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Showing 111120 of 752 articles for Art. 1655 ter

French General Tax CodeIn force
Fb: Purchase of a company by its employees or by members of the seller's family

Article 732 ter

…is duties on a full-time basis, or of an apprenticeship contract in force on the day of the sale, entered into with the business whose business or customer base is being sold or with the company whose…

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B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 668 ter

For the application of registration duties, the settlor's rights resulting from the trust contract are deemed to relate to the assets forming the trust estate. When these rights are transferred, trans…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 791 ter

In the event of a direct-line gift of property previously transferred to a first direct-line donee and returned to the donor pursuant to articles 738-2, 951 and 952 of the Civil Code, the duties paid…

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D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 793 ter

The exemption provided for in 4°, 5° and 6° of 2 of article 793 is capped at €46,000 per share received by each of the donees, heirs or legatees. For the purposes of assessing this €46,000 limit, acco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 972 ter

For the application of article 965 and under the same conditions, shares in property investment companies mentioned in I of article 208 C when the taxpayer holds, directly and, where applicable, indir…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Sociétés d'aménagement foncier et d'établissement rural (land development and rural establishment companies)

Article 1028 ter

…tion for the benefit of the Treasury. This article only applies to transfers of property acquired after the date of publication of law no. 90-85 of 23 January 1990 supplementary to law no. 88-1202 of…

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6°: Vacant or escheated estates

Article 1112 ter

…d to obtain the decision declaring the estate vacant and to manage the estates mentioned in the Chapter V of Title I of Book III of the Civil Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17°: Occupation of public property

Article 1048 ter

…pursuant to I to III of Article L. 1311-5 and Article L. 1414-16 du code général des collectivités territoriales, as well as administrative emphyteutic leases concluded pursuant to article L. 2341-1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions common to Titles I, II and IV

Article 1378 ter

Transfers of any kind which, in the case of construction leases, real estate leases or joint real estate leases, have as their object the rights of the lessor or lessee are subject to the tax provisio…

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D: Tax base

Article 1388 ter

…respect of the five years following that of the completion of the work, which must take place no later than 31 December 2021.The nature of the work giving entitlement to the allowance and its complia…

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