# Letters from the tax authority If the tax authority has written to you about your residence, a return or a payment, we read the letter and its deadline and prepare the reply or the corrections by that date. [Tell us about your situation](#request) Most letters that reach us concern a return that does not match the tax authority's data, a year never filed, or a change of residence the tax authority disputes. Each letter sets its own deadline. Each service here has a defined scope, in English or Portuguese, and we quote it from your request. The advice is checked, decided and signed by our advisers. ## Our services If you have [Annual Tax Support](/services/annual-tax-support/), your letters are included. - [A letter from the tax authority We read the letter and confirm the fee before you pay, then prepare the reply by its deadline.](/services/tax-authority-response-corrections/) - [Putting past years right We set out what to correct in one or two past years and the consequences, then file each year's late or substitute return.](/services/past-years/) - [Tax inspection support We support you through a tax inspection, from the documents and explanations the inspectors ask for to the reply to the draft report, quoted once the scope is agreed.](/services/tax-inspection-support/) ## Related services - Living in Portugal [Annual Tax Support](/services/annual-tax-support/) - Living in Portugal [Your annual return](/services/annual-portugal-tax-return-expats/) - Living in Portugal [Two-country returns reconciled](/services/cross-border-tax-coordination/) ## What decides your case **What does the letter ask, and by when?** The letter states what the tax authority asks for and the response deadline, counted from the notification date. This is the first point we check. **Is it a matter of fact or a point of law?** A factual or divergence reply can be filed on your authorisation. Where a reply argues a point of law, we prepare it and you sign and file it in your own name. Court cases go to a lawyer and are outside this service. **Does your return have to change?** A divergence notice asks you to explain or correct a mismatch with the tax authority's data. A substitute return is needed only if the return has to be corrected, and is quoted separately. A first return filed after the filing window is late. ## What clients say [4.7 on Google from 43 reviews](https://g.co/kgs/ZJrQwYq) - > Telmo and his team were wonderful. Reassuring, thorough and efficient. > > > > We came to Telmo and his team when we had been miss evaluated at the end of a tax year, and after a deadline. 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[Start here](/find-the-right-help/) - [Situation Living in Portugal If you live in Portugal, Living in Portugal covers your annual return and Annual Tax Support.](/living-in-portugal/) - [Situation Living abroad If you live abroad, Living abroad covers your Portuguese return as a non-resident.](/living-abroad/) - [Situation Companies If the letter concerns a company, Companies covers advice for the owner and the company together.](/companies/) ## Tell us about your letter Give us the letter's deadline: letters with a deadline go to the top of our queue. We reply within 2 working days. --- Source: https://taxbordr.com/tax-authority-letters/ General guidance only. Individual facts govern.