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Showing 52015210 of 12278 articles for Art. US Estate Tax — QDOT

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-9

…the proceedings are opened in favour of a debtor who employs a number of employees or who has a pre-tax turnover in excess of thresholds set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the debates must take plac…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Investment income

Article A343-3

…aking into account the acquisition price, the probabilities, maturity dates and amounts, net of all taxes, of coupons, prizes and other ancillary benefits attached to these securities, and the redempt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article L5122-4

…of the same code under the conditions defined in 1° of II of article L. 136-8 of the said code. The tax system applicable to the contributions mentioned in article L. 5422-10 of this code is applicabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Rental charges, taxes, fees and works

Article R145-36

…al financial year. The lessor shall provide the lessee, at the lessee's request, with any document justifying the amount of charges, taxes, duties and fees charged to the lessee.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-12

…counting standards authority) shows at least the net amount of consolidated sales, the profit after tax of all the companies consolidated by the equity method, and the share of profit of companies con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-21

…Where the syndicate is responsible for the collection as well as the destruction or treatment of household waste, either the proceeds of the tax for the removal of household waste and the fee provide…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Financial provisions

Article L5842-29

…llowing provisions: 1° In 1°, the words: "mentioned in I and V of Article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code" are replaced by the words: "the collection of which is authorised by local regulations"; 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Assessment of existing regulatory standards

Article R1213-30

…senting local and regional authorities and public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status. The rapporteur prepares the draft assessment opinion on which the National Council delib…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R927-3

…sub-categories. It is based on the following data: " 1° Turnover, by category or sub-category, of businesses subject to payment of corporation tax; " 2° Number of employees, by category or sub-catego…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-13

…The designation and characteristics of the operation, the nature and the estimated amount excluding taxes of the subsidisable expenditure; b) The estimated timetable for the operation, the estimated a…

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