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Showing 51615170 of 29120 articles for Art. Cass. 2e civ. 7-7-2022 n° 21-13.527 F-B

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis GA

The amount of the contribution levied on alcoholic beverages provided for by Article L. 245-7 of the Social Security Code is not deductible for the purposes of determining the income tax or corporatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Slaughter health fees

Article 302 bis P

The fee referred to in article 302 bis N is established and recovered according to the same rules, under the same guarantees, privileges and penalties as for value added tax.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-10

The provisions of articles 21-7 to 21-9 do not apply to children born in France to diplomatic agents and career consuls of foreign nationality. However, these children have the option of voluntarily a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B octies

I. - The proceeds of the special equipment taxes levied for the benefit of the public land establishments referred to in articles L. 321-1 et L. 324-1 of the town planning code, the Etablissement publ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies B

I. - Small and medium-sized companies subject to corporation tax or income tax according to a real system may deduct from their taxable income a sum equal to 40% of the original value of assets includ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210

The provisions of this article apply to capital gains, other than those referred to in the second paragraph of II of article 238 octies, realised before the entry into force, under conditions set by d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

…he conditions provided for in II or IIIa of article 163 quinquies B or to l'article 1er-1 de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985 portant diverses dispositions d'ordre économique et financier et qui so…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262-00 bis

I.-The following are exempt from value-added tax: 1° The supply of goods and services carried out within the framework of diplomatic and consular relations, within the limits, where applicable, of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HI

…may not benefit from the scheme provided for venture capital companies by l'article 1er-1 de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985, portant diverses dispositions d'ordre économique et financier, ni du r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 214

…is held by another cooperative production company under the conditions set out in article 25 of law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production; The 2° is however ap…

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