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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 195

…have any children in their exclusive, main or deemed equally shared parental care, is divided by 1.5 when these taxpayers:a. Live alone and have one or more children who have reached the age of major…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter B

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1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter B bis

…ases and under the conditions set out in articles L. 214-169 to L. 214-190 and L. 313-23 to L. 313-35 of the French Monetary and Financial Code. In the event of a merger or other transaction, the rece…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 170 bis

…° Persons whose main residence has a rental value that has exceeded, during the year of taxation, €150 in Paris and in communes located within a radius of 30 kilometres of Paris, €114 in other localit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 175 A

The tax department may rectify returns in accordance with the procedure set out in article L 55 of the Book of Tax Procedures.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter N

The tax credit defined in article 244 quater O is deducted from the income tax payable by the taxpayer in respect of the year during which the expenses defined in the same article were incurred. If th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies G bis

…rom 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019 at a general meeting of co-owners in application of Act no. 65-557 du 10 juillet 1965 fixant le statut de la copropriété des immeubles bâtis.The tax reduction ap…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 197

…than or equal to €27,478;- 30% for the fraction greater than €27,478 and less than or equal to €78,570;- 41% for the fraction greater than €78,570 and less than or equal to €168,994;- 45% for the fra…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 171

…cle 170 if, at the latest one month before the date referred to in the first paragraph of article 175, which may be extended in accordance with the procedures provided for in the same first paragraph,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 172 bis

…The foregoing provisions do not apply to co-ownership property companies referred to in article 1655 ter. (1) Annex III, art. 46 B to 46 D.

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