What should I do if I haven't repossessed the building for 5 years and receive a lawyer's letter for unpaid property fees and late fees? Can I not pay the late fee?

After receiving the lawyer's letter, you must pay the property fee and late payment fee. It is legal that the amount of overdue fine exceeds the principal, so it is necessary to pay it.

The late payment fee is to impose a certain percentage of late payment fee on taxpayers who fail to pay taxes according to the tax deadline. It is a measure taken by tax authorities to give economic sanctions to taxpayers who pay taxes overdue.

Features are as follows:

1, applicable to the obligation of money payment.

2. The debtor fails to perform its obligations within the agreed time limit.

3, can be repeated, the specific performance is to charge by the day. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the tax law, the tax authorities will impose a certain percentage of fines on units and individuals that fail to pay taxes within the prescribed time limit. Mainly applicable to the tax field, but not limited to this. In other management fields that have the obligation to pay money, when the counterpart fails to fulfill its obligations, it can take late fees, such as environmental pollution fees. Late payment measures can not only avoid the damage to the national interests caused by the obligor's failure to perform his obligations, but also avoid the damage to the rights and interests caused by direct imposition on the counterpart, and can urge him to perform his obligations as soon as possible, so it can be used as an effective administrative means.

legal ground

Article 577 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC), if one party fails to perform the contractual obligations or the performance of the contractual obligations does not conform to the agreement, it shall bear the liabilities for breach of contract such as continuing to perform, taking remedial measures or compensating for losses. Article 578 Where a party expressly expresses or shows by his own behavior that he will not perform his contractual obligations, the other party may require him to bear the liability for breach of contract before the time limit for performance expires. Article 579 If one party fails to pay the price, remuneration, rent or interest, or fails to perform other monetary obligations, the other party may demand payment. Article 580 Where one party fails to perform the non-monetary debt or the performance of the non-monetary debt is not in conformity with the agreement, the other party may request performance, except in any of the following circumstances:

(a) It is legally or practically impossible to perform;

(2) The subject matter of the debt is not suitable for compulsory performance or the cost of performance is too high;

(3) The creditor fails to request performance within a reasonable time limit.

In case of one of the exceptional circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph, the purpose of the contract cannot be achieved, the people's court or arbitration institution may, at the request of the parties, terminate the rights and obligations of the contract, but it does not affect the liability for breach of contract.