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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 B

I. - The investment property companies referred to in I de l'article 33 de la loi n° 63-254 du 15 mars 1963 sont exonérées de l'impôt sur les sociétés pour la fraction de leur bénéfice qui provient de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 B

I.-For the purposes of this article and articles 205 C and 205 D, the following definitions shall apply: 1° Hybrid arrangement: a situation in which: a) A payment is made under a financial instrument…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209 B

I. - 1. Where a legal entity established in France and liable for corporation tax operates a business outside France or holds directly or indirectly more than 50% of the shares, stocks, financial righ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 B

Subject to the derogations provided for in article 204 C, income subject to income tax in accordance with the rules applicable to salaries, pensions or life annuities free of charge shall give rise to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater N

…cle L. 332-6-1 of the town planning code, in their wording prior to the entry into force of the loi n° 2014-1655 du 29 décembre 2014de finances rectificative pour 2014, are no longer applicable in thi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
21° : Allocation of the tax reduction for donations to charities provided for in article 238 bis

Article 200 bis

The tax reduction provided for in Article 238 bis is deducted from the income tax due for the year in which the expenditure was incurred. Any excess is used for the payment of income tax due in respec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Taxation of capital gains realised on the sale of movable or immovable property or rights for valuable consideration

Article 200 B

Capital gains realised under the conditions provided for in articles 150 U to 150 UC are taxed at a flat rate of 19%. They are taxed at the rates provided for in III bis of article 244 bis A when they…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

…ninth paragraph of III, the last paragraph of IV and the tenth paragraph of V of article 11 of law n° 2014-58 du 27 January 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII sexies : Capital gains tax on the sale of buildings other than building land

Article 1609 nonies G

I. - A tax is introduced on capital gains realised under the conditions provided for in articles 150 U and 150 UB to 150 UD by natural persons or companies or groupings covered by articles 8 to 8 ter…

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

Article 1649 nonies A

1. Failure to comply with the undertakings entered into with a view to obtaining administrative approval or failure to comply with the conditions to which the granting of the latter was subject shall…

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