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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIa: Sociétés de libre partenariat

Article 1655 sexies A

For the taxation of their profits and those of their members, the sociétés de libre partenariat mentioned in article L. 214-154 of the Monetary and Financial Code are treated in the same way as a prof…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10: Business property tax

Article 1679 quinquies

The business property levy and additional taxes are collected by means of tax rolls in accordance with the procedures and under the guarantees and penalties laid down for direct taxation. They give ri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax records

Article 1649 quinquies

1. One or more tax record centres shall be set up in each department, under the authority of the Minister responsible for the budget. 2. The tax records centre brings together the various documents an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter V: Overseas departments. Establishment and conservation of the land register

Article 1649 decies

…d Reunion, a parcel-based land register is established and maintained at the State's expense, to be used as a basis for the valuations to be used for the assessment of the property tax on built-up pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II ter: Provisions common to the commissions referred to in articles 1651, 1651 H and 1651 L bis

Article 1651 M

The chairman of the Commission des impôts directs et des taxes sur le chiffre d'affaires provided for in article 1651 , of the Commission nationale des impôts directs et des taxes sur le chiffre d'aff…

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1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1665

A decree sets out the terms of application of articles 1663 B and 1663 C.

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3a: Withholding tax on salaries, remuneration, pensions, annuities, income and gains paid to persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 1671 A

…A ter is made by the person mentioned in IV of the said article. The deductions are remitted to the tax department together with a declaration in accordance with the model set by the administration, n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Withholding tax on income from shares and similar income, where the beneficiaries do not have their real domicile or registered office in France, and on interest and bond income

Article 1673

La retenue à la source afférente aux revenus de capitaux mobiliers entrant dans les prévisions des articles 118, 119 et 1678 bis, and referred to in 1 of the articles 119 bis and 1672 is declared and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Local Direct Tax Commission

Article 1650

1. In each commune, a communal direct tax commission is set up with seven members, namely: the mayor or the deputy mayor, chairman, and six commissioners.In communes with more than 2,000 inhabitants,…

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IV: Provisions common to the commissions referred to in Articles 1650 to 1652a

Article 1653

…ntermunicipal commission as well as the operation, the procedures for appointing representatives of taxpayers and departmental councillors and the secretariat of the commissions provided for in articl…

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