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

Article 779

I. - For the collection of transfer duties free of charge, an allowance of €100,000 is made on the share of each of the ascendants and on the share of each of the children living or represented as a r…

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

Article 783

Subject to reciprocity treaties, reductions in taxes or duties, reductions in the base, deductions granted by the laws in force for reasons of family responsibilities are applicable only to French cit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deeds and transfers other than transfers by death

Article 653

Declarations of verbal transfers of immovable property, businesses or clienteles, as well as declarations of verbal transfers of a right to a lease or the benefit of a promise to lease relating to all…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deeds and transfers other than transfers by death

Article 654

…n those referred to in Article 652 and deeds executed in foreign countries may be registered in all tax departments without distinction.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Combined registration and land registration formalities

Article 657

…istration in the location of the property. In Mayotte, the merged formality takes place at the real estate property conservation department.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Changes of a particular nature

Article 687

…accordance with Article 707 of the Code of Civil Procedure are subject to a fixed land registration tax of €25 when they are not required to be published at the same time as deeds subject to proportio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Transfers of public and ministerial offices

Article 724

…for the value of the office, duty is payable on this compensation at the rate fixed in I.The duty must be paid before the new holder is sworn in.III. - In the event of the abolition of an office titl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° Special schemes

Article 743

The following are exempt from land registration tax: 1° Construction leases; 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…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Specific legacies

Article 767

…ty is not due for these legacies; consequently, the duties already paid by the particular legatees must be deducted from those due by the heirs or universal legatees.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Debts of the deceased

Article 774

…the administration by all acts and writings, even subsequent to the death of a farmer, likely to be used as evidence in court between the farmer's co-heirs or representatives. The heir creditor of the…

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