I.-Les redevables de la taxe prévue à l’article 299 other than those subject to the simplified actual taxation scheme provided for in article 302 septies A or allowed to file their returns by calendar quarter in accordance with the last paragraph of 2 of Article 287 pay this tax by means of two instalments paid during the year in which it becomes due and at least equal to half the amount due in respect of the previous year.
The first instalment is paid when the tax due for the previous year is declared.
The second instalment is paid :
1° For taxpayers liable for value added tax subject to the normal actual taxation system mentioned in 2 of article 287, when filing the appendix to the declaration mentioned in 1 of the same article 287 filed in respect of the month of September;
2° In other cases, no later than 25 October, when filing the appendix to the declaration provided for in the same 1 filed with the collection department responsible for the taxpayer’s registered office or main establishment.
II.-Taxpayers who consider that payment of an advance would result in the amount of tax definitively due being exceeded may postpone payment of the advance or reduce the amount.
When a taxpayer makes use of the option provided for in the first paragraph of this II and the amount of tax finally due is more than 20% higher than the amount of the advance payments made, the late payment interest provided for in Article 1727 and the increase provided for in article 1731 are applicable.
The late payment interest and the increase mentioned in the second paragraph of this II are applied to the positive difference between, on the one hand, the sum of the amount of each of the two advance payments that would have been paid in the absence of downward adjustment and, on the other hand, the sum of the amount of each of the two advance payments actually paid.
III.-The amount of tax due is adjusted when it is declared. Where applicable, the amounts to be refunded to taxpayers are deducted from the deposit paid at the time of this declaration and then, if necessary, from that paid subsequently in the same year or, in the event of the absence or insufficiency of deposits, reimbursed.