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Showing 901910 of 43840 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 17-3-2021 n° 19-21.463 FS-P

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1742

The Articles 121-6 and 121-7 of the Criminal Code are applicable to accomplices to the offences referred to in Article 1741, without prejudice to disciplinary sanctions, if they are public or minister…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1745

Any person who has been the subject of a final conviction under articles 1741, 1742 or 1743 may be held jointly and severally liable, with the person legally liable for the tax evaded, for payment of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1762

Any infringement of the provisions of Article L. 111 of the Book of Tax Procedures, relating to tax disclosure, is punishable by a fine equal to the amount of the taxes disclosed.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1766

Infringements of the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 1649 AA are punishable by a fine of €1,500 per undeclared contract. This amount is increased to €10,000 per undeclared contract where…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1791

I. - Subject to the special provisions set out in the following articles, any infringement of the provisions of Title III of Part One of Book I, and of the laws governing indirect taxes, as well as th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1798

The offences referred to in article 1812 are punishable, at the request of the administration, by the tax penalties provided for in I of article 1791. Whoever makes it impossible for the officers auth…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1797

With regard to offences committed in relation to taxes on gaming houses, if the duties evaded or compromised cannot be determined precisely, the court shall set the penalty at one to three times the d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter

I a. Where the beneficiaries of the income from movable capital referred to in articles 108 to 119,238 septies Band 1678 bis are required, under the provisions of the tax legislation, to submit, for t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-19

Any sum paid by the association mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code in application of Articles L. 143-11-1 to L. 143-11-3 of the same code gives rise to a declaration to the tax author…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-19

I. - Each year, the credit institutions mentioned in Title I of Book V and the electronic money and payment institutions mentioned in Title II of the same book shall draw up a list of inactive account…

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