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Article 217 decies of the French General Tax Code

For corporation tax purposes, companies may apply exceptional depreciation equal to 50% of the amount of the sums actually paid to subscribe to the capital of the companies mentioned in article 238 bis HO, up to a limit of 25% of the taxable profit for the financial year, from the year in which the investment is made.

In the event of the sale of all or part of the subscribed securities within five years of their acquisition, the amount of the exceptional amortisation is reintegrated into the taxable profit for the financial year during which the sale takes place and increased by a sum equal to the product of this amount by the rate of late payment interest provided for in article 1727.

A decree will set out the terms and conditions of application, in particular the reporting obligations.

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Article 217 decies

Pour l’établissement de l’impôt sur les sociétés, les entreprises peuvent pratiquer dans la limite de 25 % du bénéfice imposable de l’exercice, dès l’année de réalisation de l’investissement, un amortissement exceptionnel égal à 50 % du montant des sommes effectivement versées pour la souscription au capital des sociétés mentionnées à l’article 238 bis HO.

En cas de cession de tout ou partie des titres souscrits dans les cinq ans de leur acquisition, le montant de l’amortissement exceptionnel est réintégré au bénéfice imposable de l’exercice au cours duquel intervient la cession et majoré d’une somme égale au produit de ce montant par le taux de l’intérêt de retard prévu à l’article 1727.

Un décret fixe les modalités d’application, notamment les obligations déclaratives.

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