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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIa: Supplementary apprenticeship contribution

Article 1609 quinvicies

…ast two hundred and fifty employees that are liable for the apprenticeship tax pursuant to article 1599 ter A and whose annual salaried workforce, for all of the following categories, is below a thres…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes to be levied for the common fund for agricultural accidents at work

Article 1622

The insurers contribute to the financing of the expenses mentioned in article L. 753-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime. This contribution is calculated in proportion to the number of people insu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 duotricies

Les prélèvements mentionnés aux articles 1609 novovicies et 1609 tricies are collected and controlled according to the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and pri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Taxable transactions and persons

Article 1635 quater C

…e development tax is the person who is the beneficiary of the authorisation mentioned in article 1635 quater B on the date on which it is due or, in the event of construction without authorisation or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater D

…lding; 4° In leisure riding centres, the surface areas of buildings used for equestrian activities; 5° Constructions and developments carried out within the perimeters of operations of national intere…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater J

…per pitch; 2° For pitches for light leisure dwellings, €10,000 per pitch; 3° For swimming pools, €250 per square metre; > 4° For wind turbines over 12 metres in height, €3,000 per turbine; > For phot…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XII: Levy on online horserace betting for the benefit of racing companies

Article 1609 tertricies

…not established in France who avail themselves of one of the special schemes mentioned in Articles 359 and 369 ter of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value ad…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII sexies : Capital gains tax on the sale of buildings other than building land

Article 1609 nonies G

I. - A tax is introduced on capital gains realised under the conditions provided for in articles 150 U and 150 UB to 150 UD by natural persons or companies or groupings covered by articles 8 to 8 ter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XII: Duty allocated to the compensation fund for solicitors in the courts of appeal

Article 1635 bis P

A fee of €225 is introduced, payable by the parties to the appeal proceedings when the appointment of a lawyer is compulsory before the Court of Appeal. The fee is paid electronically by the lawyer ac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Guarantee fund for agricultural disasters in the overseas departments

Article 1635 bis AA

It is levied for the benefit of the guarantee fund for agricultural disasters in the overseas departments instituted by article L. 371-6 of the rural and maritime fishing code, an additional contribut…

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