In companies subject to income tax, the tax to be used to calculate net profit is obtained by applying to the taxable profit for the financial year, adjusted in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 3324-3, the average income tax rate for the operator.
This average rate is equal to one hundred times the figure obtained by dividing the income tax due for the financial year in question by the amount of income subject to this tax. However, the average rate used is, in all cases, limited to the standard rate of corporation tax.