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Showing 15611570 of 2313 articles for Art. 669 · CGI Art. 787 B · CGI Art. 774 bis

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 D

I. - The rate of the real estate security contribution payable for requests for mortgage information, regardless of how they are processed, is set as follows:1° Requisitions not including the designat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Informing the parties of the existence of sanctions. Affirmation of sincerity

Article 864

…e or a deed of sale, exchange or division or a deed for the transfer of the right to a lease or the benefit of a promise to lease relating to all or part of an immovable property is required to inform…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° General information

Article 891

…omy and Finance is authorised to grant taxpayers a 0.50% discount on the amount of duties collected by means of machine fingerprinting (1).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Applications for naturalisation and reinstatement and declarations of acquisition of nationality by reason of marriage

Article 958

…plications for reinstatement to French nationality and declarations of acquisition of nationality submitted under articles 21-2, 21-13-1 and 21-13-2 of the Civil Code are subject to a stamp duty of €5…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 967

Article 754 B is applicable to real estate wealth tax.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Exempt assets

Article 976

I.-Properties in the nature of woods and forests are exempt up to three quarters of their taxable value if the conditions provided for in 2° of 2 of article 793 are satisfied. II.-Units in forestry gr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I bis: Tax on the market value of real estate owned in France by legal entities

Article 990 D

Legal entities: legal persons, bodies, trusts or comparable institutions which, directly or through an interposed entity, own one or more properties located in France or are holders of real rights rel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Public sales of furniture

Article 873

…utes, the price written in full and drawn off the line in figures.Each session is closed and signed by the public officer, the sworn goods broker or the person authorised to conduct the sale.When a sa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 K

The contribution levied for the publication of each deed is liquidated at the single rate of 0.10% on the sums stated or the value estimated by the applicants, on pain of refusal to deposit, of the im…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Dematerialised stamp

Article 900

…for a period of twelve months from the date of acquisition, regardless of any change in the applicable tariff.This period is suspended, where applicable, between the date of submission to the compete…

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