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Showing 91100 of 57785 articles for Art. 1691 bis and Art. 1723 ter-00 B

French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Agriculture

Article 290 bis

People liable for value added tax who make purchases from farmers benefiting from the flat-rate refund (1) issue the latter with certificates each year showing the amount of their purchases paid for t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Withholding tax on income from shares and similar income, where the beneficiaries do not have their real domicile or registered office in France, and on interest and bond income

Article 1673 bis

The withholding tax payable under the provisions of Article 115 quinquies is declared and paid to the Treasury by the company no later than the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the end of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663 bis

When the taxpayer taxed under the conditions of 1 of article 202 becomes, within a period of three months from the date of cessation of activity, a partner in a liberal practice company mentioned in A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 123 bis

…least 10% of the shares, units, financial rights or voting rights in a legal entity-a legal person, body, trust or comparable institution-established or incorporated outside France and subject to a pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9°: Borrowings issued by the State

Article 132 bis

1 The withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis and the levy provided for in I of article 125 A interest, arrears and all other proceeds from bonds, public bills and other negotiable debt s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 792 bis

When a transfer is recorded with a liberal intention of assets or rights that are the subject of a trust contract or of the fruits derived from the exploitation of these assets or rights, the transfer…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 793 bis

The partial exemption provided for in 4° of 1 and 3° of 2 of article 793 is subject to the condition that the property remains the property of the donee, heir and legatee for five years from the date…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1458 bis

I. - Establishments that sell periodicals to the public as agents registered with the commission referred to in Article 26 of Law No. 47-585 of 2 April 1947 on the status of newspaper and periodical p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219 bis

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 219, the rate of corporation tax is set at 24% in respect of the income referred to in section 5 of article 206, received by non-profit-making public establis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of economic and financial offences

Article R50 bis

The specialised assistants provided for in Article 706 are appointed for a renewable term of three years. The duties of a specialist assistant are exclusive of any other remunerated professional activ…

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