The tax credit defined in Article 244 quater X is deducted from the corporation tax due by the company in respect of the financial year during which the event provided for in IV of the same article occurred. If the amount of the tax credit exceeds the tax due in respect of the said financial year, the excess is refunded.
The amount of the tax credit before deduction from corporation tax constitutes a claim on the State when, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 313-23 of the Monetary and Financial Code, this claim has been the subject of an assignment or pledge prior to the liquidation of the corporation tax from which the corresponding tax credit is charged, provided that the administration has been informed in advance.
The claim is inalienable and non-transferable, except in the cases and under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35 of the same code; it may not then be the subject of several partial assignments or pledges to one or more assignees or creditors.
In the event that the claim has been the subject of an assignment or pledge under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph and the tax credit is the subject of a recovery under the conditions provided for in VII of article 244 quater X, the recovery is made from:
1° The bodies or companies mentioned in 1 and 5 of I of Article 244 quater X, up to the price of the assignment or pledge of the claim;
2° The assignee or beneficiary of the pledge of the claim, up to the difference between the amount of the tax credit and the price of the acquisition or pledge of the claim.