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Suma Gestión Tributaria

Property tax, refuse and vehicle tax are not collected by the town hall but by Suma, the tax agency of the provincial council. Miss a payment window and surcharges follow automatically.

This is not a page of Altea Town Council. alteamar.es is a private site and not a public authority: we do not accept applications or advise on individual cases. Only information from the competent office is binding: suma.es ↗. Like a directory, we gather here what is otherwise spread across many websites: an overview, not instructions.

Office entrance clad in white tiles with the large dark-blue lettering “suma” and its blue cube logo. Below, a glass door with notices and frosted windows with a band of blue diamonds; arcades are reflected in the glass.
The Suma Gestión Tributaria office on Avinguda de l’Alt Rei en Jaume I Open Street View →Photo: Axel Voigts

Contact

Address
Suma Gestión Tributaria
Avinguda de l’Alt Rei en Jaume I 36
03590 Altea (Alicante)Show on the map
Telephone (Suma central line)
+34 965 29 20 00 — Mon–Fri 8:00–21:00, Sat 10:00–14:00
Online office
suma.es

Opening hours

PeriodPublic opening
Monday to Friday8:30–14:00
Saturdays, Sundays, public holidaysclosed
Online officearound the clock
Payment windowstwo a year; IBI usually in summer — see the calendar at suma.es

Payment windows change every year. With a direct debit you never have to know them.

Opening hours change. Please check before going: suma.es

Departments and contacts

  • Atenció al contribuentCounter service: bills, direct debits, appeals
  • RecaptacióCollection, including enforcement
  • Punt de registreIdentity checks for Cl@ve and, according to Suma, the ACCV digital certificate

Step by step: setting up a direct debit

  1. Find the referenceIt is on any earlier bill. For property tax you also need the cadastral reference of the property.
  2. Choose the routeOnline at suma.es with a digital certificate or Cl@ve, at the counter, or by telephone on 965 29 20 00 — by telephone only if you hold both the bill and the account.
  3. Provide the IBANThe account must normally be in the taxpayer’s name; a third party’s account (a co-owner’s, for instance) only in specific cases, with Suma’s form “Otorgamiento de autorización”. A Spanish account is not required; any SEPA account will do.
  4. Check the first debitAmount, period and property. Objections have a deadline. A debit set up at least 15 days before a payment window closes already applies to that window; the charge is taken about a week before it ends.
  5. Instalments if you preferSuma offers a scheme that spreads the year’s charges across monthly payments.

What is handled here

  • IBI — property tax, annual
  • Refuse charge
  • IVTM — vehicle tax, annual, based on where you are registered
  • Direct debits and the instalment scheme
  • Duplicate bills and payment certificates
  • Appeals against assessments
  • Enforcement — surcharges, and eventually seizure

What to bring

  • NIE and passport or identity card
  • The cadastral reference of the property, from the IBI bill
  • An earlier bill or its reference number
  • IBAN for the direct debit
  • Where someone acts for you, a written authorisation

The documents required change with the rules. Current list: suma.es

Good to know

Bills are not always posted. Many charges are announced collectively; the deadline then runs whether or not anything reached your letterbox. A direct debit removes the problem entirely.

After buying a property, change the holder. Until you do, reminders go to the previous owner and the debt attaches to the property, not to them.

Surcharges rise in steps. Pay after the payment window but before the enforcement order (providencia de apremio) is served, and 5% is added. Once it is served, a new deadline applies at 10%; miss that too and the surcharge becomes 20%, plus interest and costs.

Fees and charges

Rates are set by the municipality and published in the bylaws: altea.es → Ordenanzas fiscales. Suma collects; it does not set the rates. Amounts for the current period are on your own bill.

Frequently asked questions

Why Suma and not the town hall?

Altea, like most municipalities in the province, has delegated collection to Suma, which belongs to the provincial council. The rates are still set by Altea.

I never received a bill.

That does not suspend the deadline. Check your position at suma.es or at the counter, and set up a direct debit.

I have sold the property.

Notify the change of holder. Until the cadastre and Suma are updated, bills continue in your name.

Can I pay from a foreign account?

Yes, any SEPA account works for the direct debit.

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Related pages

Address and opening hours of the Altea office confirmed on site in October 2026; office addresses also in BOE-A-2024-12911. Telephone, procedures, surcharges and payment windows according to Suma’s blog (teinteresa.suma.es): teléfono, domiciliación, cuenta de un tercero, recargos, periodos de pago, notificación colectiva, dirección postal, web de Suma, Cl@ve, IBI a 1 de enero, referencia catastral. Updated October 2026. Payment windows and rates change annually — check with Suma and the municipal bylaws.