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Article 210 quinquies of the French General Tax Code

Non-repayable subsidies paid by employers to companies or organisations duly authorised to receive them as part of their contribution to the construction effort are not included in the taxable profits of the financial year in which they were paid, for the purposes of the corporation tax due by these companies or organisations.

The amount of the grant is deducted from the cost price of the items built or acquired with the aid of the said grant for the calculation of depreciation and capital gains subsequently realised.

However, where the subsidy is paid annually in order to reduce the charges relating to the servicing of the loan taken out for the construction of a building, it is deducted from the taxable profit up to the amount of the depreciation applied at the end of each financial year to the cost price of this building.

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Article 210 quinquies

Les subventions que les employeurs versent à fonds perdus au titre de la participation à l’effort de construction à des sociétés ou organismes régulièrement habilités à les recevoir ne sont pas comprises, pour l’assiette de l’impôt sur les sociétés dû par ces sociétés ou organismes, dans les bénéfices imposables de l’exercice au cours duquel elles ont été versées.

Le montant de la subvention vient en déduction du prix de revient des éléments construits ou acquis à l’aide de ladite subvention pour le calcul des amortissements et des plus-values réalisées ultérieurement.

Toutefois, lorsque la subvention est versée annuellement en vue de réduire les charges afférentes au service de l’emprunt contracté pour la construction d’un immeuble, elle est rapportée au bénéfice imposable à concurrence du montant de l’amortissement pratiqué à la clôture de chaque exercice sur le prix de revient de cet immeuble.

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