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Showing 2130 of 2824 articles for Art. 796-0 bis & 796-0 ter

French General Tax CodeIn force
15° bis : Tax reduction for loans taken out to take over a business

Article 199 terdecies-0 B

…ing of Article 4 B may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 25% of the amount of interest on loans taken out to acquire, as part of a takeover transaction, a fraction of the capital o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B ter

I. - Taxation of the capital gain realised, directly or through an intermediary, in connection with a contribution of transferable securities, corporate rights, securities or rights relating thereto a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31-0 bis

When a listed or registered historic monument, whether built or unbuilt, is the subject of a long lease for a period of at least eighteen years, the lessee is taxed as the owner on the income received…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General provisions

Article 322-0 bis

…ssions to the judicial authority. Where provision is made for such transmissions to be made by registered letter, the technical procedures used must enable the date of dispatch to be established with…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General provisions

Article 322-00 bis

Professional secrecy may not be invoked against customs officials acting within the scope of the powers conferred on them by this Title and by Title II.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 345-0 bis

The fines, penalties and forfeitures in value provided for by the codes, laws and regulations that the customs administration is responsible for enforcing when they are handed down by a court are reco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262-00 bis

…nditions laid down by that Protocol and the agreements relating to its implementation or by headquarters agreements, insofar as this exemption does not give rise to distortions of competition; 3° The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638-0 bis

I. - In the event of a merger of public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with additional own taxation, carried out under the conditions provided for by article L. 5211-41-3 of the General…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638-00 bis

…following year if it is issued before 1st October of the year. When the demerger order is issued after 30 September but no later than 15 April of the following year, the decisions relating to the rat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII A: Stamp duties

Article 1723 ter-0 A

The stamp duty provided for in

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