1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from a tax reduction in respect of cash subscriptions, made between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, to the initial capital or capital increases of companies defined in Article 238 bis HE.
The benefit of the tax reduction is subject to approval of the company’s capital by the minister responsible for the budget.
2. The tax reduction applies to the sums actually paid for the subscriptions mentioned in 1, retained within the limit of 25% of overall net income and €18,000.
3. The tax reduction is equal to 30% of the sums withheld in 2.
The rate mentioned in the first paragraph is increased to 36% when the company undertakes to make at least 10% of its investments under the conditions set out in a of article 238 bis HG before 31 December of the year following the year of subscription.
The rate mentioned in the first paragraph of this 3 is increased to 48% when, on the one hand, the making of investments under the conditions mentioned in the second paragraph has been complied with and, on the other hand, the company undertakes to devote:
a) Either at least 10% of its investments to expenditure on the development of audiovisual works of fiction, documentary and animation in the form of series, made by the companies mentioned in a of Article 238 bis HG in whose capital the company has subscribed ;
b) Or at least 10% of its investments to cash payments made by production association contracts, mentioned in b of the same Article 238 bis HG, in return for the acquisition of rights relating exclusively to revenues from the exploitation of cinematographic or audiovisual works abroad.
The investments and expenses mentioned in a and b of this 3 must be made within one year of the company’s creation.
4. When all or part of the securities that gave rise to the tax reduction are sold before 31 December of the fifth year following the year of actual payment, the tax reduction obtained is added to the tax due for the year of the sale. However, the tax reduction is not taken back in the event of the death of one of the spouses or partners bound by a civil solidarity pact subject to joint taxation.