Environment

#FCPD1502973AOrder on the Reimbursement of the General Tax on Polluting Activities

🇫🇷France··Other·Low Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This order provides a process for businesses and individuals in France to request reimbursement for the general tax on polluting activities if it was paid in error. Applicants must submit documentation verifying the erroneous payment and provide proof of banking details. This affects both businesses that paid the tax directly and those indirectly charged. The procedure varies depending on the year the tax was paid.

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Key Changes

  • Allows reimbursement requests for wrongly paid environmental taxes.
  • Outlines documentation requirements for claimants.
  • Specifies different procedures based on tax payment year.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Submit reimbursement request on free-form paper (non-standardized format) containing basis elements, applicable rates, and claimed amount

Businesses and individuals claiming reimbursement of general tax on polluting activities
reporting
high

Provide bank account details (relevé d'identité bancaire) with reimbursement request

All applicants requesting reimbursement
disclosure
high

Include proof documents of tax payment with reimbursement request

All applicants requesting reimbursement
reporting
high

Direct reimbursement requests for taxes paid before 2015 on lubricants, oils and lubricating preparations, and extraction materials to the customs office where the applicant's registered office was located, or Bordeaux-Mérignac office for foreign taxpayers

Applicants claiming reimbursement for taxes paid before 2015 on lubricants, oils, lubricating preparations, and extraction materials
operational
medium

Direct reimbursement requests for taxes paid before 2015 on detergents and similar preparations from overseas departments to the customs office where the applicant's registered office was located during that period

Operators in overseas departments claiming reimbursement for detergent taxes paid before 2015
operational

Affected Parties

French businessesIndividuals who have paid the tax

Tags

tax,reimbursement,environment