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Showing 3140 of 7911 articles for Art. 10 Oct 1996

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies D

…t equal to one-third, enable it to maintain or increase its holding by a fraction equal to at least 10% of the capital.The allocation to the provision is equal to the amount of the losses incurred by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies A

…ho are members of a professional non-trading company may benefit from the provisions of Article 151 octies for net capital gains on contributions, on which they are personally taxable pursuant to l'ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2b: Companies located in urban tax-free zones - entrepreneurial areas

Article 44 octies A

…ons:a) It must employ fewer than fifty employees and either have achieved a turnover not exceeding €10 million during the financial year, or have a balance sheet total not exceeding €10 million ;b) It…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 octies C

…f works of public interest ;c) If a balancing payment is made by either party, this does not exceed 10% of the market value of the property or rights handed over in the exchange or the amount of the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies A

…n office or an information office, either directly or through a company in which they hold at least 10% of the capital, may set up a tax-free provision in an amount equal to the losses incurred during…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies E

…ax may set aside a provision for investment in respect of financial years closed before 1 January 2010. The provision referred to in the first paragraph may only be set aside by the companies referred…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies F

…nce with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 octies B

In the event of the transfer or redemption of the rights of a shareholder taxable in the category of industrial and commercial profits, non-commercial profits or agricultural profits, or subject to co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 octies A

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B octies

…ch public land establishment and, on the other hand, the product of the business property tax for 2010 relating to these same establishments.From the taxes levied for 2012, the revenue from the proper…

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