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Article 279-0 bis of the French General Tax Code

1. Value added tax is levied at the reduced rate of 10% on improvement, conversion, development and maintenance work other than that mentioned in article 278-0 bis A relating to premises for residential use, completed more than two years ago, with the exception of the portion corresponding to the supply of household equipment or furnishings or the acquisition of major equipment supplied as part of work to install or replace…

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Article 279-0 bis A of the French General Tax Code

I.-The reduced rate of 10% applies to the supply of housing that meets the following conditions: 1° The housing is intended by the lessee to be rented as a principal residence to individuals whose resources, as assessed on the date the lease is entered into, do not exceed the ceilings mentioned in the first paragraph of III of article 199 novovicies and whose monthly rent does not exceed the ceilings…

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Article 279 bis of the French General Tax Code

The reduced rates of value added tax do not apply: 1° To transactions, including transfers of rights, relating to publications that have been subject to at least two of the prohibitions provided for in the article 14 of law no. 49-956 of 16 July 1949 on publications intended for young people ; 2° Pornographic theatrical performances, as well as transfers of rights relating to these performances and their interpretation, designated…

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Article 281 quater of the French General Tax Code

Value added tax is levied at the rate of 2.10% in respect of receipts from admissions to the first theatrical performances of newly created dramatic, lyrical, musical or choreographic works or classical works that are the subject of a new staging, as well as circus shows featuring exclusively original creations designed and produced by the company and using the regular services of a group of musicians. A decree defines the…

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Article 281 octies of the French General Tax Code

Value added tax is levied at the rate of 2.10% on deliveries of magistral preparations, officinal medicines, medicines or pharmaceutical products defined in article L. 5121-8 of the Public Health Code, which meet the conditions of article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code or which are approved under the conditions provided for in articles L. 5123-2 and L. 5123-3 of the Public Health Code as well as, when prepared…

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Article 283-0 of the French General Tax Code

For the application of articles 283 to 285 A, a taxable person who carries out a taxable supply of goods or services in France and who has a permanent establishment there which does not participate in the carrying out of that supply or service is considered to be a taxable person established outside France.

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Article 283 of the French General Tax Code

1. Value added tax must be paid by the persons carrying out the taxable transactions, subject to the cases referred to in Articles 275 to 277 A where payment of the tax may be suspended. However, where a supply of goods or services referred to in Article 259 A is carried out by a taxable person established outside France, the tax is paid by the purchaser, recipient or customer who…

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Article 283 bis of the French General Tax Code

I.-The provisions of this article shall apply, regardless of their place of establishment, to undertakings which, in their capacity as online platform operators, bring persons into contact with each other at a distance, by electronic means, with a view to the sale of a good, the supply of a service or the exchange or sharing of a good or service. II.-.Where there are grounds for presuming that a taxable person,…

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Article 284 of the French General Tax Code

I. – Any person who has been authorised to receive goods or services duty free, tax suspended under article 277 A or under the benefit of a reduced rate is liable to pay the tax or the additional tax, where the conditions to which the granting of this exemption, this suspension or this rate is subject are not met. II. – Any recipient of transactions eligible for the reduced rates…

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