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Article 256 of the French General Tax Code

I. – The supply of goods and services for consideration by a taxable person acting as such is subject to value added tax. II. – 1° The transfer of the power to dispose of tangible property in the same way as an owner is considered to be the supply of goods. 2° The following in particular are considered to be tangible movable property: electricity, gas, heat, refrigeration and similar goods….

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Article 256 bis of the French General Tax Code

I. – 1° Intra-Community acquisitions of tangible movable property made for consideration by a taxable person acting as such, or by a non-taxable legal entity when the vendor is a taxable person acting as such and who does not benefit in his State from the special exemption scheme for small businesses, are also subject to value added tax. 1° bis Acquisitions of goods made by a taxable person or a…

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Article 256 ter of the French General Tax Code

1. Each transfer of a single-use voucher by a taxable person acting in his own name shall be regarded as a supply of the goods or services to which the voucher relates. The physical handing over of goods or the actual provision of services in exchange for a single-use voucher accepted in full or in part by the supplier shall not be regarded as a separate transaction. Where the supplier…

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Article 256 A of the French General Tax Code

Persons who independently carry out one of the economic activities mentioned in the fifth paragraph are subject to value added tax, regardless of the legal status of these persons, their situation with regard to other taxes and the form or nature of their intervention. The following are not considered to be acting independently: – employees and other persons who are bound by a contract of employment or by any other…

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Article 256 B of the French General Tax Code

Legal entities governed by public law are not subject to value added tax for the activity of their administrative, social, educational, cultural and sporting services when their non-taxability does not lead to distortions in the conditions of competition. These legal entities are taxable, in any event, for the following transactions: Deliveries of new goods manufactured with a view to sale, Distribution of gas , electricity and thermal energy, Operations of…

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Article 256 C of the French General Tax Code

I.-Taxable persons who have in France the seat of their economic activity or a permanent establishment or, failing that, their domicile or habitual residence, with the exception of permanent establishments of these taxable persons which are not located in France, and who are closely linked to each other from a financial, economic and organisational point of view may request, for the application of the provisions of this chapter, to constitute…

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Article 257 of the French General Tax Code

I. – Transactions contributing to the production or supply of immovable property are subject to value added tax under the following conditions. 1. The following are treated in the same way as tangible property and are subject to the same rules as the immovable property to which they relate: 1° Rights in rem in immovable property, with the exception of rentals resulting from leases which confer a right of enjoyment;…

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Article 257 bis of the French General Tax Code

When a total or partial universality of goods is transferred for valuable consideration, free of charge or in the form of a contribution to a company between persons liable for value added tax, no supply of goods or services is deemed to take place. The joining or leaving of a taxable person as a member of a single taxable person constituted pursuant to article 256 C constitutes the transfer of…

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Article 257 ter of the French General Tax Code

I.- Each transaction subject to value added tax is considered to be distinct and independent and is subject to its own tax regime determined on the basis of its main element or its non-accessory elements. The scope of a transaction is determined in accordance with II. The scope of a transaction is determined, in accordance with II, on the basis of an overall assessment made from the point of view…

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