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Showing 110 of 69831 articles for Art. I-1°-b and b bis

French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Transfers of assets outside France by companies

Article 238 bis-0 I bis

…Proceeds from the investment of the portion of sums received from the issue of securities covered by the provisions of Article L. 228-97 of the French Commercial Code transferred outside France to a…

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II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 I bis

I.-Where they have applied the provisions of I of article 1464 I, the municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I bis

The departmental councils of the overseas departments may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration duty the acquisition of buildings that the purchaser undertakes to allocat…

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Section 0I ter: Levy on sums paid by insurance and similar organisations in respect of insurance contracts in the event of death

Article 990 I bis

…they were deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, were owed, directly or indirectly, by one or more insurance and similar bodies due to the death of the insured or due to the maturity o…

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Ia: Revaluation of non-depreciable fixed assets

Article 238 bis I

I. - Natural or legal persons carrying on a commercial, industrial, craft, agricultural or liberal profession activity are authorised to revalue their non-depreciable fixed assets, including equity in…

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Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis I

1. Remuneration paid to apprentices by companies employing ten or fewer employees is exempt from payroll tax. 2. (Repealed for salaries paid from 1 January 1996). 3. For companies other than those men…

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B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1394 B bis

I. - Non-built properties classified in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 are exempt…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Transfers of assets outside France by companies

Article 238 bis-0 I

I. - A company which has transferred or transfers outside France, directly or indirectly, by itself or through a third party, elements of its assets to a person, to a body, in a trust or in a comparab…

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B: Residential and business premises

Article 1496 bis

…unity development syndicate created in application of loi n° 70-610 du 10 juillet 1970, may decide, by a deliberation taken before 1 July 1986, that all residential premises and premises for professio…

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B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 B bis

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