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Showing 3140 of 43719 articles for Art. 2 oct. 1979

French General Tax CodeIn force
1-0 quinquies : Maintenance of tax deferrals for certain professional capital gains

Article 151-0 octies

The tax deferrals referred to in articles 151 octies to 151 nonies are maintained in the event of the deferral or suspension of taxation of capital gains arising on the occasion of events deemed to pu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies C

…nership regime defined in articles 8 to 8 terin an association of lawyers as referred to in article 238 bis LA subject to the same regime does not entail: 1° The consequences of the cessation of busin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies B

…beral or agricultural activity on a professional basis within the meaning of IV of the article 155; 2° The contribution relates to all of the rights or shares required to carry on the business, held b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies A

…to investments that have not been the subject of an application for approval filed before 1 January 2004.II bis. - The provisions of II also apply under the same conditions to investments made abroad…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies E

…bject to a real taxation regime and the companies referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 223-1 of the Commercial Code subject to income tax may set aside a provision for investment in respe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies D

…its are subject to corporation tax or by companies that are members of a group mentioned in article 223 A or article 223 A bis of which it is also a member.The provisions of this I are no longer appli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies F

…ct to an actual taxation regime and the companies referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 223-1 of the French Commercial Code subject to income tax may set aside a provision for compliance e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies A

…l contribution of assets or of the securities of the company having carried out such a contribution;2° Up to the amount of the capital gain relating to the fixed asset sold, in the event of partial lo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2b: Companies located in urban tax-free zones - entrepreneurial areas

Article 44 octies A

I. - Taxpayers who, between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, create activities in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in the B du 3 de l'article 42 de la loi n° 95-115 of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B octies

…quipment taxes levied for the benefit of the public land establishments referred to in articles L. 321-1 et L. 324-1 of the town planning code, the Etablissement public foncier et d'aménagement de la…

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