I. – The tax is declared and settled by the taxpayer on the dates determined by an order of the Minister responsible for the budget. The frequency of declarations and payments is at most monthly and at least annual.
In the event that the taxpayer ceases activity, the amount due in respect of the year in which the activity ceases is established immediately. The tax is declared, paid and, where applicable, adjusted in accordance with the procedures laid down for the value added tax for which he is liable or, failing this, within sixty days of the cessation of activity.
II. – The tax is collected and audited in accordance with the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and privileges as turnover taxes. Claims are presented, investigated and judged according to the rules applicable to these same taxes.
III. – Where the taxpayer is not established in a Member State of the European Union or in one of the States mentioned in 1° of I of Article 289 A, he shall have accredited with the competent tax department, under the conditions set out in IV of the same Article 289 A, a representative subject to value added tax established in France, who undertakes to complete the formalities in the name and on behalf of the taxpayer and, where applicable, to pay the tax in his place.