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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxes levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region

Article 1599 quater C

I.-An annual tax on parking areas is levied within the territorial limits of the Ile-de-France region.II. - The tax is payable by the owner, usufructuary, lessee under a construction lease, emphyteuti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Tax credit for contributions paid to trade unions and national professional military associations

Article 199 quater C

Contributions paid to representative employee and civil servant trade union organisations within the meaning of Article L. 2121-1of the Labour Code, as well as to representative national professional…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxes levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region

Article 1599 quater D

A special annual additional tax is introduced for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region.The proceeds of this tax are decided, before 31 December each year, for the following year, up to a ceiling of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Tax reduction granted to members of approved management centres or associations

Article 199 quater B

Holders of income liable to income tax in the category of industrial and commercial profits, agricultural profits or non-commercial profits whose turnover or revenue is below the limits of the schemes…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater O

Where the settlor's rights representing the property or rights transferred into the trust assets are not recorded in the balance sheet of a company, the trust income is taxed in the name of each settl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater N

The rate of the municipal or inter-municipal share of the development tax may be increased by up to 20% in certain sectors by a reasoned decision taken under the conditions provided for in II of artic…

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XLVII: Tax credit for credit institutions and finance companies that grant zero-rate loans for first-time home ownership

Article 244 quater V

I. - The credit institutions and finance companies referred to in article L. 511-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code passible for corporation tax, income tax or an equivalent tax, having their regist…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Chargeability of the tax

Article 1635 quater G

The development tax is payable, depending on the case: 1° On the date of completion of the taxable operations. This date means the date of definitive completion of the operations within the meaning of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Common provisions

Article 1724 quater C

In accordance with article L. 8222-4 of the French Labour Code, when the co-contractor is established or domiciled abroad, the obligations whose compliance is subject to verification are those resulti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6° : Tax reduction for school fees for children in secondary or higher education

Article 199 quater F

Taxpayers whose tax residence is in France benefit from a reduction in their income tax when their dependent children are in secondary or higher education during the school year in progress on 31 Dece…

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