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Showing 791800 of 19774 articles for Art. France–US Estate & Gift Tax Convention

French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII bis: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of a sole proprietorship or a complete branch of activity

Article 238 quindecies

…ears;2 The person at the origin of the transfer is:a) A company whose profits are subject to income tax or a taxpayer who carries on his professional activity within the framework of a company whose p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXI: Advertising measures

Article 243 bis

The reports presented and the proposed resolutions submitted to the general meetings of members or shareholders with a view to the appropriation of profits for each financial year must mention the amo…

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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 A

I. - 1. Subject to international conventions, capital gains, as defined in e bis and e ter of I of l'article 164 B, realised by the persons and bodies mentioned in 2 of I when disposing of the propert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV bis: Sociétés civiles de moyens

Article 239 quater A

…Article 36 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 does not fall within the scope of corporate income tax, even when these companies have adopted the status of cooperative; each of their members is pers…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV ter : Tax regime for public interest groups

Article 239 quater B

…iable, for the share of the surpluses corresponding to its rights in the grouping, either to income tax or to corporation tax if it is a legal entity subject to that tax.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV quinquies: Tax regime for health and social cooperation groups and their members

Article 239 quater D

The healthcare cooperation groupings mentioned in articles L. 6133-1 and L. 6133-4 of the Public Health Code and the social and medico-social cooperation groupings mentioned in

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII ter: Taxation of real estate investment funds

Article 239 nonies

I. - Real estate investment funds are undertakings for collective real estate investment and professional undertakings for collective real estate investment, referred to in paragraph 3 of sub-section…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XX: Information on reference tax income

Article 242 quater

…cing, from the persons who ensure the payment, a sworn statement to the effect that their reference tax income as shown on the tax notice drawn up in respect of the income for the penultimate year pre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Leasing transactions carried out by property companies for commerce and industry and approved energy-saving financing companies

Article 239 sexies

…er and the administration, at the end of the lease, with the information necessary to establish the taxes provided for in I..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Leasing transactions with lessors other than SICOMIs

Article 239 sexies B

…e applicable to lessees who acquire buildings leased to them by companies or bodies other than real estate companies for commerce and industry. A decree sets out the terms and conditions for applying…

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