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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Income from bonds

Article 119

Income is determined: 1° For bonds, participating securities, public bills and loans, by the interest or income distributed during the year; 2° For lots, by the amount of the lot itself; 3° For redemp…

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b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 112

Distributed income shall not include:1° Allocations which, for members or shareholders, have the character of repayments of contributions or share premiums. However, a distribution shall only be deeme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16° : Real estate investment companies and real estate management companies

Article 139 ter

…° ter of article 208, dividends and other income distributed to their shareholders or unit holders: 1° By investment property companies governed by article 33-I of law no. 63-254 of 15 March 1963; 2°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis

…with a view to combating tax fraud and tax evasion and which satisfy the following two conditions: 1° Raise capital from a certain number of investors with a view to investing it, in accordance with…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124

…ne exploitation minière, les intérêts, arrérages, primes de remboursement et tous autres produits : 1° Des créances hypothécaires, privilégiées et chirographaires, à l'exclusion de celles représentées…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

I. - 1° The products attached to capitalisation bonds or contracts as well as to investments of the same nature subscribed with insurance companies established in France are, when the bond, contract o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 quinquies

…in respect of the financial year during which it receives or realises it, the following conditions:1° Its registered office and, where applicable, the permanent establishment in the result of which t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 111

…res;c. Hidden remuneration and benefits;d. The portion of remuneration that is not deductible under 1° of 1 of Article 39 ;e. Expenses and charges whose deduction for corporation tax purposes is prohi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Crédit mutuel et coopération agricoles

Article 130

…rovided for in 1 of article 119 bis and the levy provided for in I of Article 125 A does not apply: 1° Neither to interest shares in companies or unions of agricultural cooperative societies designate…

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b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 110

For the application of 1° of 1 of Article 109 profits are understood to be those that have been retained for the basis of assessment for corporation tax. However, these profits are increased by those…

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