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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis

…isions of articles 118,119,238 septies B and 1678 bis give rise to the application of a withholding tax, the rate of which is set by 1 of Article 187, when they benefit persons who have their register…

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3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 123 bis

…% of the shares, units, financial rights or voting rights in a legal entity-a legal person, body, trust or comparable institution-established or incorporated outside France and subject to a privileged…

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b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 112

…be deemed to be of this nature if all profits and reserves other than the legal reserve have previously been distributed.Subject to the provisions of 3°, the following shall not be considered as cont…

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2: Income from bonds

Article 119

…public bills and loans, by the interest or income distributed during the year; 2° For lots, by the amount of the lot itself; 3° For redemption premiums, by the difference between the sum redeemed and…

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3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 122

…rding to the exchange rate on the day of the payments, without any deduction other than that of the taxes established in the country of origin and the payment of which is the responsibility of the ben…

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4b: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 125 A

I.-Individuals domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of l'article 4 B who benefit from interest, arrears and income of any kind from state funds, bonds, participating securities, bil…

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4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 C

The amount of the gains mentioned in Article 124 B is set in accordance with the conditions set out in the first paragraph of 1 and 2 of Article 150-0 D. However, the costs of acquisition for valuable…

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4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 125-00 A

…ing the same year or the following five years.For the application of the first paragraph, the total amount of losses chargeable may not exceed €8,000 in respect of any one year.

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4°: Société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of article 355-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies

Article 131

The following are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A : 1° to 4° (Obsolete provisions); 4° bis For their entire duratio…

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2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 U

I. - Subject to the provisions specific to industrial and commercial profits, agricultural profits and non-commercial profits, capital gains realised by natural persons or companies or groupings cover…

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