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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 bis

…ve the living conditions of the residents in return for the allowance provided for in the same I.II bis. - (Repealed).III. - (Repealed).IV. - (Repealed).V. - I and II apply to housing held, directly o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 bis AB

…respect of each year may not exceed the limit mentioned in the first paragraph of 3 of article 238 bis, less the total payments mentioned in the same article.To benefit from the deduction provided fo…

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

Article 123 bis

…the meaning of article 120, except for the part that exceeds the taxable income referred to in 3.4 bis. 1 shall not apply where the legal entity is established or incorporated in a Member State of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14°: Mutual funds

Article 137 bis

…at the date of distribution and pay to the Treasury the withholding tax provided for in article 119 bis and the levies provided for in articles 117 quater and 125 A which are due in respect of their r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Indirect taxes

Article 1613 bis

…s of operators established in another Member State of the European Union mentioned in Article 302 V bis or by the persons mentioned in 4° of 2 of I of article 302 D.IV. - This tax is collected and con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 bis D

In accordance with the provisions of articles L. 5122-2, L. 5123-2 and L. 5123-5, of article L. 5422-10, the first and second paragraphs of article L. 5428-1 and of article L. 3232-6 of the Labour Cod…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 154 bis

…cable, by sums paid by the company to retirement savings plans which are exempt pursuant to a and a bis of 18° of article 81 ;2° For provident insurance and for the additional cover provided for in 4°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 bis I

1. Remuneration paid to apprentices by companies employing ten or fewer employees is exempt from payroll tax. 2. (Repealed for salaries paid from 1 January 1996). 3. For companies other than those men…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Agricultural organisations

Article 1028 bis

All acquisitions made by land development and rural establishment companies do not give rise to any collection for the Treasury.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 293 A bis

Non-taxable legal entities that have paid value added tax on the importation of a good may obtain a refund of the tax if they dispatch or transport that good to another Member State of the European Co…

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