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Article 750 of the French General Tax Code

I. – Shares and undivided portions of immovable property acquired by auction are subject to tax at the rates provided for sales of the same property.

II. – However, the sale by auction of movable or immovable property forming part of a succession or a marital community, as well as the transfer of rights of inheritance in movable or immovable property, are subject to registration duty or land registration tax of 2.50% when they are made in favour of the original members of the joint ownership, their spouse, their ascendants or descendants or the universal beneficiaries of one or more of them. The same applies to licitations relating to undivided property resulting from a shared gift and licitations relating to undivided property acquired by partners who have entered into a civil solidarity pact or by spouses, before or during the pact or marriage.

As regards licitations and transfers putting an end to undivided ownership, taxation is liquidated on the value of the property, without subtracting the purchaser’s share.

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Article 750

I. – Les parts et portions indivises de biens immeubles acquises par licitation sont assujetties à l’impôt aux taux prévus pour les ventes des mêmes biens.

II. – Toutefois, les licitations de biens mobiliers ou immobiliers dépendant d’une succession ou d’une communauté conjugale ainsi que les cessions de droits successifs mobiliers ou immobiliers sont assujetties à un droit d’enregistrement ou à une taxe de publicité foncière de 2,50 % lorsqu’elles interviennent au profit de membres originaires de l’indivision, de leur conjoint, de leurs ascendants ou descendants ou des ayants droit à titre universel de l’un ou de plusieurs d’entre eux. Il en est de même des licitations portant sur des biens indivis issus d’une donation-partage et des licitations portant sur des biens indivis acquis par des partenaires ayant conclu un pacte civil de solidarité ou par des époux, avant ou pendant le pacte ou le mariage.

En ce qui concerne les licitations et cessions mettant fin à l’indivision, l’imposition est liquidée sur la valeur des biens, sans soustraction de la part de l’acquéreur.

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