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Article 223 quinquies A of the French General Tax Code

The legal persons designated in 2 of Article 218 A may be invited, by the tax department, to designate within ninety days of receipt of this request, a representative in France authorised to receive communications relating to the assessment, collection and litigation of tax (1).

However, the obligation to appoint a tax representative does not apply to persons who have their registered office in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area that has entered into an administrative assistance agreement with France with a view to combating tax fraud and tax evasion, as well as an agreement on mutual assistance in tax collection.

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Article 223 quinquies A

Les personnes morales désignées au 2 de l’article 218 A peuvent être invitées, par le service des impôts, à désigner dans un délai de quatre-vingt-dix jours à compter de la réception de cette demande, un représentant en France autorisé à recevoir les communications relatives à l’assiette, au recouvrement et au contentieux de l’impôt (1).

Toutefois, l’obligation de désigner un représentant fiscal ne s’applique pas aux personnes qui ont leur siège social dans un autre Etat membre de l’Union européenne ou dans un autre Etat partie à l’accord sur l’Espace économique européen ayant conclu avec la France une convention d’assistance administrative en vue de lutter contre la fraude et l’évasion fiscales ainsi qu’une convention d’assistance mutuelle en matière de recouvrement de l’impôt.

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