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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax debtor

Article 1401

Taxpayers may only be released from the taxation to which wasteland and waste land, moorland and heathland and land habitually flooded or devastated by water must be subject if these properties are re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1453

Drivers and coachmen who own one or two carriages that they drive and manage themselves are exempt from business property tax, provided that the two carriages are not used simultaneously, that they ha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1450

…out via third parties when the business carries out, during the reference period defined in article 1467 A, a turnover of more than €4,573,000 excluding tax.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1452

…ssment of the number of employees, the reference period to be used is the year mentioned in Article 1467 A.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Tax base

Article 1409

…s, parks and playgrounds.This rental value is determined according to the rules defined in articles 1494 to 1508, 1516 to 1518 A ter and 1518 A quinquies.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions common to property tax and council tax

Article 1416

Where no special rolls are drawn up (1), the taxpayers omitted or insufficiently taxed on the initial roll are entered on a supplementary roll which may be levied no later than 31 December of the year…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1455

The following are exempt from business property tax: 1° Fishermen using one or two boats for their professional activity, even if they own them; 1° bis Small-scale fishing companies referred to in Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Cadastral changes and changes affecting the tax debtor

Article 1404

…tax, the tax relief for this assessment is granted provided that the obligations set out in article 1402 have been complied with. The tax payable by the legal taxpayer for the same year is assessed in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Declaration of new constructions and changes to their nature, purpose or use

Article 1406

…own by decree. The same applies to changes of use of the built properties mentioned in I of article 1498, to changes of category of the built properties mentioned in I of Article 146 of Law no. 2019-1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1414

I. - (Repealed).I bis. - (Repealed).II. - The following are automatically exempted from council tax on secondary residences and other furnished premises not used as a main residence:1° Managers of you…

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