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French General Tax CodeIn force
X : Special arrangements for the declaration and payment of value added tax on importation

Article 298 sexdecies I

…procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and privileges as customs duties.V.-Persons presenting goods to customs shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the tax is…

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

Article 239 sexies C

…eased by the fraction of the purchase price of the rights which corresponds to each of these elements. A decree sets out the procedures for applying the provisions of this article and the reporting ob…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11: Business value added tax

Article 1679 septies

…he last income tax return required pursuant to Article 53 A on the date of payment of the instalments. Where applicable, the amount of the second instalment is adjusted so that the first instalment co…

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

Article 238 septies E

…interest or any other remuneration of the loan, or of the security representing one of these rights.Where applicable, for the application of this article, the premium includes the difference between…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Tax for the development of vocational training in the car, cycle and motorbike repair trades

Article 1609 sexvicies

…ceships, and continuing vocational training in the automobile, cycle and motorbike repair professions.The tax is payable by companies whose main or secondary activity is the repair, maintenance, fitti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis S

In accordance with the provisions of Article L. 3332-22 du code du travail, when a company carries out a capital increase reserved for members of a company savings scheme, the benefit constituted by t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Special arrangements applicable to distance sales of goods imported from third countries or territories

Article 298 sexdecies H

…must apply it to all his distance selling of goods imported from third territories or third countries. B.-For the purposes of this scheme, distance selling of goods imported from third territories or…

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

Article 239 sexies D

…and commercial property leased under a finance lease with an effective term of at least fifteen years. These provisions apply to transactions entered into between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2015 f…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 173 sexies

The Director General of Customs and Indirect Taxation may, where circumstances justify, and subject to the provisions relating to value added tax, allow temporary admission accounts to be regularised:…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Special arrangements applicable to services supplied by taxable persons not established in the European Union

Article 298 sexdecies F

…l amount of tax due are also indicated. The details of this declaration are laid down by decree.5 bis. Where it is necessary to make changes to the value added tax return after it has been submitted,…

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