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Showing 13011310 of 16624 articles for Art. US Estate Tax — basic exclusion amount

French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Offices (Transfers, creations and deletions)

Article 859

…of an office, the clientele, minutes, repertoires, collections and other objects dependent thereon must be evidenced in writing and registered, before being produced in support of the application for…

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a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 787 A

…5 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family Code) benefit from the tax regime for direct line gratuitous transfers when the donor or the deceased has provided for thei…

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D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 795

…bequests of works of art, monuments or objects of historical interest, books, printed matter or manuscripts, made to establishments with civil status, other than those referred to in I of Article 794…

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2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 810

…free of charge.II. - (Repealed).III. - The standard rate of registration duty or land registration tax levied on the contributions referred to in 3° of I, I bis and II of Article 809 is set at 2.20%…

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3: Companies with variable capital

Article 825

…that financial year.The repurchase by an open-ended investment company with a preponderance of real estate capital of its own shares is subject to registration duty at the rate set in 2° of I of Artic…

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XI: Miscellaneous deeds

Article 848 bis

The fraction of shares in rural landholding groups, provided for by article L. 322-22 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime, representative of forestry assets and that representative of agricultur…

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2°: Declaration of previous formalities

Article 857

…dgment is rendered on a registered document, the judgment or award shall mention this and state the amount of duty paid, the date of payment and the name of the public service where it was paid; in th…

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a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 784 C

…is not liable for any duty. On the death of the first legatee or donee, the assets transferred are taxed according to the degree of kinship between the testator or donor and the second legatee or don…

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D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 796

I. - The estates of:1° of servicemen of the French and allied armies who died under the flags during the war;2° of servicemen who, either under the flags or after being sent home, will have died, with…

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3°: Securities, sums or assets on deposit. Amounts due as a result of death. Obligations of depositaries or debtors

Article 807

…ations, institutions, bodies, companies, firms or persons designated in I of l'article 806 who are custodians, holders or debtors of securities, sums or valuables belonging to an estate that they know…

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