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Showing 591600 of 25519 articles for Art. IV bis

French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Offences committed by third-party declarants

Article 1736

…Article 242 ter B, other than the distributing companies, are relieved of any liability for the individualisation of the distributed income paid with regard to its eligibility for the 40% allowance m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° septies: Tax reduction for property restoration in protected areas, run-down old districts and protected zones

Article 199 tervicies

…the fight against exclusion when the restoration has been declared to be in the public interest ;2° bis - Until 31 December 2023, located in a district with a high concentration of run-down old housin…

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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

…s or companies or groupings covered by articles 8 to 8 ter and in those provided for in article 244 bis A by taxpayers not resident in France for tax purposes who are liable for income tax.The tax doe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 novovicies

…meaning of Article 4 B, a new dwelling or a dwelling in the future state of completion in a collective dwelling building benefit from an income tax reduction provided that they undertake to rent it b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Overall effective rate.

Article R313-1

The rules relating to the overall effective rate are set out in Articles R. 314-1 to R. 314-14 of the French Consumer Code, which are reproduced below:"Art. R. 314-1. - The calculation of the overall…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 170

…for taxation pursuant to article 150-0 B ter and the amount of capital gains exempt pursuant to 1° bis of the II of article 150 U, as well as the elements required to calculate the reference tax inco…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The town council.

Article D2573-6

…icated in the right-hand column of the same table, subject to the adaptations provided for in Ia to IV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2121-1 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 200…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 300

…ed according to the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and privileges as turnover taxes. Claims are presented, investigated and judged according to the rules app…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12: Uncooperative platform operators

Article 1740 D

…mplementation of the second measure may be accompanied by the publication, on a list of non-cooperative platform operators, of the platform operator's business name and, where applicable, its professi…

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