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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies

Non-repayable assistance provided to sociétés d'habitations à loyer modéré, sociétés de crédit immobilier and companies or bodies whose purpose is the construction of residential buildings and whose l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 quater

As an exception to the provisions of article 38, where a life insurance contract has been taken out with an insurance company by a company on the life of a manager or a person playing a decisive role…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 B

At the close of each financial year, the sum of depreciation actually applied since the acquisition or creation of a given item may not be less than the cumulative amount of depreciation calculated us…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 quinquies

The warehousing of agricultural production by a farmer subject to an actual taxation system with a third party and then, where applicable, its repossession does not result in the recognition of a prof…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 sexies

When the rebates granted by a société coopérative agricole mentioned in Article L. 521-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code to a cooperative member takes the form of the allocation of share…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 D

The depreciation of buildings and improvements erected on third-party land must be spread over the normal period of use of each item. This provision is not applicable in the case of a construction lea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis

…% for general publications and 65% for daily newspapers of the profit for the 1980 financial year,- 30% for general publications and 60% for daily newspapers of the profit for the 1981 to 1996 financi…

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2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 septies

…ssement rural and sociétés whose principal activity is agricultural, within the meaning of article 63 of this Code, which are liable for corporation tax may, on option, be the subject of a deferral of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octodecies

I. - Taxpayers who exercise an option for the first time for a real tax regime may recognise, free of tax, the capital gains acquired, on the effective date of this option, by the non-depreciable elem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quindecies

I. - (1) Subject to the provisions of Articles 41,151 octies and 210 A to 210 C, the net amount of long-term capital gains is taxed separately at a rate of 12.8%.It refers to the excess of these capit…

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