Environment

#2020-442Decree on General Tax Components for Polluting Activities

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

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🇬🇧 English

This decree outlines the components of the general tax on polluting activities in France, focusing on specific categories like waste, emissions, oils, detergents, and extracted materials. It clarifies the usage conditions for extracted materials to determine tax obligations and sets guidelines for declarations and payments of advance installments. Companies affected need to assess their compliance with the usage conditions, ensure accurate tax declarations, and manage their tax liabilities accordingly.

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Key Changes

  • Definition of tax components related to polluting activities
  • Clarification on usage conditions for extracted materials tied to tax obligations
  • Guidelines for tax declaration and advance payment requirements

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Companies must classify extracted materials according to Combined Nomenclature positions 2505 (natural sands), 2517 10 (pebbles, gravel, crushed stones), and 2517 41-49 (granules, chips, powder of stones) to determine tax applicability

Companies extracting or supplying materials subject to the general tax on polluting activities
operational
high

Recipients of material deliveries must provide written attestation to the seller if materials will be used for purposes other than those listed in Article 3, or if usage is uncertain, or if multiple usages are envisioned. Attestation must be in duplicate and provided by invoice date

Recipients/purchasers of extracted materials or waste subject to tax
disclosure
high

Sellers must retain one copy of the recipient's written attestation and inform the recipient in writing that they remain liable for the tax if they use or supply the materials for the specified exempt usages

Sellers of extracted materials
operational
high

Taxpayers must pay one annual advance installment (acompte) calculated based on the previous year's tax liability plus the applicable rate increase, except for the oils component

Companies subject to the general tax on polluting activities
operational
high

Taxpayers under normal VAT regime must submit advance payment with the September VAT return; simplified regime taxpayers must pay by October 24; other taxpayers must pay by October 25

All companies subject to the general tax on polluting activities
operational

Affected Parties

Businesses involved in polluting activitiesCompanies using extracted materials

Tags

environment,tax,pollution