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Article 118 of the French General Tax Code

For the purposes of the present provisions, the following shall be deemed to be income: 1° Interest, arrears and any other proceeds from bonds, participating securities, public bills and any other negotiable debt securities issued by the French State, departments, communes and public establishments, associations of any kind and any French financial, industrial, commercial or civil companies, corporations and enterprises; 2° Redemption lots and premiums paid to holders of the…

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Article 119 of the French General Tax Code

Income is determined: 1° For bonds, participating securities, public bills and loans, by the interest or income distributed during the year; 2° For lots, by the amount of the lot itself; 3° For redemption premiums, by the difference between the sum redeemed and the issue rate of the loans. A decree (1) shall determine the issue rate to be used to calculate the tax on these premiums. (1) Annex III,…

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Article 119 bis of the French General Tax Code

1. Income from transferable capital falling within the provisions of articles 118,119,238 septies B and 1678 bis give rise to the application of a withholding tax, the rate of which is set by 1 of Article 187, when they benefit persons who have their registered office in France or abroad or who do not have their tax domicile in France. However, income from debt securities mentioned in the first paragraph…

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Article 119 bis A of the French General Tax Code

1. Is deemed to constitute distributed income subject to the withholding tax provided for in Article 2 of 119 bis any payment, up to the amount corresponding to the distribution of proceeds from units or shares referred to in b, made, in any form and by any means whatsoever, by a person who is established or has his tax domicile in France to the benefit, directly or indirectly, of a…

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Article 119 ter of the French General Tax Code

1. The withholding tax provided for in 2 of article 119 bis is not applicable to dividends distributed to a legal entity that meets the conditions listed in 2 of this article by a company or organisation subject to corporation tax at the standard rate. 2. In order to benefit from the exemption provided for in 1, the legal entity must prove to the debtor or the person who ensures…

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Article 119 quater of the French General Tax Code

1. The withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis as well as the levy provided for in III of Article 125 A is not applicable to interest understood, for the application of this article, as income from debts of any kind, excluding penalties for late payment, paid by a société anonyme, a société par actions simplifiée, a société en commandite par actions, a société à responsabilité limitée,…

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Article 119 quinquies of the French General Tax Code

The withholding taxes or levies provided for in articles 119 bis, 182 A bis, 182 B, 244 bis, 244 bis A and 244 bis B are not applicable to income and profits received or realised by a legal entity which provides evidence to the debtor or the person who ensures the payment of this income that it fulfils, in respect of the financial year during which it receives or realises…

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Article 120 of the French General Tax Code

Sont considérés comme revenus au sens du présent article : 1° Dividends, interest, arrears and all other income from shares of any kind and founders’ shares in financial, industrial, commercial, civil and generally any other companies, corporations or enterprises whose registered office is situated abroad regardless of when they were created; 2° Interest, income and profits from interest shares and limited partnerships in companies, corporations and enterprises whose registered office…

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Article 121 of the French General Tax Code

1. For the application of Article 120, the incorporation of reserves by a foreign company into its share capital does not constitute a chargeable event for income tax. The provisions set out in 1 of Article 115 are applicable in the event of a merger or demerger involving companies at least one of which is foreign. The provisions set out in 2 of article 115 are applicable in the event…

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Article 122 of the French General Tax Code

1. Subject to 2, the income is determined by the gross value in euros of the products collected according to the exchange rate on the day of the payments, without any deduction other than that of the taxes established in the country of origin and the payment of which is the responsibility of the beneficiary. The amount of the lots is fixed by the actual amount of the lot in…

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