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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1731 ter

Failure to comply with any of the obligations set out in Article 242 bis, observed during an inspection, is punishable by an overall fixed fine set at a maximum of €50,000.

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

Article 1763 A

Calls for the application of a fine of €1,500, for each breach established per entity in respect of a financial year, or the increase provided for in b of 1 of article 1728 or article 1729, if the app…

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

Article 1770 undecies

I. - The persons mentioned in Article L. 96 J of the Book of Tax Procedures who make available the software or cash register systems mentioned in the same article are liable to a fine where the charac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1735 ter

Failure to respond or partial response to the formal notice referred to in III of Article L. 13 AA and in the second paragraph of article L. 13 AB of the Book of Tax Procedures entails the application…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1740 C

Unless the first paragraph of Article L. 564-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, failure by an account holder to remit, under the conditions set out in Article L. 102 AG of the Book of Tax Procedure…

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

Article 1770 decies

Any failure, error or omission under the obligations provided for in II of Article 1586 octies shall be punishable by a fine equal to €200 per employee concerned, up to a limit set at €100,000.

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

Article 1761 bis

Taxpayers who have benefited from the tax credit provided for in article 200 quater in contravention of the provisions of c of 6 ter of the same article 200 quater shall be liable for a fine equal to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Turnover tax and similar taxes

Article 1788 C

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Turnover tax and similar taxes

Article 1788 E

I.-The registration number issued pursuant to Article 290 B may be withdrawn: 1° When the operator of a dematerialisation platform has been sanctioned under IV of article 1737 or II of article 1788 D…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1799 A

Monetary sentences against several persons for the same act of fraud are joint and several.

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