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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238-0 A

1. States and territories whose situation with regard to transparency and exchange of information in tax matters has been the subject of a review by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Deve…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Capital financing of long-term electricity supply companies

Article 238 bis HX

The companies defined in Article 238 bis HW may not benefit from the scheme provided for venture capital companies by article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various provisions of an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I quinquies: Taxation of de facto companies

Article 238 bis L

Profits made by de facto companies shall be taxed in accordance with the rules laid down in this Code for joint ventures.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater P

…201 et seq and taxed in the name of the transferor in accordance with the rules set out in article 238 quater N.The difference between the transfer price and the acquisition price of these rights has…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV bis: Sociétés civiles de moyens

Article 239 quater A

Les sociétés civiles de moyens définies à Article 36 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 does not fall within the scope of corporate income tax, even when these companies have adopted the status of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV ter : Tax regime for public interest groups

Article 239 quater B

Public interest groupings formed and operating under the conditions provided for in Chapter II of the loi n° 2011-525 du 17 mai 2011 de simplification et d'amélioration de la qualité du droit do not f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV quinquies: Tax regime for health and social cooperation groups and their members

Article 239 quater D

The healthcare cooperation groupings mentioned in articles L. 6133-1 and L. 6133-4 of the Public Health Code and the social and medico-social cooperation groupings mentioned in

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII quater : Deferral of taxation on capital gains realised from property exchange transactions with the State, local authorities and public establishments

Article 238 octies C

I. - Capital gains generated by a company on the exchange of a property with the State, a local authority, a competent public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or a public establishment or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater Q

…vil activity subject to corporation tax, and by way of exception to the provisions of II of article 238 quater P, the transfer of assets or rights from the trust estate to the settlor's estate is not…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII ter : Taxation of professional capital gains arising from the transfer or purchase of rights relating to a company governed by articles 8 to 8 ter and carrying on a real estate business

Article 238 octies B

In the event of the transfer or redemption of the rights of a shareholder taxable in the category of industrial and commercial profits, non-commercial profits or agricultural profits, or subject to co…

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