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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Sharing

Article 746

…d co-partners, in any capacity whatsoever, provided they are justified, are subject to registration duty or land registration tax of 2.50%. This rate is reduced to 1.80% from 1 January 2021 and to 1.1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Deductible liabilities

Article 768

For the calculation of death duties, debts payable by the deceased are deducted when their existence on the day the succession was opened is duly justified by any means of proof compatible with the wr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tariffs and settlement

Article 778

…events, where they have received uninterrupted help and care for at least five years from the donor during their minority and the latter has not been legally able to adopt them.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0A: General provisions

Article 718

…consideration of foreign movable property, whether tangible or intangible, are subject to transfer duties under the same conditions as if they related to French property of the same kind.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 : Land registration tax

Article 742

Limited-term leases of real estate made for a term of more than twelve years, with the exception of those mentioned in

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

Article 751

…onee, legatee or interposed person from a sale or gift granted to him by the deceased, the transfer duties paid by the bare owner and for which he provides proof are deducted from the inheritance tax…

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

Article 754

…everal persons are deemed, in the absence of proof to the contrary and solely for the collection of duties, to be the joint property of these persons and to depend for a virile share on the estate. Th…

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b : Deductible liabilities

Article 769

…ed, which were contracted for the purchase of property included in the estate and exempt from death duties or in the interest of such property, are set off by priority against the value of the said pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 725

…it is described as a transfer of key money, severance pay or otherwise, is subject to registration duty determined in accordance with the tariff provided for in article 719 (1). Duty is levied on the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Transfers subject to reduced or exempt taxation

Article 714

…e Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories in which registration duty is not established, are subject to a duty of 5%.This duty is liquidated on the expressed price,…

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