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Article 638 A of the French General Tax Code

In the absence of a deed recording them, the formation or transformation of a company or an economic interest grouping, the increase, of their capital, with the exception of capital increases in cash and by capitalisation of profits, reserves or provisions and net increases in the capital of variable capital companies recorded at the close of a financial year, must give rise to the filing of a declaration with the competent tax department within one month of their completion.

These transactions are subject to the same duties or taxes as the corresponding deeds.

A decree sets the conditions for application of this article (1).

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Article 638 A

A défaut d’acte les constatant, la formation ou la transformation d’une société ou d’un groupement d’intérêt économique, l’augmentation, de leur capital, à l’exception des augmentations de capital en numéraire et par incorporation de bénéfices, de réserves ou de provisions et des augmentations nettes de capital de société à capital variable constatées à la clôture d’un exercice, doivent donner lieu au dépôt d’une déclaration au service des impôts compétent dans le mois qui suit leur réalisation.

Ces opérations sont passibles des mêmes droits ou taxes que les actes correspondants.

Un décret fixe les conditions d’application du présent article (1).

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