It is not everyone that this happens, but there are those who can tell that, unintentionally, it has passed in a toll without paying because it has forgotten that its green way was damaged. This type of situations is recurring and there are several Portuguese with debts of thousands of euros, because they have not paid a trip of a few euros.
Although there are some Portuguese in this situation, the case that is most talked about at the moment is that of Bruno Lopes. The client of Via Verde was left without the identifier for two months and, used to passing this way in the tolls, were several times that he forgot that he was passing the tolls without paying, since he did not have the identifier.
A few days it was necessary to start letters from the tax authorities to Bruno Lopes’ house. The quotes Bruno’s statements to CNN Portugal, where he reveals that “when I went to see on the Finance website, he had close to 80,000 euros in tax debts.” “It is obvious that I had no money to pay, it’s an exorbitance,” he adds.
Bruno Lopes often made a route with just over 40 kilometers
Nettlement to make the car route between Ovar and Aveiro, Bruno Lopes explains that if he forgot to pay any of the gantries, the trip by round trip would come to 1,200 euros. Note that Ovar and Aveiro are 41.6 kilometers away and, in tolls, would have to pay only 1.75 euros, if he has a vehicle that belongs to Class1.
What is known is that Bruno Lopes was able to transform his debt of about 80,000 euros into a debt of 18 thousand euros. Anyway, your salary has been pledged for over a year and the tax authorities performed 28,000 euros of a inheritance of yours.
The law that limits the value of toll fines has not yet been put into practice
It should be noted that at this time there is a law that limits the value of toll -related fines, however, Bruno was never protected by it. It was that it was approved in 2023 and the alleged was to have entered into force in July 2024, but for now, it is only being applied to new fines and not to old cases.
At stake is a delay in updating the computer system of finance, so people in the same situation as Bruno Lopes hardly see the value of his debt reduce.
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