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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 214

…he following are allowed as deductions: 1° In the case of sociétés coopératives de consommation, bonuses arising from transactions with members and distributed to the latter in proportion to the order…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 quater

…e share of profits made by joint agricultural interest companies that is allocated to suppliers or customers who are farmers or bodies mentioned in article L 541-1 of the Code rural et de la pêche mar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Taxable persons - Place of taxation

Article 218 A

1. Corporation tax is established at the place of the principal establishment of the legal entity. However, the administration may designate as the place of taxation: either that where the effective m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 quinquies

…ed to receive them as part of their contribution to the construction effort are not included in the taxable profits of the financial year in which they were paid, for the purposes of the corporation t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 quinquies

I. - For the purposes of determining their taxable income, companies may deduct expenses incurred as a result of the exercise of share subscription or purchase options granted to their employees pursu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 decies

For corporation tax purposes, companies may apply exceptional depreciation equal to 50% of the amount of the sums actually paid to subscribe to the capital of the companies mentioned in article 238 bi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 sexies

…the board of directors or supervisory board of sociétés anonymes is deductible from the corporation tax base within the limit of 5% of the product obtained by multiplying the average deductible remune…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 211 bis

…xpenses, directors mean, in partnerships and joint ventures that have opted for the capital company tax regime, the partners in name and the members of these companies, in limited liability companies…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 212 bis

…is not a member of a group, within the meaning of Articles 223 A or 223 A bis, are deductible from taxable income subject to corporation tax up to the higher of the following two amounts:1° Three mil…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 duodecies

…Wallis and Futuna, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon as part of their own tax jurisdiction in respect of investment projects has no impact on the determination of the amount…

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