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Showing 16811690 of 2313 articles for Art. 1589-2 · CGI Art. 680 · TGI Bordeaux 5 January 1977

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 B

…have submitted a request to the tax department of each of the establishments concerned, before 1st January of the year following that in which the establishment was created or taken over, certifying…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 E

…vide that they may be remunerated; 2° Agricultural collective interest companies in which more than 50% of the capital or votes are held directly or through subsidiaries by members other than those me…

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

Article 1518 A bis

…the assets transferred are included in the tax base of this operator; this reduction is reduced to 75%, 50% and 25% respectively for each of the following three years.Companies intending to benefit fr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 H

I. - The flat-rate tax mentioned in Article 1635-0 quinquies applies to radio stations whose power requires a notice, agreement or declaration to the Agence nationale des fréquences pursuant to Articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Distribution of bases

Article 1473

The business property tax is assessed in each commune where the taxpayer has premises or land, on the basis of the rental value of the property located there (1).The business property tax due for repl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Annual tax

Article 1478

…business property tax is due for the entire year by the taxpayer who carries out the activity on 1 January.However, a taxpayer who ceases all activity in an establishment is not liable for the busine…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Provisions common to industrial establishments and commercial premises

Article 1501

…to the fixed assets referred to in the first paragraph which are acquired or created on or after 1 January 1974. The latter are valued in accordance with the last paragraph of 1 of II of Article 1517…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Permanent rules

Article 1511

I.-Where the assessment rates referred to in article 1510 have not been set by the departmental commission provided for in article 1651, the mayor, duly authorised by the municipal council, is entitle…

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

Article 1518 A

…subject to exceptional depreciation under the articles 39 quinquies E and 39 quinquies F.As from 1 January 1991, the rental values of installations intended to combat water and atmospheric pollution…

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B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A quater

…by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis, institute a 50% allowance applied to the rental value of buildings that are subject to initial taxation from 1 J…

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