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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 0-II bis: Reduction in property tax on undeveloped land relating to plots farmed by young farmers

Article 1647-00 bis

…scope taken, each insofar as it is concerned, under the conditions provided for in l'article 1639 A bis, by the territorial authorities and their groupings with their own tax system, a rebate is grant…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis

…e tax treatment as the income from the securities loaned.II. - 1. The financial securities borrowed and the debt representing the obligation to return these securities are recorded separately on the b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Greater Paris Metropolis

Article 1656 bis

…Paris metropolitan area.2° However:a) By way of exception to the provisions of I of Article 1379-0 bis, the Greater Paris metropolitan area does not collect either the council tax on second homes and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Annual tax

Article 1478 bis

…nal cooperation with their own tax system taken under the conditions defined in I of article 1639 A bis. The exemption applies to the entire share of the tax due to each municipality or public inter-m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Farmers

Article 298 bis

…ons, farmers are placed under the flat-rate reimbursement scheme provided for in Articles 298 quaterand 298 quinquies. They are exempt from payment of value added tax and from the obligations incumben…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 bis

…operty tax on built properties for rental housing mentioned in Article L. 441-1 of the Construction and Housing Code, belonging to one of the bodies listed in article L. 411-2 of the same code or to a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 236 bis

If a company that has opted for the regime defined in the second paragraph of 1° bis of 1 of Article 39 is absorbed by a company that has not exercised this option, the paid holiday pay corresponding…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 bis

…acting as such, or by a non-taxable legal entity when the vendor is a taxable person acting as such and who does not benefit in his State from the special exemption scheme for small businesses, are al…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis

…c heritage, the defence of the natural environment or the dissemination of French culture, language and scientific knowledge, in particular when these payments are made to the benefit of a university…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 123 bis

…ty-a legal person, body, trust or comparable institution-established or incorporated outside France and subject to a privileged tax regime, the profits or positive income of this legal entity are deem…

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