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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies E

…of €50,000 for a single, widowed or divorced person and €100,000 for a married couple. The rate is 25%. Only one tax reduction can be claimed at a time, and it is spread over a maximum of six years.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L2321-2

…article L. 2123-20, contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 2123-25-2, contributions to pension schemes pursuant to articles L. 2123-27 and L. 2123-28, contributions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 octodecies

…from persons domiciled in France within the meaning of l'article 4 B. The tax reduction is equal to 25% of the amount of the payments made, of the assets or rights allocated, retained for the value se…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 300

…on department responsible for the taxpayer's registered office or main establishment, no later than 25 April of the year following the year during which the tax became payable. II.-The tax is paid und…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Optional taxes

Article 1582

I.-The communes in whose territory mineral water springs are located may institute, for their own benefit, a contribution on these waters.The deliberation instituting the contribution or modifying its…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 776

…nce of incapacity to hold an elective public office provided for by Article 194 of Law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 referred to above (1);3° To administrations and legal entities, the list of which wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Funds open to non-professional investors.

Article R214-186

…edge funds is an AIF governed by Article L. 214-140 which complies with the rules set out in II and may invest more than 10% of its assets : 1° In shares or units of AIFs or investment funds governed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L3335-4

…ined by adding the ratios mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4°, weighting the first at 50%, the second at 25%, the third at 15% and the fourth at 10%. A median index is calculated for the départements in th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 tervicies

…g code;2° - until 31 December 2023, located in a run-down old quarter delimited pursuant to Article 25 of Law no. 2009-323 of 25 March 2009 on mobilisation for housing and the fight against exclusion…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-31

…of French and European creation, particularly with regard to the criteria listed in article D. 331-25.

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