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Showing 121130 of 51196 articles for Art. Cass. 3ème civ. 16-2-2022 n° 20-15.164 FS-B

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 00Ib: Electronic filing of returns

Article 1649 quater B ter

The provisions of Article 1649 quater B bis apply to declarations filed by individuals with the tax authorities (1).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis B

Sums paid pursuant to articles 9 and 15 de la loi n° 54-782 du 2 août 1954 relative à l'attribution de biens et d'éléments d'actif d'entreprises de presse et d'information, ainsi que les sommes versée…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 00Ib: Electronic filing of returns

Article 1649 quater B quater

I.-Corporation tax returns and their appendices relating to a financial year are filed electronically.This obligation also applies to companies belonging to one of the following categories:1° Natural…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 B bis

The tax credit for collaborative research defined in Article 244 quater B bis is deducted from the corporation tax due by the company, under the conditions set out in Article 199 ter B bis.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Overall result

Article 223 B bis

I. - The net financial charges borne by the group are deductible from the overall result, up to the higher of the following two amounts:1° Three million euros;2° 30% of the group's result determined u…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies C bis

Distributions made by the sociétés unipersonnelles d'investissement à risque mentioned in Article 208 D are exempt from income tax and, unless they are paid in an uncooperative State or territory with…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXIII bis: Taxation of capital gains realised by individuals or companies who are not domiciled in France for tax purposes

Article 244 bis B

Subject to the provisions of article 244 bis A, the gains mentioned in article 150-0 A resulting from the transfer or redemption of company rights mentioned in f of I of article 164 B, made by individ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Approved management centres

Article 1649 quater E bis

Members of approved management centres are required to accept payment either by bank card or by cheque. In the latter case, they must make the cheques payable to themselves and not endorse them unless…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Territorial economic contribution rebate

Article 1647 C quinquies B

At the request of the taxpayer made within the legal period for lodging a claim provided for the business property tax, the sum of the territorial economic contribution, the taxes for the costs of cha…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-20 B (art. A322-101)

CONDITIONS FOR EXPLORATION DIVING WITH TRIMIX OR HELIOXDIVE AREASMINIMUM LEVELof diversSKILLSminimum of the guideof the groupNUMBERmaximumof the group, excludingguide0 -70 metres.Level P3 or P4 + Basi…

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