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Showing 361370 of 30141 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 15-12-2021 n° 21-70.022 F-B

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1650 B

In each department, a departmental commission on rental values is set up, comprising two representatives of the tax authorities, ten representatives of local authorities and public establishments for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31 bis

The member of a société civile de placement immobilier, governed by articles L. 214-114 et seq. of the French Monetary and Financial Code, whose share of income is, pursuant to Article 8, subject in i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis

I. - 1. Financial securities lent by a company are taken in priority from securities of the same nature acquired or subscribed to at the most recent date.The claim representing the financial securitie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Micro-farming scheme

Article 64 bis

I.-Subject to articles 76 and 76 A, the taxable profit of farmers who are not subject to the tax system defined in article 69 is determined in application of the present article.The taxable profit, be…

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

Article 1693 bis

I. - Farmers liable for value added tax pay this tax in quarterly instalments equal to at least one fifth of the tax due in respect of the previous year or the last financial year for which the accoun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-21

The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor informs the administrative department without delay of the decision to discontinue proceedings, except in cases where this decision is based on the premi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 A bis

I.-Gifts of full ownership of sums of money made to a child, grandchild, great-grandchild or, in the absence of such a descendant, a nephew or niece, are exempt from free transfer tax up to a limit of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8 bis

The members or shareholders of the companies referred to in Article 1655 ter are personally subject to income tax for the portion of corporate income corresponding to their rights in the company.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 4 bis

Sont également passibles de l'impôt sur le revenu:1° (Abrogated);2° Les personnes de nationalité française ou étrangère, ayant ou non leur domicile fiscal en France, qui recueillent des bénéfices ou r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Building lease

Article 33 bis

Subject to the provisions of article 151 quater, rents and services of any kind that constitute the price of a construction lease entered into under the conditions provided for by the

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