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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1705

…erged formality shall be paid, namely:1° By notaries, for deeds executed before them;2° By bailiffs and others with power to effect service of process for those of their ministry;3° By court clerks, f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1727-0 A

The provisions of

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Offences relating to declarations and documents containing information to be used for tax assessment or settlement purposes

Article 1729 A bis

…legal entities for serious breaches characterised by an amount of evaded duties of at least €50,000 and the use of a fraudulent manoeuvre, within the meaning of b and c of Article 1729, may be publish…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1730

…social security contributions collected in the same way as income tax, council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not used as a main residence, property tax on built and unbuilt propert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1679 septies

…ss value added contribution.The business value added contribution used for the payment of the first and second instalments is calculated on the basis of the value added mentioned in the last income ta…

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

Article 1692

Taxpayers are required to pay the amount of tax due at the same time as they file the declaration of their transactions.

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

Article 1693 quater A

…n respect of the year in which the activity ceases is established immediately. It is declared, paid and, where applicable, adjusted in accordance with the procedures laid down for the value added tax…

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

Article 1693 quater B

…by calendar quarter in accordance with the last paragraph of 2 of Article 287 may choose to declare and pay the tax for all the taxpayers in the group, within the meaning of the last paragraph of III…

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

Article 1695 quater

Taxpayers pay value added tax and taxes assimilated to turnover tax by remote payment.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1701

Duties on deeds and those on transfers by death shall be paid before registration, land registration or merged formality is carried out, at the rates and quotas regulated by this code. No one may miti…

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