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Article 294 of the French General Tax Code

1. Value added tax is temporarily not applicable in the departments of French Guiana and Mayotte. 2. For the application of value added tax, the following is considered to be the export of a good: 1° The dispatch or transport of a good out of mainland France to the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Mayotte, Martinique or Réunion; 2° The dispatch or transport of a good out of the departments…

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Article 295 of the French General Tax Code

1. The following are exempt from value added tax: 1° Maritime transport of persons and goods carried out within the limits of each of the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion; 2° Sales and imports of rice into the department of Réunion; 3° (Repealed) 4° (Repealed) 5° In the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion: a. Imports of raw materials and products, the list of which is set by joint…

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Article 296 of the French General Tax Code

In the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion, value added tax is levied: 1° a) At the reduced rate of 2.10% for the transactions referred to in articles 278-0 bis to 279-0 bis A and to article 298 octies; b) At the standard rate of 8.50% in other cases; 2° (Repealed).

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Article 296 bis of the French General Tax Code

In the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion, value added tax is levied at the rate of; a. 1.05% for the transactions referred to in Article 281 quater; b. 1.75% for the transactions referred to in article 281 sexies; c. (Repealed). d. (Repealed) (1). (1) Repealed with effect from 1st January 1993.

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Article 296 ter of the French General Tax Code

In the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion, value added tax is levied at the reduced rate in respect of: a) Construction work on progressive social housing, financed under the conditions laid down by interministerial decree pursuant to articles L. 301-1 and L. 301-2 of the French Construction and Housing Code and billed to individuals purchasing property directly as their principal residence and which contribute to the production or delivery…

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Article 296 quater of the French General Tax Code

Not applicable in Guadeloupe, Réunion and Martinique: 1° Les articles 298 sexdecies G and 298 sexdecies H; 2° The other provisions relating to value added tax insofar as they refer to transactions carried out under the special schemes provided for in the same articles 298 sexdecies G and 298 sexdecies H.

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Article 297 of the French General Tax Code

I. – 1. in Corsica, value added tax is levied at the rate of: 1° 0.90% for the transactions referred to in articles 281 quater and 281 sexies ; 2° 2.10% as regards: The transactions referred to in 1°, 1°-00 bis, 1°-0 bis and 3° of A of Article 278-0 bis and Article 278 bis relating to products delivered in Corsica; The services referred to in B, C, and E…

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Article 297 A of the French General Tax Code

I. – 1° The taxable amount for supplies by a taxable reseller of second-hand goods, works of art, collectors’ items or antiques which have been supplied to him by a person who is not liable for value added tax or by a person who is not authorised to charge value added tax in respect of that supply is the difference between the sale price and the purchase price. The definition…

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Article 297 B of the French General Tax Code

Taxable resellers may request to apply the provisions of Article 297 A to supplies of works of art, collectors’ items or antiques subsequent to an import, an intra-Community acquisition or a supply subject to the reduced rate of value added tax pursuant to Article 278 septies or of I of l’article 278-0 bis. The option is valid from the first day of the month following that of the request and…

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