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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 Z ter

The tax credit defined in Article 244 quater V is deducted from the corporation tax payable by the company under the conditions set out in Article 199 ter T.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3° Capital gains distributed by undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities and certain collective investments

Article 242 ter D

…s or collective investments are required to mention, on the declaration provided for in article 242 ter of this code, the identity and address of shareholders or unit holders who have benefited from t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis I

1. Remuneration paid to apprentices by companies employing ten or fewer employees is exempt from payroll tax. 2. (Repealed for salaries paid from 1 January 1996). 3. For companies other than those men…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7b: Temporary withholding of cash

Article 67 ter D

…ary detention and any renewal thereof, the cash is returned to the person referred to in article 67 ter B, unless it has been seized by customs officers under the conditions provided for in article 32…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Net gains and distributions relating to carried interest rights

Article 242 ter C

…the aforementioned entities are required to mention, on the declaration provided for in Article 242 ter, the identity and address of their employees or directors who have benefited from net gains and…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7b: Temporary withholding of cash

Article 67 ter C

The temporary detention order referred to in article 67 ter B may be appealed by the person to whom it is notified and, in the case of a different person, by the owner of the cash, before the presiden…

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

Article 208 ter B

I. - Organisations that receive interest from sums held in special passbook accounts opened before 1 January 2009, under conditions defined by decree, by the mutual credit banks that are members of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXIII: Preventive archaeology tax

Article 235 ter ZG

…aeology tax is hereby instituted, payable in respect of the operations mentioned in Article 1635 quater B affecting the subsoil subject to prior authorisation or declaration pursuant to the code de l'…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 ter C

…deductible.To the extent of the costs borne directly by the company, this provision has as its counterpart the creation of a depreciable asset of an equivalent amount.Depreciation of this asset is ca…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXI: Annual deduction from the proceeds of additional premiums or contributions relating to cover against the risk of natural disasters as provided for in article L. 125-2 of the Insurance Code

Article 235 ter ZE

…ed for in Article L. 125-2 of the Insurance Code relating to cover against the risk of natural disasters. This levy is paid by insurance companies. II. II - The rate of this levy is set at 12%. The le…

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