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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663

1. The direct taxes, products and assimilated taxes, referred to in the present code, are payable thirty days after the date on which the assessment is levied.2. Moving outside the jurisdiction of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special instalment scheme

Article 1693

Value added tax payers authorised to have the additional period of one month provided for in 2 of Article 287 to submit the declaration referred to in 1 of the same article are required to pay, by way…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV : Provisions applicable to import taxes, petroleum products and removal from warehouses

Article 1695

I. - Value added tax is declared and collected when it becomes due, for the following transactions:1° Imports for which the person liable is a non-taxable person not identified in accordance with the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: General provisions

Article 1681

1. Instalment payments made by taxpayers are credited to the account opened in their name. 2. (Repealed).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Obligations of third parties

Article 1684

1. In the event of the transfer of an industrial, commercial, craft or mining business, whether for valuable consideration or free of charge, whether a forced or voluntary sale is involved, the transf…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Terms and conditions of application

Article 1696

The detailed rules for the application of the provisions contained in this section shall be laid down by ministerial order (1).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General scheme

Article 1692

Taxpayers are required to pay the amount of tax due at the same time as they file the declaration of their transactions.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Obligations of third parties

Article 1686

Owners and, in their place, the main tenants, must, one month before the date on which their tenants move out, have the tenants represent them with the receipts for their council tax on second homes a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Obligations of third parties

Article 1682

The roll, duly assessed, is enforceable not only against the taxpayer entered on it, but also against his representatives or assigns.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Obligations of third parties

Article 1691

Individuals who, pursuant to Article 1742, have been convicted as accomplices of taxpayers who have fraudulently evaded or attempted to fraudulently evade payment of their taxes either by organising t…

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