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Showing 4150 of 2313 articles for Art. L 242-1 · Cass. 2e civ. 4 February 2010 n° 09-13.003 · Cass. 2e civ. 1 July 2010 n° 09-14.379 · CAA Nantes 8 October 2015 n° 14NT01415 · CGI Art. 154 bis

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4°: Transactions in forward financial instruments

Article 242 ter E

Account keepers of transactions in financial futures instruments mentioned in 8° of I of article 35, in 5° of 2 of Article 92 and article 150 ter or, in the absence of an account keeper, the persons c…

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1°: Income and capital gains distributed by a property investment fund

Article 242 ter B

I. - 1. Persons who ensure the payment of income distributed by a real estate investment trust, as mentioned in a du 1 du II de l'article 239 nonies, are required to declare, on the declaration mentio…

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2°: Net gains and distributions relating to carried interest rights

Article 242 ter C

1. Venture capital companies, management companies of venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds falling under article L. 214-37of the Monetary and Financial Code in its wording prio…

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3° Capital gains distributed by undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities and certain collective investments

Article 242 ter D

Units for collective investment in transferable securities and collective investments covered by articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-32-1, L. 214-139 to L. 214-147 and L. 214-152 to L. 214-166 of the Mone…

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4a: Deduction of certain social security contributions and group insurance premiums

Article 154 bis

I. - For the purposes of calculating industrial and commercial profits and profits from non-commercial occupations, contributions to compulsory basic or supplementary family allowance and old age insu…

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4a A: Taxation of certain replacement incomes

Article 154 bis A

…d by the schemes or under the contracts referred to in the second and third paragraphs of I of Article 154 bis in the form of replacement income are taken into account when determining the taxable inc…

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4a: Deduction of certain social security contributions and group insurance premiums

Article 154 bis-0 A

I. - Contributions paid by farm or agricultural business managers under the group insurance contracts provided for in 2° of article L. 144-1 of the Insurance Code including those managed by an institu…

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4: Deduction of spouse's salary

Article 154

I. For the purposes of determining industrial and commercial profits and the profits of non-commercial professions, the salary of the spouse actually participating in the exercise of the profession ma…

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4c: Partial deductibility of the general social contribution

Article 154 quinquies

I. - For the determination of income tax bases, the contribution provided for in article L. 136-1 of the Social Security Code in respect of earned income and replacement income or that relating to the…

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I: Taxable persons

Article 8 bis

The members or shareholders of the companies referred to in Article 1655 ter are personally subject to income tax for the portion of corporate income corresponding to their rights in the company.

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