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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis A

1. Is deemed to constitute distributed income subject to the withholding tax provided for in Article 2 of 119 bis any payment, up to the amount corresponding to the distribution of proceeds from units…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis Q

I. - The remuneration mentioned in 1 of I of article 155 B paid to persons whose employment in France began on or after 6 July 2016 are exempt from payroll tax for the amount resulting from the applic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis MA

…on certain advertising expenses is introduced with effect from 1 January 1998.II. - This tax is payable by any person liable to value added tax whose turnover for the previous calendar year exceeds €7…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B decies

I. - The communes that are members of a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation subject to article 1609 nonies C vote on the rate of council tax on second homes and other furnished premise…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
35° : Tax credit for the first subscription to a newspaper, periodical or online press service providing political and general information

Article 200 sexdecies

…n into account for the assessment of income in the various categories, the sums paid, until 31 December 2022, by a taxpayer domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B, in respect of the fir…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis L

Salaries paid by the organisations and works mentioned in a and b of 1° of 7 of Article 261 as well as by permanent social bodies of local authorities and companies, to persons recruited on the occasi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Electronic transmission of documents subject to legality control.

Article R2131-2-B

…cle R. 2131-2-A defines the overall architecture of the chain for the remote transmission of acts subject to legality control as well as the characteristics required for the approval of a remote trans…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Capping based on value added

Article 1647 B sexies

…At the request of the taxpayer made within the legal period for lodging a claim provided for the business property tax, the territorial economic contribution of each business is capped according to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I ter: Determining the cost price of land or property developments

Article 302 septies B

…For tax purposes, the following constitute an element of the cost price of the land on which the building is erected:a. the fee paid, in respect of a given building, under the articles L 520-1 to L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Obligations of legal persons

Article 223 quinquies B

I. - Legal entities established in France: 1° Whose annual turnover excluding tax or gross assets shown on the balance sheet is greater than or equal to 50 million euros; 2° Or holding at the close of…

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