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Showing 3140 of 55286 articles for Art. s. 389 et 389-1

French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter S

…g which the credit institution or finance company paid out repayable advances under the conditions set out in this article and in equal fractions on the income tax due for the following four years. If…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Audits and complaints

Article 1635 quater S

The person liable for the development tax may obtain total or partial discharge, reduction or refund: 1° If the constructions are demolished by virtue of a decision of the civil judge; 2° In the event…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-1 art R212-88 et R212-89

…riate, of diplomas or other qualification certificates, training content attesting to technical competence and knowledge of the geographical environment for the activities concerned.Where applicable,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies B

…ealised beyond the fifth year when these capital gains relate to:1° Built or unbuilt real estate assets that are allocated by the business to its own operation;2° Rights or shares in companies whose a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies A

…industrial, craft, liberal or agricultural activity, are exempt when the following conditions are met:1° The activity must have been carried on for at least five years;2° The transfer is made for con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A sexies

I.-In the event of a change in the method for determining the rental value of an industrial building or land pursuant to articles 1499-00 A or 1500, the resulting change in rental value is subject to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IIa: Tax on physical video and online distribution of audiovisual content

Article 1609 sexdecies B

…diovisual content free of charge, upon individual request made by an electronic communication process. Services whose audiovisual content is secondary, services whose main purpose is devoted to inform…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594 F sexies

…te of land registration tax or registration fees by up to 0.70% where the following conditions are met:1° The transfer is part of a transaction consisting of:a) Either sales by lots triggering the rig…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B sexies

…xes applied the previous year in the same proportion;b) Or freely vary the rates of the four taxes between them. In this case:1° The rate of business property tax and the rate of council tax on second…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Capping based on value added

Article 1647 B sexies

…a tax regime defined in 1 of Article 50-0 or in l'article 102 ter, equal to 80% of the difference between the amount of receipts and, where applicable, that of purchases made during the tax year;b) F…

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