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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Common provisions

Article 1649 quater K quater

Registered management centres, registered associations and registered joint management bodies are subject to a specific inspection by the tax authorities, which does not constitute the start of any of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

…each member of the tax household are deductible from overall net income, subject to the conditions and limits mentioned in 2:a) to the popular retirement savings plans provided for in article L. 144-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 160 quater

When a company carries out the transactions provided for in articles 48 and 49 of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production, the cancellation of shares or cor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 1678 quater

…'article 125 A, the withholding tax relating to interest on savings bonds mentioned in article 1678 bis and the levies on income attached to capitalisation bonds or contracts and to investments of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV bis: Sociétés civiles de moyens

Article 239 quater A

Les sociétés civiles de moyens définies à Article 36 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 does not fall within the scope of corporate income tax, even when these companies have adopted the status of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 quater B

The acquisition of a company under the conditions provided for in Article 220 quater A may be subject to the agreement of the Minister of Finance prior to its implementation. In this case, the benefit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Withholding taxes and levies on certain income and profits earned by companies not established in France for tax purposes

Article 235 quater

I.-The beneficiary of income and profits subject to withholding or deductions at source mentioned in articles 119 bis, 182 A bis, 182 B, 244 bis, 244 bis A and 244 bis B may request that the tax paid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XI: Taxes levied for the benefit of associations of communes and mixed associations

Article 1609 quater

…e 1636 B octies.These provisions are applicable to mixed syndicates made up exclusively of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation, as well as to mixed syndicates in which th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 nonies: Businesses located in business tax-free zones in overseas departments

Article 44 quaterdecies

…II or III when these businesses meet the following conditions:1° They employ fewer than two hundred and fifty employees and have annual sales of less than €50 million;2° The main activity of the busin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23° bis : Tax credit for childcare costs for young children

Article 200 quater B

…they are responsible for. These expenses are deducted up to a ceiling of €3,500 per dependent child and half this amount when the child is deemed to be equally dependent on both parents. This tax cred…

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