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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 262-00 bis

I.-The following are exempt from value-added tax: 1° The supply of goods and services carried out within the framework of diplomatic and consular relations, within the limits, where applicable, of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Withholding taxes and levies on income from securities

Article 1672 bis

1. Companies and legal persons are prohibited from bearing the amount of withholding tax relating to: 1° Dividends and other income distributed to members, shareholders and unit holders or to members…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 237 bis A

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Assessment of 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
II: Tax liability

Article 1665 bis

Taxpayers shall receive, no later than 1st March of the year in which the tax relating to the previous year's income is settled, an advance payment on the amount of the tax benefits provided for in ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1663 bis

When the taxpayer taxed under the conditions of 1 of article 202 becomes, within a period of three months from the date of cessation of activity, a partner in a liberal practice company mentioned in A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1691 bis

…paragraph.Half of the income of the persons mentioned in 2° of article 196 as well as article 196 A bis is added to half of the joint income of the applicant and his/her spouse or civil solidarity pac…

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

Article 111 bis

When a legal entity subject to corporation tax ceases to be subject to it, its profits and reserves, whether capitalised or not, are deemed to be distributed to the partners in proportion to their rig…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 170 bis

Sont assujetties à la déclaration prévue au 1 de l'article 170, quel que soit le montant de leur revenu:1° Les personnes qui possèdent un avion de tourisme ou un véhicule de tourisme au sens de l'arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 bis AB

I.-Public limited companies (sociétés anonymes), simplified joint stock companies (sociétés par actions simplifiées) and limited liability companies (sociétés à responsabilité limitée), the securities…

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