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Showing 21712180 of 32230 articles for Art. Loi 2011-900 du 29-7-2011

French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 761

For the purpose of calculating the duties on gratuitous transfers, the properties, whatever their nature, are estimated according to their real market value on the date of the transfer, according to t…

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2: Transfers subject to reduced or exempt taxation

Article 700

During the period when operations remain provisionally under the legal quarrying regime, pursuant to article L. 312-4 or the second paragraph of article L. 312-11 of the French Mining Code concerning…

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2: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 748

…roperty acquired by partners who have entered into a civil solidarity pact or by spouses, before or during the pact or marriage. In these cases, tax is levied on the net value of the shared assets det…

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III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 724

…as their object the transfer for valuable consideration of an office are subject to a registration duty determined in accordance with the tariff provided for in Article 719 (1). Registration duty is…

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2 : Land registration tax

Article 743

…ases; 2° Long-term leases concluded pursuant to articles L. 416-1 to L. 416-6, L. 416-8 and L. 416-9du code rural et de la pêche maritime; 3° (Transferred under Article 1594 J). 4° Transferable leases…

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b : Deductible liabilities

Article 767

…ned with particular legacies of sums of money not existing in the succession and they have paid the duty on all the assets of this same succession, the same duty is not due for these legacies; consequ…

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b : Deductible liabilities

Article 774

…rovide, in the forms and according to the rules determined by Article L. 20 of the Book of Tax Procedures, a certificate, dated and signed by him, stating the amount of his claim on the farmer's estat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 730

Transfers of company rights referred to in I of article 257 which give rise to the payment of value added tax give rise to the collection of a registration fee of €125.

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III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 733

…er sale of the same property made with publicity and competition shall be subject to a registration duty of 1.20%, where such sales are not subject, by reason of their purpose, to a different rate.1°…

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b : Deductible liabilities

Article 770

The debts the deduction of which is requested are detailed, item by item, in an inventory certified by the depositor and appended to the declaration of the succession. In support of their request, the…

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