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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 782

The free transfer duties payable by war cripples who are at least 50% disabled are reduced by half, up to a maximum reduction of €305.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Scope of free transfer duties

Article 755

…of article 1649 AA, and whose origin and acquisition methods have not been justified under the procedure provided for in Article L. 23 C of the Book of Tax Procedures are deemed to constitute, in the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis for free transfer tax

Article 776

I. - The provisions of I of article 764 are applicable to the assessment of transfer duties inter vivos, free of charge, whenever the furniture transferred is sold publicly within two years of the dee…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 729

Agreements which relate to shares or stocks and which are considered for registration duty purposes as transferring real estate ownership for valuable consideration under articles 727,728 and 1655 ter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 723

…e transfer or contribution to a company of a business are exempt from any proportional registration duty when they give rise to the collection of value added tax or are exempt from it pursuant to arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tariffs and settlement

Article 777

Free transfer duties are set at the rates shown in the tables below, for the net share accruing to each entitled party: Table I Tariff of duties applicable in direct line : FRACTION OF NET TAXABLE SHA…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Transfers of businesses, customer lists and similar agreements

Article 720

…uded with this holder or his successors in title is not accompanied by a transfer of customer list. Duties are payable on all sums the payment of which is imposed on the successor under the agreement,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 727

…hares allocated as remuneration to each of them. In the absence of such valuations and indications, duties are levied at the real estate rate.3° The foregoing provisions apply to transfers of contribu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Registration fees

Article 739

…encing limited-term leases of real estate, business assets or customer lists are subject to a fixed duty of €25 when registration is requested by the parties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Transfers of use

Article 744

I. - Leases for life or unlimited duration are subject to the same taxation as transfers of ownership of the property to which they relate.II. - For leases of unlimited duration, the value used as a b…

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