The tax is imposed in the name of the owners or usufructuaries and payable against them and their principal tenants (1).
Civil or military civil servants and employees housed in buildings belonging to the State, the départements, the commune or a public, scientific, educational or assistance establishment, and exempt from property tax on built properties, are taxable by name.
The same applies to the occupants of temporary buildings erected pursuant to Ordinance no. 45-609 of 10 April 1945 relating to preliminary reconstruction work.
The provisions of articles 1502 and 1508 and of Article L. 175 of the Book of Tax Procedures shall apply to them.
(1) See Annex II article 316 A.