The tax is payable, on the basis of a receipt drawn up on the basis of a declaration by the operator of the advertising medium, to the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system or the metropolis of Lyon cited in article L. 2333-6. The declaration must be made within two months of the installation, replacement or removal of any advertising medium. A declaration must be made within two months of the installation or removal of an advertising medium after 1st January.
If the operator fails to submit a declaration, the municipality, inter-municipal public body with its own tax system or the Lyon metropolitan authority may proceed with an automatic tax assessment. This procedure is laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
When these declarations have the effect of reducing the amount of tax actually due, the municipality, the public entity for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system or the metropolis of Lyon may establish an additional tax following a contradictory assessment procedure. This procedure is laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
The tax is collected from 1 September of the year of taxation on the basis of declarations made by 30 June of the same year at the latest.