Tax increaseIn effectPublic service fees and dutiesNational

Television advertising tax: new brackets at the top of the scale

The 2005 Finance Act rewrites the scale of the tax on radio and television advertising (article 302 bis KD of the General Tax Code), which funds the local radio support fund (FSER). The quarterly scale is rewritten from the first quarter of 2005: six brackets are added at the top of the television scale: the highest bracket, above €242,086,000 of quarterly revenue, is taxed €1,960,000 per quarter (against €1,420,000 for the top bracket of the former scale, up to €148,351,000). The radio scale is unchanged.

Measure originators

Amendment authorLR
Christian Kert
Les Républicains
InitiatorLR
Dominique Richard
Les Républicains
Amendment authorDEM
Pierre-Christophe Baguet
Les Démocrates
Amount
€1,960,000
Impact on public finances

No official estimate found for this measure.

Effective date
1 January 2005

Measure impact

Advertising sales houses of the main free-to-air TV channels, whose revenue was at the ceiling of the top bracket: the tax rises for quarterly revenue above €148,351,000. Radio sales houses are not affected by the increase.

Official references

Law number: Loi n° 2004-1484 du 30 décembre 2004 de finances pour 2005, art. 121
Official Journal: JORF n° 304 du 31 décembre 2004, texte n° 1 (NOR ECOX0400222L)

Procedure timeline

Follow the progress of this fiscal measure through the different stages of the parliamentary procedure.

100%
7 / 7 steps
Completed
1 January 2005

Administrative implementation

Application

Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration

Nouveau barème trimestriel applicable à compter du premier trimestre 2005.
Completed
30 December 2004

President of the Republic signature

Promulgation

Publication au Journal officiel

Promulgation de la loi n° 2004-1484 du 30 décembre 2004 de finances pour 2005 (JO n° 304 du 31 décembre 2004).
Completed
29 December 2004

Possible referral to Constitutional Council

Constitutional review

Décision de conformité / censure partielle

Décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2004-511 DC du 29 décembre 2004.
Completed
22 December 2004

Debate and vote

Parliamentary process
Vote result
Adopted
Adoption du texte de la commission mixte paritaire par le Sénat.
Completed
20 December 2004

National Assembly has the final say

Parliamentary process

Si échec CMP

Vote result
Adopted
Adoption du texte de la commission mixte paritaire par l'Assemblée nationale.
Completed
14 December 2004

Debate and vote

Parliamentary process
Vote result
Adopted
Adoption en première lecture par le Sénat.
Completed
23 November 2004

Debate and vote

Parliamentary process

Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)

Vote result
Adopted
Adoption du projet de loi de finances pour 2005 en première lecture par l'Assemblée nationale.