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Showing 44114420 of 5635 articles for Art. 16 December 2009

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-15

…of fraud; -obtaining an understanding of the way in which the bodies referred to in Article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code exercise their oversight in terms of fraud risk; -analyse fraud ris…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of net gains realised on disposals of securities and corporate rights

Article 200 A

…h the exception of income expressly exempted from tax by virtue of articles 125-0 A, 155 B, 157 and 163 quinquies B to 163 quinquies C bis, income from capitalisation bonds or contracts or investments…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies G

…the assets mentioned in the first paragraph of this I acquired as new from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2022. II - The deduction is spread on a straight-line basis over the normal useful life of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Annual contribution on rental income

Article 234 nonies

…e levy on rents, provided for by article 11 of the amending finance law for 1964 (no. 64-1278 of 23 December 1964); 8° buildings belonging to semi-public construction companies or whose purpose is urb…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXVII: Tax credit for organic farming

Article 244 quater L

…rming, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Developme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 ter

…by the communes or groupings with their own tax system, under the conditions set out in the article 1639 A bis, the basis of assessment for property tax on built properties for rental accommodation me…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.

Article R814-60

…al of which is held by partners mentioned in 6° of B of I of the article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to le…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…ceded by a financing agreement accepted by the lessee as of 28 September 2020, and no later than 31 December 2022, and which are allocated by the lessee to its commercial, industrial, craft, liberal o…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-4

…code de l'urbanisme as it read prior to Decree No. 2015-1783 of 28 December 2015 relating to the regulatory part of Book I of the Code de l'urbanisme and to the modern…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII bis : Legal entities liable to corporation tax whose purpose is to transfer the use of movable or immovable property to their members free of charge

Article 239 octies

…e benefits in kind mentioned in the first paragraph granted during a financial year opened until 31 December 2023.

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