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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 732 ter

…ted:a) Either to the holder of an employment contract of indefinite duration for at least two years and who carries out his duties on a full-time basis, or of an apprenticeship contract in force on th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis for free transfer tax

Article 776 quater

As from 1 January 2014 (1), the costs of reconstituting title deeds to buildings or property rights incurred in the twenty-four months preceding a gift inter vivos to enable the donor's right of owner…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tariffs and settlement

Article 777

…ct line : FRACTION OF NET TAXABLE SHARE TARIFF applicable (%) Not exceeding 8,072 5 Between € 8,072 and € 12,109 10 Between € 12,109 109 and €15,932 15 Ranging between €15,932 and €552,324 20 Ranging…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a : Formality of registration

Article 652

…concerning all or part of an immovable property, at the tax office of the location of the property, and, for all others, at the tax office of the domicile of one of the contracting parties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Completion of formalities

Article 659

The procedures for carrying out the merged formality shall be laid down by decree (1).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 666

Proportional or progressive registration duties and proportional land registration tax are levied on the values.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Transfers of businesses, customer lists and similar agreements

Article 720

The provisions of this code applicable to transfers of ownership for valuable consideration of businesses or customer lists are extended to any agreement for valuable consideration, the effect of whic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 727

…numbers of the shares allocated as remuneration to each of them. In the absence of such valuations and indications, duties are levied at the real estate rate.3° The foregoing provisions apply to tran…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Registration fees

Article 739

Deeds evidencing limited-term leases of real estate, business assets or customer lists are subject to a fixed duty of €25 when registration is requested by the parties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Transfers of use

Article 744

…as a basis for the tax is determined by a capital formed by twenty times the annual rent or price, and the charges also annual, also adding other capital charges, and entrance fees, if stipulated.For…

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