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Showing 751760 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 964

An annual tax on real estate assets designated as the real estate wealth tax is instituted. The following are subject to this tax, when the value of their assets mentioned in article 965 exceeds €1,30…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Calculation of tax

Article 977

1. The rate of the tax is set at: Fraction of the net taxable value of the assets Applicable rate (as a percentage) Not exceeding €800,000 0 Greater than €800,000 and less than or equal to €1,300,000…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Control and litigation

Article 981

Unless otherwise provided, the rules relating to the control and litigation of registration duties apply to the tax on real estate wealth.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Calculation of tax

Article 979

I.-The real estate wealth tax of a taxpayer whose tax residence is in France is reduced by the difference between, on the one hand, the total of this tax and the taxes due in France and abroad in resp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Growth tax

Article 1005

…vil associations whose articles of association admit the addition of new members and contain a reversion clause for the benefit of the remaining members, from those who cease to be part of the company…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Growth tax

Article 1006

…e first three months of the following year, to the tax department of the registered office on submission of a detailed declaration showing the nature and value of the assets.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals resident in France since the age of thirteen

Article L423-21

In the year following their eighteenth birthday or if they are covered by the provisions of article L. 421-35, foreign nationals who can prove by any means whatsoever that they have habitually resided…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-10

The provisions of articles 21-7 to 21-9 do not apply to children born in France to diplomatic agents and career consuls of foreign nationality. However, these children have the option of voluntarily a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-7

…n parents acquires French nationality on coming of age if, on that date, he or she has his or her residence in France and has had his or her habitual residence in France for a continuous or discontinu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-9

Any person who fulfils the conditions set out in article 21-7 to acquire French nationality loses the option of declining it if he or she enlists in the French armed forces. Any minor born in France o…

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