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Showing 3140 of 46101 articles for Art. CA Paris 13-2-2023 n° 21/01048

French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater N

When the settlor of a trust defined in Article 2011 of the Civil Code does not carry on an activity falling within the articles 34 or 35, an agricultural activity within the meaning of article 63, a p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies A

…part of his economic activity, intends to dispatch or transport the products outside France may be carried out in suspension of the general tax on polluting activities.To this end, the purchaser draw…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis N

The remuneration paid to employees benefiting from an employment support contract or a contract for the future defined respectively in articles L. 5134-20 and L. 5134-35 of the Labour Code is exempt f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 novovicies

…iling the tax return for the year in which the property is completed or acquired if later, is irrevocable for the property in question.The tax reduction applies, under the same conditions, to the shar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…ing company and immediately regains use of the building under a leasing contract, the amount of the capital gain on the sale of the building may be spread equally over the financial years ending durin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Vb: Tax on the sale for valuable consideration of bare land that has been made buildable

Article 1605 nonies

…ration of bare land or rights relating to bare land made constructible as a result of their classification, after 13 January 2010, by a local town planning plan or by another town planning document in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contractual tax exemptions and approvals

Article 1649 nonies

…Minister responsible for the budget. Unless there is an express provision to the contrary, any application for approval to which the application of a particular tax regime is subject must be submitted…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1e: Taxpayers carrying on their professional activity within the framework of a partnership

Article 151 nonies

I. - Where a taxpayer carries on his professional activity within the framework of a company whose profits are, pursuant to the articles 8 and 8 ter, subject in his name to income tax in the category…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12. Development tax.

Article 1679 nonies

…of derogation from II of article 1635 quater F, the development tax used to pay the instalments is calculated on the basis of the characteristics of the building as assessed on the date of the charge…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 nonies

…x applies in the same proportion for the fraction of the value added taxed for the benefit of the local authorities concerned by the exemption from business property tax.II. - Where establishments may…

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