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Showing 421430 of 52951 articles for Art. 80 bis IV al. 2

French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Withholding taxes and levies on income from securities

Article 1672 bis

…panies and legal persons are prohibited from bearing the amount of withholding tax relating to: 1° Dividends and other income distributed to members, shareholders and unit holders or to members of the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 bis

…ms administration's services. It is made up of : 1° Retired members of the customs administration ; 2° Volunteers under the conditions defined in articles 52 ter to 52 quinquies. The volunteers mentio…

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French Customs CodeIn force
F. - Payment of sums fraudulently or improperly obtained.

Article 377 bis

…tion to tax penalties, the courts shall order the payment of sums defrauded or improperly obtained. 2. Even when it does not pronounce a sentence, the criminal court is competent to rule on the provis…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter X: Compensatory interest in the inward processing arrangements.

Article 181 bis

…ents under the suspension system shall be assessed and recovered in the same way as customs duties. 2. The proceeds of this interest shall be allocated to the State budget.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 4 bis

Sont également passibles de l'impôt sur le revenu:1° (Abrogated);2° Les personnes de nationalité française ou étrangère, ayant ou non leur domicile fiscal en France, qui recueillent des bénéfices ou r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1798 bis

…o keep the accounts mentioned in 6° of Article L. 311-39 of the code of taxes on goods and services;2° Failure to submit the documents mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 34 of the tax proc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 bis

…ement indicating the allocation of each of the passenger vehicles within the meaning of Article L. 421-2 of the French code of taxes on goods and services that have been included in their assets or fo…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 bis

The right of recovery provided for in Article 103(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the Customs Code of the Union, applicab…

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

Article 300 bis

…y electronic means with a view to carrying out economic transactions that meet the following cumulative conditions: 1° These transactions include at least one of the following types of transport: a) T…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Exemptions

Article 35 bis

…ho rent or sublet one or more rooms in their principal residence on a furnished basis until 15 July 2024 are exempt from income tax on the proceeds of this rental provided that the rooms rented consti…

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