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Showing 201210 of 30141 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 15-12-2021 n° 21-70.022 F-B

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1503

I. - The representative of the administration and the communal direct tax commission draw up the list of reference premises referred to in article 1496, determine their weighted surface area and estab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1508

…rations provided for in articles 1406 and 1502, and those provided for in XVII of article 34 of law n° 2010-1658 du 29 décembre 2010 de finances rectificative pour 2010 font l'objet de rôles particuli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1505

The representative of the administration and the local direct tax commission proceed with the valuation of the built properties mentioned in I of article 1496 and articles 1497 and 1501. After harmoni…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 B bis

I.-Locations and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Partitioning and similar transactions

Article 750 bis

The auction of the assets of a groupement foncier agricole, which were in undivided ownership when they were contributed, is subject to the registration duty or land registration tax provided for in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 182 B bis

1. The withholding tax provided for in Article 182 B is not applicable to royalties paid by a legal person in one of the forms listed in the first paragraph of 1 of Article 119 quater or by a permanen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis B

1. Companies operating an online press service, recognised pursuant to Article 1 of Act no. 86-897 of 1 August 1986 reforming the legal status of the press, developing professional information or prom…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis B

I. - Where credit institutions, finance companies or investment firms mentioned in article 38 bis A purchase or subscribe fixed-income securities for a price different from their redemption price, the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Destruction before trial of certain categories of goods.

Article 389 bis

1. In the event of the seizure of goods :-classified by law as dangerous or harmful, or the manufacture, trade or possession of which is unlawful ;-as well as goods intended for human or animal consum…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1740 B

I. - All of the facts established by a flagrante fiscale report, mentioned in I to I ter of Article L. 16-0 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, shall result in the application of a fine equal to €5,000.…

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