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Article 677 of the French General Tax Code

Subject to special provisions, the following are subject to proportional or progressive taxation: 1° Transfers, either inter vivos or by death, of ownership or usufruct of movable or immovable property, as well as court decisions and deeds establishing or recording inter vivos the constitution of rights in rem in immovable property referred to in a of 1° of amended article 28 of decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 ;…

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Article 678 of the French General Tax Code

Where they are neither exempted nor tariffed by any other article of this code, judicial decisions and deeds containing provisions subject to land registration referred to in Article 677 are subject to proportional taxation at the rate of 0.70%.

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Article 679 of the French General Tax Code

Sont soumis à une imposition fixe : 1° Les actes qui ne comportent aucune disposition entrant dans les prévisions des 1° à 4° de Article 677; 2° Registrations of judicial or contractual mortgages not subject to the proportional tax; 3° Deeds exempt from registration which are voluntarily submitted to this formality; 4° Deeds referred to in l’article 37 du décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 modifié qui sont présentés…

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Article 680 of the French General Tax Code

All transactions that are neither exempted nor priced by any other article of this code and that cannot give rise to proportional or progressive taxation are subject to a fixed tax of €125. The transactions mentioned in 9° of 1 of Article 635, which are not tariffed by any other article of this code, are exempt from the fixed taxation provided for in the first paragraph.

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Article 681 of the French General Tax Code

The rates of the land registration tax are applicable for the liquidation of registration duties due on the basis of provisions subject to land registration in judicial decisions and deeds excluded from the scope of the merged formality. This system does not apply to gratuitous transfers.

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Article 682 of the French General Tax Code

In the absence of a deed, transfers for valuable consideration of real estate or real estate rights are subject to registration duties at the rate provided for transactions of the same nature giving rise to payment of land registration tax.

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Article 683 of the French General Tax Code

I. – Civil and judicial deeds transferring ownership or usufruct of immovable property for valuable consideration are subject to land registration tax or registration duty at the rate provided for in Article 1594 D. The tax or duty is liquidated on the price expressed, adding to it all capital charges as well as all indemnities stipulated for the benefit of the transferor, by whatever title and for whatever cause, or…

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Article 684 of the French General Tax Code

Exchanges of immovable property are subject to land registration tax or 5% registration duty. The tax or duty is levied on the value of one of the shares where there is no return. If there is a return, the tax, or duty, is paid at the rate of 5% on the lesser portion, and as for sale on the return or capital gain. Returns are subject to the taxation provided…

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Article 685 of the French General Tax Code

Auction on reiteration of auctions of immovable property is subject to proportional land registration tax or proportional registration duty only on what exceeds the price of the previous auction, if the tax has been paid. Where the price does not exceed that of the previous auction and if the latter has been registered or subject to the merged formality, the auction on reiteration of the auction is subject to a…

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