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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Rights increases

Article 1758

In the event of application of the provisions set out in the third paragraph of Article 1649 A, in the second paragraph of Article 1649 AA and in the second paragraph of article 1649 quater A, the amo…

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1: Tax penalties

Article 1794

For the offences listed below, the penalty of between one and three times the amount of duty is replaced by a penalty of between one and three times the value of the apparatus, objects, products or go…

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1: Tax penalties

Article 1801

In the event of a conviction for infringement of the laws and regulations governing indirect taxation, if the person under investigation has never been the subject of an official report followed by a…

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Article 1799

Shall be punished by the penalties applicable to the principal offender: 1° Any person convicted of having facilitated the fraud or knowingly procured the means to commit it; 2° Any person convicted o…

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Article 1800

In matters of indirect taxes, the court may, having regard to the extent and seriousness of the offence committed and the personality of the offender, moderate the amount of fines and penalties to bel…

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Article 1785

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles 1727 and 1731, no late payment interest or surcharge is applicable to farmers newly liable for value added tax in the event that one or more of the instalmen…

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Article 1784

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles 1727 and 1731, no late payment interest or surcharge is applicable where the advance payment determined in accordance with the rules laid down in article 169…

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1: Tax penalties

Article 1827

Any person who has contravened the provisions of

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1: Tax penalties

Article 1791

I. - Subject to the special provisions set out in the following articles, any infringement of the provisions of Title III of Part One of Book I, and of the laws governing indirect taxes, as well as th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798

The offences referred to in article 1812 are punishable, at the request of the administration, by the tax penalties provided for in I of article 1791. Whoever makes it impossible for the officers auth…

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