If the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation finds that there is a shortfall, inaccuracy or omission in the declared information used as a basis for calculating the tax, he sends the taxpayer, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, formal notice to bring his declaration into line within a period of thirty days. To this end, it shall send the taxpayer a proposal for rectification setting out the reasons so as to enable him to make his observations.
This rectification proposal indicates the nature, location and surface area used of each advertising medium giving rise to rectification as well as the elements for calculating the tax to be paid, specifying the rate applicable to the medium, any applicable reductions or exemptions, and the conditions for applying the pro rata temporis rule.
It mentions, under penalty of nullity, the rights resulting from the rectifications, the channels and deadlines for appeal open to the taxpayer as well as the option for the taxpayer to be assisted by counsel of his or her choice to discuss the proposal or to respond to it.
The taxpayer has thirty days from the date of notification of the proposed adjustment in which to submit his observations or indicate his acceptance. Failure by the taxpayer to respond within the time limit shall constitute tacit acceptance of the proposed rectification.
Where the disagreement persists on the proposed rectification, the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation makes known its final position by means of a duly reasoned response, notified within fifteen days of receiving the taxpayer’s observations. It mentions, under penalty of nullity, the rights resulting from the rectifications as well as the channels and deadlines for legal recourse.
At the end of the procedure that has enabled the taxpayer to present his observations within the time limits mentioned above, the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation settles the amount due in the light of the new tax base elements decided at the end of the adversarial procedure and issues the enforceable revenue order mentioning the tax bases retained against the taxpayer.