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Showing 151160 of 25519 articles for Art. IV bis

French General Tax CodeIn force
A bis: Identification of persons who no longer meet the conditions for benefiting from the special scheme provided for in 2° of I of article 256 bis

Article 286 bis

The persons mentioned in 2° of I of article 256 bis must declare that they are making intra-Community acquisitions of goods as soon as they no longer meet the conditions that allowed them not to be su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L811-10

…her profession, with the exception of that of lawyer. It is, moreover, incompatible with: 1° All activities of a commercial nature, whether exercised directly or through an intermediary ; 2° Being a p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Farmers

Article 298 bis

…ich the right to deduct arose;4° Subject to the measures provided for in 1° to 3° and Articles 1693 bis and 1785, farmers liable for value added tax are subject to all the provisions set out in this c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Recovery and litigation of penalties and joint and several liability

Article 1754

…of I:1. Infringements of the obligations imposed under I of Article 268 ter and III of article 298 bis, with a view to monitoring import, purchase, sale, commission and brokerage operations involving…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Natural sweet wines

Article 417 bis

…tional and customary and which, subject to being subject to a control system offering guarantees equivalent to those required for natural sweet wines as regards the conditions of their production and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Reduction of duties

Article 1595 bis

…ts or the benefit of a promise to lease, relating to all or part of an immovable whatever the form given by the parties, whether it is described as a transfer of key money, severance pay or otherwise.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
21° : Allocation of the tax reduction for donations to charities provided for in article 238 bis

Article 200 bis

The tax reduction provided for in Article 238 bis is deducted from the income tax due for the year in which the expenditure was incurred. Any excess is used for the payment of income tax due in respec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Greater Paris Metropolis

Article 1656 bis

…Paris metropolitan area.2° However:a) By way of exception to the provisions of I of Article 1379-0 bis, the Greater Paris metropolitan area does not collect either the council tax on second homes and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII bis : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land establishments and the Corsican Land Office

Article 1607 bis

…f the town planning code or the Corsican land office, a public establishment of the Corsican collectivity created by Law No. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 for access to housing and renovated town planning…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis B bis

I. - As an exception to the provisions of articles 38, 238 septies B and 238 septies E, when insurance and capitalisation companies, supplementary professional retirement funds mentioned in Article L.…

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