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Showing 110 of 56760 articles for Art. n°² 96-17.280 and 97-13.423

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contractual tax exemptions and approvals

Article 1649 nonies

I. - Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, approvals to which the granting of tax benefits provided for by law is subject are issued by the Minister responsible for the budget. Unless there i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Regime for the press and its suppliers

Article 298 nonies

…in article 298 septies as well as sales of paper by companies involved in building up, maintaining and financing a precautionary stock of press paper equivalent to three months' consumption of paper…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 novovicies

…f 5.1% is charged on the gross proceeds of lottery games marketed in physical distribution networks and online mentioned in I of Article 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 novodecies

Customs officers and officers of the national police and the national gendarmerie responsible for border policing missions may communicate to each other, on request or spontaneously, all information a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 nonies

Customs officials and officials under the authority of the Minister for Energy are authorised to provide each other, on request or spontaneously, with all information and documents held or collected i…

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

Article 199 novovicies

I. - A. - Taxpayers who acquire, between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2024, while they are domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B, a new dwelling or a dwelling in the future state of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2b: Debt collection disputes

Article 349 nonies

Any dispute relating to the recovery of sums in application of this code must be addressed to the accounting officer responsible for recovery within two months of notification of the debt recovery act…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII ter: Taxation of real estate investment funds

Article 239 nonies

I. - Real estate investment funds are undertakings for collective real estate investment and professional undertakings for collective real estate investment, referred to in paragraph 3 of sub-section…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 N

The tax credit defined in article 244 quater M is deducted from the corporation tax payable by the company under the conditions set out in article 199 ter L.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 nonies

When the purchaser is a public authority, the capital gain realised on the disposal of undeveloped land or a similar asset within the meaning of A of article 1594-0 G may, for income tax or corporatio…

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