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Article 786 of the French General Tax Code

For the levying of transfer duties free of charge, no account shall be taken of the family relationship resulting from simple adoption. This provision does not apply to transfers falling within the scope of the first paragraph of Article 368-1 of the Civil Code, as well as to those made in favour of : 1° Children from a first marriage of the adopter’s spouse; 2° Wards of the State, the…

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Article 787 A of the French General Tax Code

Gifts and bequests made to wards of the State, the Nation or the Republic and to the children referred to in 3° of article L. 222-5 of the Code de l’Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family Code) benefit from the tax regime for direct line gratuitous transfers when the donor or the deceased has provided for their maintenance for at least five years during their minority.

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Article 787 B of the French General Tax Code

Sont exonérées de droits de mutation à titre gratuit, à concurrence de 75 % de leur valeur, les parts ou les actions d’une société ayant une activité industrielle, commerciale, artisanale, agricole ou libérale transmises par décès, entre vifs ou, en pleine propriété, à un fonds de pérennité mentionné à l’article 177 of law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses if the following…

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Article 787 C of the French General Tax Code

All or an undivided share of all the movable and immovable, tangible or intangible assets allocated to the operation of a sole proprietorship with an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or liberal activity transferred by death or inter vivos are exempt from transfer duties for no consideration, up to 75% of their value, if the following conditions are met: a.The sole proprietorship mentioned above has been owned for more than two…

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Article 788 of the French General Tax Code

I. – (Repealed) II. – (Repealed) III. – For the collection of death duties, an abatement shall be made on the net share of any heir, donee or legatee corresponding to the value of the property received from the deceased, valued on the day of death and handed over by the latter to a foundation recognised as being in the public interest and meeting the conditions set out in b…

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Article 789 of the French General Tax Code

When an estate includes both property taxable in mainland France or in the overseas departments and property taxable in French Polynesia, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, the amount of duty is calculated, taking into account any allowances, charges or deductions, on the value of the entire estate; however, the duties thus determined are payable only to the extent of the ratio existing…

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Article 790 of the French General Tax Code

I. – Donations of full ownership of the shares or stocks of a company with an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or liberal activity that meet the conditions listed in article 787 B benefit on the duties liquidated pursuant to articles 777 et seq. of a 50% reduction when the donor is under the age of seventy. II. – Full ownership donations of all or an undivided share of all movable…

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Article 790 A of the French General Tax Code

I. – For the purposes of calculating free transfer duties, in the event of a gift in full ownership of a craft business, a business, an agricultural business or the customer base of a sole proprietorship or the shares or stocks of a company, an allowance of €300,000 is applied, at the option of the donee, to the value of the business or customer base or to the fraction of…

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Article 790 A bis of the French General Tax Code

I.-Gifts of full ownership of sums of money made to a child, grandchild, great-grandchild or, in the absence of such a descendant, a nephew or niece, are exempt from free transfer tax up to a limit of €100,000 if they are allocated by the donee, no later than the last day of the third month following the transfer: a) To subscriptions to the initial capital or capital increases of a…

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