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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Insufficient declaration

Article 1729-0 A

I. - A surcharge of 80% shall apply to the duties due in the event of a rectification due to:a) Sums appearing or having appeared on one or more accounts that should have been declared pursuant to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210-0 A

I. - The provisions set out in 7a of Article 38, in Ib and in V of article 93 quater, to articles 112,115,120,121,151 octies, 151 octies A, 151 octies B, 151 nonies, 208 C, 208 C bis, 210 A to 210 C,…

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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 Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 278

In the event of divorce by mutual consent, the spouses set the amount and terms of the compensatory allowance in the agreement drawn up by private deed countersigned by lawyers or in the agreement tha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 278

The accused shall not cease to be able to communicate freely with his lawyer. The lawyer may take on the spot communication of all the documents in the case file without such communication causing any…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

I. - 1° The products attached to capitalisation bonds or contracts as well as to investments of the same nature subscribed with insurance companies established in France are, when the bond, contract o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4 : Smoothing or spreading devices

Article 75-0 A

1. The exceptional income of a farmer subject to a real taxation system may, by option, be attached, in equal fractions, to the results of the financial year in which it is realised and of the six fol…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209-0 A

1° For the determination of their taxable income, undertakings which hold units or shares in undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities or collective investment schemes covered…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 000Ib: Specific arrangements for presumption of income and flat-rate taxation based on lifestyle factors

Article 1649 quater-0 B bis

1. Where the findings of fact made in the course of one of the procedures provided for in Articles 53,75 and 79 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and that the tax authorities are informed under the co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 87-0 A

Persons required to make the withholding tax provided for in 1° of 2 of article 204 A declare each month to the tax authorities, directly or, for employers using the simplified arrangements provided f…

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