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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 E

The net gains and distributions mentioned in I and II of article 150-0 A must be declared under the conditions set out in 1 of the article 170.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater I

I.-A 50% allowance is applied to the values mentioned in 1° of Article 1635 quater H for: 1° Residential and accommodation premises and their annexes mentioned in Articles 278 sexies and 296 ter and,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 D

…hares, units or rights, mentioned in article 150-0 A, as well as the distributions mentioned in 7,7 bis and the last two paragraphs of 8 of II of the same article, to article 150-0 F and 1 of II of ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 I

The departmental council may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration duties acquisitions by mutual pension societies for veterans and victims of war who benefit from the St…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I: Contributions and levies collected for the benefit of various bodies contributing to the financing of social protection and the repayment of the social debt

Article 1600-00 C

In accordance with II bis of article L. 136-5 of the Social Security Code, the generalised social contribution on earned income and replacement income due on foreign source income, provided that, in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 I

Freehold inter vivos gifts of new residential property for which planning permission has been obtained between 1 September 2014 and 31 December 2016, evidenced by a notarised deed signed no later than…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Stamp duties, other duties and taxes

Article 1840 I

Any fraud or attempted fraud and, in general, any manoeuvre with the aim or having the result of defrauding or compromising the tax, committed in the use of stamping machines is punishable by the pena…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 I

The contribution levied for each declaration either of cession of anteriority, or of subrogation, or of subrogation and change of domicile by the same deed shall be liquidated at the single rate of 0.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 C

I. 1. The taxation of capital gains derived from the disposal of securities mentioned in I of article 150-0 A may, if the proceeds of the disposal are invested, before 31 December of the year followin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Debt securities.

Article D213-0-1

I. - The debt securities referred to in 2° and 3° of Article L. 213-0-1 may be held for a maximum of one year after their acquisition. However, this maximum period is reduced to 60 calendar days for d…

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