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Showing 791800 of 16624 articles for Art. US Estate Tax — basic exclusion amount

French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Provisions applicable to certain contracts concluded for properties located in priority development areas

Article 239 sexies D

…b of article 39 quinquies D are exempt from any reintegration on the occasion of the disposal of industrial and commercial property leased under a finance lease with an effective term of at least fift…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIa: Redemption premiums and capitalised interest

Article 238 septies A

…ns of this article cease to apply to securities or rights issued as from 1 January 1993 and held by taxpayers other than those mentioned in V of article 238 septies E. V. - Where the securities or rig…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIa: Redemption premiums and capitalised interest

Article 238 septies E

…stripping transactions referred to in I, the redemption premium and the interest paid each year are taxed in respect of each financial year after an actuarial apportionment when the premium exceeds 10…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII bis: Taxation of capital gains realised on the sale of a right to build on a property

Article 238 octies A

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIa: Tax treatment of certain limited liability companies - Election for partnership status

Article 239 bis AA

Limited liability companies carrying on an industrial, commercial, craft or agricultural activity, and formed solely between persons related in the direct line or between brothers and sisters, as well…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Depreciation of assets acquired on expiry of a leasing contract

Article 239 sexies C

…rticle 39. Where the lessee purchaser has acquired the rights attached to the contract from a previous lessee, the cost price of the buildings and that of the land as defined in the first paragraph ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII bis : Legal entities liable to corporation tax whose purpose is to transfer the use of movable or immovable property to their members free of charge

Article 239 octies

When a legal entity liable to corporation tax has the purpose of transferring the use of movable or immovable property to its members free of charge, the net value of the benefit in kind thus granted…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXI: Advertising measures

Article 243 ter

…n 2° of 3 of the aforementioned article 158. Proof of this identification is kept available for the tax authorities.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 duodecies

The provisions of articles 238 decies et 238 undecies are applicable to contributions and exchanges made after the promulgation of the Land Orientation Law n° 67-1253 of 30 December 1967.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Taxation of partnerships, joint ventures, public interest groups, limited liability companies, limited liability farms and professional non-trading companies. Option for capital companies

Article 239

…set by ministerial order, for the system applicable to capital companies. In this case, the income tax due by the partners in name, general partners, co-participants, the sole partner of a limited li…

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