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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81 quater

I.- The remuneration, increases and elements of remuneration mentioned in I and III of article L. 241-17 of the social security code are exempt from income tax, under the conditions and limits set out…

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3: Special provisions for gifts

Article 776 quater

…four months preceding a gift inter vivos to enable the donor's right of ownership to be established and charged to the donor by the notary are allowed, on production of supporting documents, as a dedu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8 quater

Each member of ship co-ownerships governed by articles L. 5114-30 to L. 5114-50 of the Transport Code is personally liable for income tax on the share corresponding to his rights in the profits declar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special schemes

Article 730 quater

…e capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it stood prior to ordonnance no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Overseas departments

Article 296 quater

Not applicable in Guadeloupe, Réunion and Martinique: 1° Les articles 298 sexdecies G and 298 sexdecies H; 2° The other provisions relating to value added tax insofar as they refer to transactions car…

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IV: Entertainment venues

Article 290 quater

…th an admission charge are organised, the operators must issue a ticket to each spectator or record and keep in a computerised system the data relating to admission, before access to the venue.The pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Operations involving manufactured tobacco

Article 298 quaterdecies

…w.II. - The chargeable event for the value added tax applicable to sales in the departments of mainland France of manufactured tobacco is the release for consumption within the meaning of Article L. 3…

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c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 quater

…5 of Article 39 (1), when they exceed a certain amount set by order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance, as well as the detailed statement of expenditure mentioned in the third paragraph of Ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 quater

…ue added tax is levied at the rate of 10% on supplies of magistral preparations, officinal products and medicines or pharmaceutical products intended for use in human medicine and covered by the marke…

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12°c: Trust

Article 1133 quater

Subject to the provisions of Article 1020, deeds recording the formation, amendment or termination of a trust contract or recording the transfer of additional property or rights to the trustee are sub…

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