Some years ago I was responsible for a business based in Madrid. I loved Madrid and my love for seafood came from those times, fab tapas bars with sizzling prawns on the griddle and beautiful dorada and lobster....yummy!
Anyway, I digress, the business had as a customer Madrid council, and I was alarmed to find that they owed us for 3 years worth of service without paying. I needn't have feared because I was told that if we turned up at 10.00am exactly on the specified day we would be paid for the first of the 3 outstanding years..well that's ok then.
Two years ago an official from our local camara (council) showed up at the house in the Algarve and said he was to revalue the house for council tax purposes. Nothing happened after that so I assumed in my naivety that all was well. No chance. We just had a council tax bill for the last 3 years for 4 times the original bills..and payable immediately. 4,000 euros extra.
I'm tempted to say that taking 2 years to send out a bill is inefficient and rather rude - in fact I will say it is inefficient and rude because it is. Luckily we are in a position to be able to actually pay the bill, but I guess there are many who are receiving these demands who are not so fortunate.
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