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Article 125-0 A of the French General Tax Code

I. – 1° The products attached to capitalisation bonds or contracts as well as to investments of the same nature subscribed with insurance companies established in France are, when the bond, contract or investment is unwound or redeemed and regardless of when it was subscribed, subject to income tax. The products in question are exempt, whatever the duration of the contract, when it is unwound by the payment of a…

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Article 125 A of the French General Tax Code

I.-Individuals domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of l’article 4 B who benefit from interest, arrears and income of any kind from state funds, bonds, participating securities, bills and other debt securities, deposits, guarantees and current accounts, as well as interest paid in respect of sums made available to the company of which they are a partner or shareholder and held in an individual blocked account, are…

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Article 125 D of the French General Tax Code

I. – Individuals domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of Article 4 B who belong to a tax household whose reference tax income for the penultimate year, as defined in 1° of IV of article 1417, is equal to or greater than the amounts mentioned in the last paragraph of I of article 125 A and who benefit from income or products listed in the same I…

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Article 125 ter of the French General Tax Code

La fraction des sommes versées par la Caisse des dépôts et consignations en application du V de l’article L. 312-20 of the Monetary and Financial Code having the character of income from transferable capital mentioned in articles 117 quater and 125 A of this code, with the exception of income expressly exempted from tax under the article 157 and those already subject to income tax, is subject to income tax…

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Article 130 of the French General Tax Code

The provisions relating to the withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis and the levy provided for in I of Article 125 A does not apply: 1° Neither to interest shares in companies or unions of agricultural cooperative societies designated in articles L 521-1 et seq of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, as well as agricultural collective interest companies that have benefited from State advances, nor…

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Article 131 of the French General Tax Code

The following are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 1 of l’article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A : 1° to 4° (Obsolete provisions); 4° bis For their entire duration, long-term bonds and notes issued in accordance with the law of 3 March 1941 relating to financial transactions carried out by the limited company Natexis or any company it controls within the…

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Article 131 ter of the French General Tax Code

1. Special series of bonds issued abroad before 1 January 1976 by French companies, corporations or enterprises with the authorisation of the Minister for the Economy and Finance shall be subject, for their entire term, to the tax regime applicable to foreign securities. The conditions for the application of this paragraph shall be laid down by decree (1). 2. Bonds that foreign or international bodies issue in France with the…

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Article 131 quinquies of the French General Tax Code

Interest on special series of current account Treasury bills denominated in euros which are reserved for international organisations, foreign sovereign States, central banks or the financial institutions of such States is exempt from the levy provided for in article 125 A. The characteristics of these special issues of Treasury bills are set by order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance.

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Article 131 sexies of the French General Tax Code

I. – Income from shares, corporate units or profit shares distributed by French companies, as well as income mentioned in article 118 which benefit international organisations, foreign sovereign States or the central banks of these States, are exempt from the withholding taxes provided for in 1 and 2 of l’article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au III de article 125 A. These investments must not constitute a direct investment…

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