I. – Where the tenancy is granted by a legal person or body required to file the declaration provided for in 1 of Article 223, excluding those taxed at the corporation tax rates provided for in Article 219 bis, the contribution provided for in Article 234 nonies is based on the net revenue defined in Article 29 which was received during the financial year or the tax period defined in the second paragraph of Article 37.
II. – The contribution is declared, audited and collected according to the same rules and under the same guarantees and penalties as for corporation tax.
III. – The contribution shall be paid spontaneously to the competent public accountant, no later than the date provided for in 2 of Article 1668.
It gives rise in advance, on the date scheduled for the payment of the last corporation tax instalment for the financial year or tax period, to an instalment equal to 2.5% of the net revenue defined in Article 29 which were received during the previous financial year.
Where the sum due in respect of a financial year or tax period pursuant to the second paragraph is greater than the contribution which the company anticipates it will ultimately be liable to pay in respect of that same financial year or period, the company may reduce this payment by the estimated excess.
IV. – Tax credits of any kind as well as the claim mentioned in article 220 quinquies are not chargeable against this contribution.