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French General Tax CodeIn force
9: Sanctions against third parties

Article 1740 A

The fact of knowingly issuing documents, such as certificates, receipts, statements, invoices or attestations, enabling a taxpayer to unduly obtain a deduction from taxable income or profit, a tax cre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Late payment of taxes recovered by tax administration accountants

Article 1731 A

The late payment interest provided for in

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Opposition to duty and obstacles to tax control

Article 1735 ter

Failure to respond or partial response to the formal notice referred to in III of Article L. 13 AA and in the second paragraph of article L. 13 AB of the Book of Tax Procedures entails the application…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1770 duodecies

If a person liable for value added tax fails to prove, by producing the attestation or certificate provided for in 3° bis of I of Article 286, that the cash register software or systems that it holds…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Late payment of taxes recovered by tax administration accountants

Article 1731 B

For business property tax, the increase provided for in 1 of Article 1731 applies:1° To sums mentioned on a tax assessment which have not been paid within forty-five days of the date on which the asse…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 B

1. The management company of a fonds commun de placement à risques or of a fonds professionnel de capital investissement or the manager of a société de libre partenariat which has included in the decl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Opposition to duty and obstacles to tax control

Article 1735 quater

The obstacle to access to records or documents on a computer medium, to their reading or seizure, referred to in IVa of Article L. 16 B and to 4 and 4 bis of Article L. 38 of the Book of Tax Procedure…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Non-compliance with conditions governing tax benefits

Article 1739 A

Without prejudice to the taxation of interest unduly exempted under 7° of Article 157, natural persons who have knowingly opened a Livret A in contravention of the provisions of the third paragraph of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1788 E

…drawn: 1° When the operator of a dematerialisation platform has been sanctioned under IV of article 1737 or II of article 1788 D on at least three occasions over two consecutive years for a cumulative…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1799 A

Monetary sentences against several persons for the same act of fraud are joint and several.

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