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Showing 261270 of 63859 articles for Art. L. 223-28 and C. civ. Art. 1844

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Departmental committee for direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 1651 C

…t value used for the assessment of value added tax, in the cases provided for in 4° of 1 of Article L. 59 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, the commission comprises, in addition to the chairman, three…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 C

I. - For the application of the second paragraph of I of Article 1640 B, the reference communal and inter-communal rates are defined as follows:1. For communes that are not members in 2010 of a public…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX quater : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of the agency for the development of urban areas in the zone known as the "cinquante pas géométriques" in Guadeloupe

Article 1609 C

…977 of 28 December 2011 on finances for 2012, by the board of directors of the public establishment and notified to the tax departments.The municipalities concerned are consulted beforehand by the boa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 C

…60 B does not apply: 1° Transactions carried out by affiliates of the central body of savings banks and banques populaires, as well as their groupings, between themselves or with the central body of s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 C

The following are exempt from value added tax:1° Banking and financial transactions:a.The granting and negotiation of loans, the management of loans carried out by the person who granted them, securit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 259 C

…the following services is also deemed to be in France when they are supplied to non-taxable persons and the actual use or exploitation of these services takes place in France:1° The supply of services…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 C

…the exception of permanent establishments of these taxable persons which are not located in France, and who are closely linked to each other from a financial, economic and organisational point of view…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Provisions specific to registration duty, land registration tax, the property security contribution, stamp duty and the special tax on insurance policies

Article 1965 C

…request submitted within the period provided for in Article R. 196-1 of the Book of Tax Procedures and on the representation of the birth certificate, if the birth took place outside France.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11: Offences committed by account holders.

Article 1740 C

Unless the first paragraph of Article L. 564-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, failure by an account holder to remit, under the conditions set out in Article L. 102 AG of the Book of Tax Procedure…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1636 C

…s of the additional taxes levied for the benefit of the public establishments mentioned in articles L. 321-1 and L. 324-1 of the town planning code are, subject to Article 1636 B octies and the provis…

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