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Showing 6170 of 28915 articles for Art. Cons. conc. n° 91-D-42 du 22 Oct 1991

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 nonies

…be acting in a professional capacity, within the meaning of IV of Article 155 of this code, on the due date for filing the declaration mentioned in Article 170 preceding the distribution of the capit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1e: Taxpayers carrying on their professional activity within the framework of a partnership

Article 151 nonies

…es 8 and 8 ter, subject in his name to income tax in the category of actual agricultural profits, industrial or commercial profits or non-commercial profits, his rights or shares in the company are co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies

I. Capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies and realised by an individual on the occasion of the contribution to a company subject to a real taxation system of a sole propri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 novovicies

…ng in the future state of completion in a collective dwelling building benefit from an income tax reduction provided that they undertake to rent it bare for use as their main residence for a minimum p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 217 octies

…he payments, the ceiling of €15 million defined in paragraph 149 of the Commission Communication of 22 January 2014 on guidelines on State aid to promote investment in risk financing (2014/C19/04). In…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…the capital gain on the sale of the building may be spread equally over the financial years ending during the term of the leasing contract, without exceeding fifteen years. However, when the property…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2c: Marine fishing companies

Article 44 nonies

…January 1997 and 31 December 2010, are determined, for the first sixty months of activity, after deduction of a 50% allowance. To qualify, artisans must be under the age of forty at the time of setti…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 nonies

…e applicable, from the protection set out in Chapters I, III and IV of Title III of the same Book I during the periods of employment or training for which they have been called up.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 novodecies

Customs officers and officers of the national police and the national gendarmerie responsible for border policing missions may communicate to each other, on request or spontaneously, all information a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 nonies

…quest or spontaneously, with all information and documents held or collected in the course of their duties relating to petroleum products.

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