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Showing 301310 of 2313 articles for Art. 4 and CGI Art. 111

French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Calculating individual income

Article 117

In the event that the total amount of distributed income exceeds the total amount of distributions as it results from the declarations of the legal entity referred to in Article 116, the latter is ask…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis A

…responding to the distribution of proceeds from units or shares referred to in b, made, in any form and by any means whatsoever, by a person who is established or has his tax domicile in France to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 quater

…ies for late payment, paid by a société anonyme, a société par actions simplifiée, a société en commandite par actions, a société à responsabilité limitée, a public establishment of an industrial or c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124

…118 to 123; 2° Deposits of sums of money at sight or with a fixed maturity, whoever the depositary and whatever the purpose of the deposit; 3° Cash guarantees; 4° Current accounts. 5° Indexation clau…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Remuneration paid to members of the board of directors or supervisory board of public limited companies

Article 117 bis

…rs or supervisory board of public limited companies, in any capacity whatsoever, excluding salaries and industrial property royalties, give rise to the withholding tax referred to in article 119 bis.H…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115 quinquies

…ble).2. However, the company may request that the withholding tax payable under the provisions of 1 and those of 2 of article 119 bis be reassessed to the extent that the sums to which it has been app…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis

1. Income from transferable capital falling within the provisions of articles 118,119,238 septies B and 1678 bis give rise to the application of a withholding tax, the rate of which is set by 1 of Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 123 bis

…ty-a legal person, body, trust or comparable institution-established or incorporated outside France and subject to a privileged tax regime, the profits or positive income of this legal entity are deem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16° : Real estate investment companies and real estate management companies

Article 139 ter

…s they derive from profits exempt from corporation tax pursuant to 3° ter of article 208, dividends and other income distributed to their shareholders or unit holders: 1° By investment property compan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 112

…or share premiums. However, a distribution shall only be deemed to be of this nature if all profits and reserves other than the legal reserve have previously been distributed.Subject to the provisions…

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