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Showing 110 of 60095 articles for Art. CA Metz 1-3-2012 n° 09/03355

French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2012

The trust is established by law or by contract. It must be express.If the property, rights or securities transferred to the trust patrimony depend on the community existing between the spouses or on a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 CA

…year following that in which it was exercised. It is renewed by tacit agreement, for periods of two calendar years, unless notice of termination is given before the expiry of each period.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…ing company and immediately regains use of the building under a leasing contract, the amount of the capital gain on the sale of the building may be spread equally over the financial years ending durin…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2b: Debt collection disputes

Article 349 nonies

Any dispute relating to the recovery of sums in application of this code must be addressed to the accounting officer responsible for recovery within two months of notification of the debt recovery act…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Abolition of tax benefits for businesses in the event of non-compliance with value added tax reporting obligations

Article 302 nonies

The income tax or corporation tax reliefs provided for in Articles 44 octies A, 44 terdecies, 44 quaterdecies, 44 quindecies, 44 sexdecies and 44 septdecies do not apply where one or more turnover dec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 novovicies

A levy of 5.1% is charged on the gross proceeds of lottery games marketed in physical distribution networks and online mentioned in I of Article 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Slaughter health fees

Article 302 bis N

…an animal slaughtered in a slaughterhouse pays a slaughter health fee to the State. However, in the case of contract slaughter, the fee is paid by the third-party slaughterer on behalf of the owner. T…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 novovicies

…iling the tax return for the year in which the property is completed or acquired if later, is irrevocable for the property in question.The tax reduction applies, under the same conditions, to the shar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 nonies

…x applies in the same proportion for the fraction of the value added taxed for the benefit of the local authorities concerned by the exemption from business property tax.II. - Where establishments may…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 nonies

…by non-trading property companies in which Poste Immo directly or indirectly holds the entire share capital is subject to a deduction, the rate of which is set each year by decree, up to a limit of 10…

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