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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519 H

…t at €1,782 per radio station owned by the taxpayer on 1st January of the tax year. For any transmitter providing coverage of areas of national territory by a mobile radio network and for which the ag…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 duodecies

1. Any compensation paid on termination of an employment contract constitutes taxable remuneration, subject to the following provisions.Do not constitute taxable remuneration:1° The compensation refer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25

I. - For the application of this chapter, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may request that the documents, information or data, regardless of the medium used, kept pursuant to Article L…

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

Article 1388 quinquies

I. - Unless otherwise decided by the municipality or the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system in accordance with the conditions set out in I of article 1639 A b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1639 A bis

…old waste removal tax mentioned in article 1520 or the development tax mentioned in article 1635 quater A must be taken before 1st October in order to be applicable the following year. They are subjec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 octies

…tellectual Property Code. By way of derogation, for businesses that meet the definition of a microenterprise given in Article 2(3) of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L773-42

…licable in New Caledonia: 1° Article L. 561-1 ; 2° Article L. 561-2 with the exception of its 1° quater, 6° bis, 9° bis only for gaming or betting operators authorised on the basis ofArticle 21 of Law…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L774-42

…jure in French Polynesia: 1° Article L. 561-1 ; 2° Article L. 561-2 with the exception of its 1° quater, 6° bis, 9° bis only for gaming or betting operators authorised on the basis ofArticle 21 of Law…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies B

…Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, as part of a business carrying out an agricultural activity or an industrial, commercia…

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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

…ncial year during which the contribution takes place. The taxable amount may be subject to the long-term capital gains regime provided for in Article 39 duodecies, up to the limit of the capital gain…

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