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Showing 161170 of 948 articles for Art. 1594 F quinquies

French Customs CodeIn force
F. - Payment of sums fraudulently or improperly obtained.

Article 377 bis

1. In addition to tax penalties, the courts shall order the payment of sums defrauded or improperly obtained. 2. Even when it does not pronounce a sentence, the criminal court is competent to rule on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F bis: Transfer of a small-scale fishing vessel

Article 732 A

Deeds recording the transfer by mutual agreement of a small-scale fishing vessel and the equipment used to operate it are registered free of charge.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Transfers of a farm or certain assets dependent on a farm

Article 732

Deeds recording the transfer for consideration of an agricultural business, consisting of all or some of the items listed in the

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Tax for the management of aquatic environments and flood prevention

Article 1530 bis

I. - Communes that exercise, pursuant to I bis of article L. 211-7 of the Environment Code, the competence of aquatic environment management and flood prevention may, by a deliberation taken under the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1-0 quinquies : Maintenance of tax deferrals for certain professional capital gains

Article 151-0 octies

The tax deferrals referred to in articles 151 octies to 151 nonies are maintained in the event of the deferral or suspension of taxation of capital gains arising on the occasion of events deemed to pu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quinquies : Tax reduction granted for the capital financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 199 unvicies

1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from a tax reduction in respect of cash subscriptions, made between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, to the initial capit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV quinquies: Tax regime for health and social cooperation groups and their members

Article 239 quater D

The healthcare cooperation groupings mentioned in articles L. 6133-1 and L. 6133-4 of the Public Health Code and the social and medico-social cooperation groupings mentioned in

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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 C

Provided that the members of the association resulting from the conversion are identical to the members of the converted company or body, that no changes are made to the accounting entries and that th…

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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

…ubject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies and realised by an individual on the occasion of the contribution to a company subject to a real taxation system of a sole proprietorship or a comp…

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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

I. Individuals who 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…

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