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Showing 1120 of 2190 articles for Art. 119 bis

French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Financial products benefiting international organisations, foreign sovereign States, their central banks or financial institutions

Article 131 sexies

…l banks of these States, are exempt from the withholding taxes provided for in 1 and 2 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au III de article 125 A.These investments must not constitute a dire…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16° : Real estate investment companies and real estate management companies

Article 139 ter

Sont exemchis de la retenue à la source prévue au 2 de Article 119 bis, insofar as they derive from profits exempt from corporation tax pursuant to 3° ter of article 208, dividends and other income di…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies C bis

…tive State or territory within the meaning of article 238-0 A other than those mentioned in 2° of 2 bis of the same article 238-0 A, from the withholding tax mentioned in 2 of article 119 bis when the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° bis: Real estate investment funds

Article 137 ter

…te of distribution and pay to the Treasury the withholding tax or levy provided for in Article 2 of 119 bis and in III of

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of article 355-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies

Article 131

The following are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A : 1° to 4° (Obsolete provisions); 4° bis For their entire duratio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3c: Levy on dividends

Article 1671 C

…the income is paid and subject to the same penalties as the withholding tax provided for in article 119 bis. These penalties are also applicable to the levy due pursuant to III of article 117 quater,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15°: Low-cost housing

Article 138

The withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A: 1° and 2° (Obsolete provisions); 3° The proceeds of bond loans contracted before 1 January 196…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1783 A

Independent of the applicable tax penalties, breaches of the provisions of 2 of Article 119 bis, of 1 and 2 of Article 187 and of 2 of article 1672 and those of the decree which sets the terms and con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-28

…General Tax Code;2. The payment of interest subject to the withholding tax provided for in article 119 bis (1) or article 1678 bis of the French General Tax Code or giving entitlement to a tax credit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17°: Companies for the development of industry, commerce and agriculture and their adaptation to the European Community

Article 143 quater

…nance n° 59-248 du 4 février 1959, are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 2 of Article 119 bis insofar as the profits distributed come from the activities of the company referred to in th…

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