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Showing 111120 of 4006 articles for Art. 1649 bis C

French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Land registration and publicity

Article 1840 C

Notaries, bailiffs and other agents with power to draw up deeds and reports, court clerks and administrative authorities who have neglected to submit to registration or to the merged formality, within…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1825 C

Failing completion of the formalities mentioned in 5° of article L. 311-39 of the code of taxes on goods and services and applicable to itinerant distillers, and unless the provisions of article 1808,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1804 C

Failure to comply with the obligation set out in Article 1698 D entails the application of an increase of 0.2% to the amount of the sums paid using another means of payment. This surcharge is recovere…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe C

Invoices and statements must contain the following informationNo formalities other than those provided for in the General Tax Code are required for invoices or statements sent as supporting documents.…

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

Article 238 bis-0 I bis

I. - Proceeds from the investment of the portion of sums received from the issue of securities covered by the provisions of Article L. 228-97 of the French Commercial Code transferred outside France t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 quinquies C

I. - The public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation mentioned in 1 of III of Article 1379-0 bis are substituted for the member municipalities for the provisions relating to the business pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quater B quater

I.-Corporation tax returns and their appendices relating to a financial year are filed electronically.This obligation also applies to companies belonging to one of the following categories:1° Natural…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I: Contributions and levies collected for the benefit of various bodies contributing to the financing of social protection and the repayment of the social debt

Article 1600-00 C

In accordance with II bis of article L. 136-5 of the Social Security Code, the generalised social contribution on earned income and replacement income due on foreign source income, provided that, in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies C

The provisions of I quater and II bis of l'article 39 octies A et de Article 39 octies D do not apply to investments made for the purposes of banking, finance, insurance or the activities defined in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 nonies C

I. - The public establishments for inter-communal cooperation mentioned in I of article 1379-0 bis are substituted for the member communes for the application of the provisions relating to the busines…

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