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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 156

Income tax is based on the total amount of annual net income available to each tax household. This net income is determined having regard to the property and capital owned by the members of the tax ho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-2

I. - From 2012, the aggregate tax potential of an inter-municipal grouping is determined by adding together the following amounts:1° The product determined by applying the average national tax rate fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies-0 A

A company qualifies as a young innovative company carrying out research and development projects when, at the close of the financial year, it simultaneously meets the following conditions:1° it is a s…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7a: Joint investigation teams

Article 67 ter A

I. - 1. With the prior agreement of the Minister for Justice and the consent of the other Member State(s) concerned, the public prosecutor may authorise, for the purposes of a customs procedure, the c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-2

…the State with managing and issuing, under its supervision, on its behalf and in its name, the public guarantees for foreign trade provided for in Article L. 432-1.These guarantees may be granted:1° :…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289 B

I.-Any taxable person identified for value added tax purposes must file, within a period and in accordance with procedures laid down by decree, a summary statement of customers, with their value added…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D561-51

The purpose of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Policy Board is : 1° To ensure better coordination between government departments and supervisory authoritie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 sexdecies

1. Where they are not taken into account for the assessment of income in the various categories, the sums paid by a taxpayer domiciled in France within the meaning of article 4 B for:a) The employment…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 quater A

I. - A company formed exclusively for the purpose of purchasing all or part of the capital of a company, under the conditions mentioned in II, may benefit from a tax credit.For each financial year, th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Special arrangements applicable to taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons or carrying out distance sales of goods or certain domestic supplies of goods

Article 298 sexdecies F

1. Any taxable person not established in the European Union who supplies services to a non-taxable person who is established in a Member State of the European Union, has his domicile or habitual resid…

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