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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 237 quater

Donations received by a company that has suffered loss as a result of a natural disaster recorded by an order issued pursuant to article L. 125-1 of the Insurance Code or an event with harmful consequ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 A

…rs and other income from bonds, debts, deposits and guarantees, royalties from the assignment or concession of operating licences, patents, trademarks, manufacturing processes or formulas and other si…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation of forestry groups and their members

Article 238 ter

Forestry groupings formed under the conditions set out in articles L. 331-1 to L. 331-15 of the Forestry Code are not subject to corporation tax; but each of their members is personally liable, for th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 237 septies

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 237 ter

Sums paid by the company, in application of savings plans set up in accordance with the provisions of Title III of Book III of Part Three of the Labour Code are deducted from its profits for the purpo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 terdecies

The articles 238 nonies to 238 duodecies apply when the transfer takes place at least two years after the acquisition. However, the tax deferral may not exceed five years. Articles 238 nonies to 238 d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII ter: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of inland waterway vessels used to transport goods

Article 238 sexdecies

…one or more new or second-hand inland waterway vessels assigned to the transport of goods at a price at least equal to the disposal price. The boat transferred must, on the date of the transfer, be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 decies

…t of the completion of the buildings.2 In the event of the transfer by the taxpayer of the rights received as remuneration for his contribution or of the buildings or fractions of buildings received i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII bis: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of a sole proprietorship or a complete branch of activity

Article 238 quindecies

…other than those mentioned in V are exempt for:1° The whole of their amount when the stipulated price of the items transferred or their market value, to which are added capital charges and indemnitie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Leasing transactions carried out by property companies for commerce and industry and approved energy-saving financing companies

Article 239 sexies

I. - When the purchase price paid by the lessee for the property leased under a finance lease entered into with a société immobilière pour le commerce et l'industrie is less than the difference betwee…

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