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Showing 42214230 of 18871 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-7-2018 n° 18/00485

French General Tax CodeIn force
2 : Land registration tax

Article 742

Limited-term leases of real estate made for a term of more than twelve years, with the exception of those mentioned in

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Scope of free transfer duties

Article 751

…rial deed and for which the value of the bare ownership has been determined in accordance with the scale provided for in l'article 669. Proof to the contrary may, in particular, result from a gift of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Scope of free transfer duties

Article 754

…d to depend for a virile share on the estate. This provision applies to sealed envelopes and closed cassettes given on deposit to bankers, money changers, discounters and any person who usually receiv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Deductible liabilities

Article 769

…cted by the deceased or his spouse with a view to exempting all or part of his estate from the application of such duties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 725

…ase or the benefit of a promise to lease relating to all or part of an immovable property, are applicable to all acts or agreements, whatever their nature, terms, form or classification, which have th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Transfers subject to reduced or exempt taxation

Article 714

Deeds transferring ownership or usufruct of immovable property located in foreign countries or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French S…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Transfers of businesses, customer lists and similar agreements

Article 719

…teles are subject to registration duty, the rates of which are set at:FRACTION OF TAXABLE VALUEApplicable rate(as a percentage)Not exceeding €23,000 0Superior to €23,000 and not exceeding €107,000 2Mo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Sharing

Article 749

…unds among the holders. When the holder of units in a real estate investment trust is in one of the cases mentioned in a and b of Article 730 quinquies, registration duty at the rate set out in 2° of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Scope of free transfer duties

Article 753

…for both the administration and the persons liable for payment of the duties, and resulting, in the case of the latter, either from the statements in the deposit contract or from the securities provid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Valuation rules

Article 766

…The provisions of this article shall apply to successions opened and not declared before the publication of law no. 63-254 of 15 March 1963.

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