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Showing 1120 of 18177 articles for Art. 5 oct. 2017

French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 octies

…er of business, demerger of a company or universal transfer of the assets mentioned in article 1844-5 of the Civil Code, the business value added contribution is also payable by the taxpayer who is no…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 octies

…e those of small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octodecies

I. - Taxpayers who exercise an option for the first time for a real tax regime may recognise, free of tax, the capital gains acquired, on the effective date of this option, by the non-depreciable elem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 42 octies

…n the case of a transfer inter vivos that took place prior to the publication of the decree no. 61-856 of 31 July 1961, amending the decree no. 50-898 of 2 August 1950, the company will have opted, in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 octies

In accordance with articles L. 442-1and L. 443-10 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles, the daily remuneration for services rendered and the allowances mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article L.…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 octies

Officials of the administrations of the other Member States, duly authorised by the requesting authority through a written mandate and authorised by the French administration, may assist the administr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° : Tax reduction granted in respect of compensatory benefits paid in capital or by attribution of an asset or a right

Article 199 octodecies

…satory allowance under the conditions and according to the procedures defined in articles 274 and 275 of the Civil Code over a period, in accordance with the divorce agreement by mutual consent taking…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of phonographic works

Article 220 octies

…definition of a microenterprise given in Article 2(3) of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII bis : Legal entities liable to corporation tax whose purpose is to transfer the use of movable or immovable property to their members free of charge

Article 239 octies

When a legal entity liable to corporation tax has the purpose of transferring the use of movable or immovable property to its members free of charge, the net value of the benefit in kind thus granted…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
G: Special rates

Article 281 octies

…stral preparations, officinal medicines, medicines or pharmaceutical products defined in article L. 5121-8 of the Public Health Code, which meet the conditions of article L. 162-17 of the Social Secur…

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