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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Departmental committee for direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 1651 B

…article 111, the taxpayers' representatives include two members appointed by the chambers of commerce and industry or by the chambers of trade and craft trades with jurisdiction in the administrative…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Greater Paris Metropolis

Article 1656 bis

…C, apply to the Greater Paris metropolitan area.For the application of these provisions, the reference to the community council is replaced by the reference to the council of the Greater Paris metropo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1659 A

The initial rolls for local direct taxes and direct taxes levied for the benefit of certain public establishments and various bodies may be assessed within the same timeframe as the supplementary roll…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Exceptional corporation tax contribution

Article 1668 B

…date provided for in 2 of Article 1668 for the payment of the corporate income tax liquidation balance. It gives rise to an advance payment on the date scheduled for the payment of the last corporatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6: Payroll tax

Article 1679 A

…ns governed by the law of 1st July 1901, foundations recognised as being in the public interest, cancer centres mentioned in article L. 6162-1 of the Public Health Code, the professional unions and th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1694 bis

…rmined under the conditions provided for in article L. 171-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIe: Special arrangements for those liable for tax on services provided by electronic communications operators

Article 1693 sexies

…of subsequent instalments. If the amount of tax is more than 20% higher than the amount of the advance payments made, the late payment interest provided for in article 1727 and the increase provided f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Indirect taxes

Article 1698 D

…s of this code and in article L. 245-7 of the Social Security Code, the total due amount of which exceeds €50,000, must be made by transfer directly to the Treasury account opened with the Banque de F…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12. Development tax.

Article 1679 octies

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 quater

…ovided for in article 302 septies A or allowed to file their returns by calendar quarter in accordance with the last paragraph of 2 of Article 287 pay this tax by means of two instalments paid during…

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