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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compensation for loss of revenue

Article 917-15

…ance with the same contractual terms and conditions as those laid down for cinema box office receipts.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Other duties, taxes and fees levied on behalf of local authorities and other bodies

Article 1647

…ties, taxes, fees and other charges referred to in II of Article 1635 ter.The rate of this levy is set at 4% of the amount of recoveries.II. - (Not applicable).III. - For collection costs, the State m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 158

1. The net incomes of the various categories entering into the composition of the global net income are assessed according to the rules set out in articles 12 and 13 and under the conditions set out i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes to be levied for the common fund for agricultural accidents at work

Article 1623

…and rulings awarding annuities, pursuant to the chapitre Ier du titre V du livre VII du code rural et de la pêche maritime, doivent indiquer si le chef d'entreprise est ou non assuré.

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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
A: Local mining tax

Article 1519

I. - A royalty is levied, for the benefit of the communes, on each net tonne of the conceded product extracted by mine concessionaires, amodiataires and sous-amodiataires of mining concessions, by hol…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5 : Taxpayers with professional income in different categories

Article 155

…ltural profits or profits from non-commercial professions, these results are taken into account to determine the industrial and commercial profits to be included in the income tax base.2. When a holde…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1520

…expenses of the household waste collection and treatment service and the waste mentioned in Article L. 2224-14 of the General Local Authorities Code, as well as expenditure directly linked to the defi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: General provisions

Article 1509

…ped properties established on the basis of the income from these properties results from the rates set by nature of crop and property, in accordance with the rules laid down by the ministerial instruc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 156

Income tax is based on the total amount of annual net income available to each tax household. This net income is determined having regard to the property and capital owned by the members of the tax ho…

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