/irs-2025-portugal/)
- Guide

  ### [Portugal tax calendar 2026: every deadline](/guides/portugal-tax-calendar-2026/)
- Guide

  ### [Foreign income in Portugal: Anexo J step by step](/guides/portugal-foreign-income-tax/)

## Questions

### Do you deal with the tax authority for me?

For a factual reply, we deal with the tax authority for you, on your authorisation. Where a reply argues a point of law, we prepare it and you sign and file it in your own name.

### I am on Annual Tax Support. Is this included?

Letters from the tax authority are handled inside Annual Tax Support, within the plan's scope.

### The letter concerns earlier years. What then?

We first check what the letter asks and its deadline. If one or two earlier years need analysis before correction, [Putting past years right](/services/past-years/) covers that advice. Any returns needed are then charged separately at each year's return price.

[Send us your request](#request)

## Related services

[Letters from the tax authority](/tax-authority-letters/)

[Putting past years right](/services/past-years/) [Tax inspection support](/services/tax-inspection-support/)

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Source: https://taxbordr.com/services/tax-authority-response-corrections/

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