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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AI

Additive manufacturing equipment acquired or created between 1 October 2015 and 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date on which it is brought…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies

Non-repayable assistance provided to sociétés d'habitations à loyer modéré, sociétés de crédit immobilier and companies or bodies whose purpose is the construction of residential buildings and whose l…

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Article 39 B

At the close of each financial year, the sum of depreciation actually applied since the acquisition or creation of a given item may not be less than the cumulative amount of depreciation calculated us…

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Article 39 C

…hip referred to in article 8 quater or 8 quinquies or by a grouping within the meaning of articles 239 quater, 239 quater B, 239 quater C or 239 quater D, the amount of depreciation of these assets or…

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Article 39 D

The depreciation of buildings and improvements erected on third-party land must be spread over the normal period of use of each item. This provision is not applicable in the case of a construction lea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis

…prejudice to the application of the provisions of the fifteenth paragraph of 5° of 1 of the article 39, provisions that have not been used for their intended purpose by the end of the fifth year follo…

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Article 39 terdecies

…4. (Expired)5. Distributions by venture capital companies operating under the conditions of article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 are subject, when the shareholder is a company, to the long-te…

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Article 39 octodecies

I. - Taxpayers who exercise an option for the first time for a real tax regime may recognise, free of tax, the capital gains acquired, on the effective date of this option, by the non-depreciable elem…

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Article 39 decies

…14 April 2017 when these assets can be depreciated according to the system provided for in Article 39 A and they fall into one of the following categories: 1° Equipment and tools used for industrial…

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Article 39 duodecies

…ductible expenses as well as that which has been deferred in disregard of the provisions of Article 39 B ;b. To capital gains realised on the disposal of items held for at least two years, insofar as…

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