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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Remuneration paid to members of the board of directors or supervisory board of public limited companies

Article 117 bis

Remuneration allocated to members of the board of directors or supervisory board of public limited companies, in any capacity whatsoever, excluding salaries and industrial property royalties, give ris…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 172 bis

A decree specifies the nature and content of the documents that must be produced or presented to the administration by real estate companies not subject to corporate income tax that rent out their pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283 bis

I.-The provisions of this article shall apply, regardless of their place of establishment, to undertakings which, in their capacity as online platform operators, bring persons into contact with each o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 111 bis

When a legal entity subject to corporation tax ceases to be subject to it, its profits and reserves, whether capitalised or not, are deemed to be distributed to the partners in proportion to their rig…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Rules common to movable and immovable property

Article 763 bis

The right of return provided for in

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 61 bis

Pending the prohibition or authorisation decision referred to in Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brok…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Assessment of tax

Article 221 bis

In the absence of the creation of a new legal entity, when a company or other body ceases in whole or in part to be subject to corporation tax at the standard rate, profits subject to deferred taxatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8 bis

The members or shareholders of the companies referred to in Article 1655 ter are personally subject to income tax for the portion of corporate income corresponding to their rights in the company.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Overseas departments

Article 296 bis

In the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion, value added tax is levied at the rate of; a. 1.05% for the transactions referred to in Article 281 quater; b. 1.75% for the transactions refer…

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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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