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Article 735 of the French General Tax Code

Where a deed transferring ownership or usufruct includes movables and immovables, registration duty is levied on the entire price at the rate regulated for immovables, unless a specific price is stipulated for the movables, and they are designated and estimated, item by item, in the contract.

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Article 738 of the French General Tax Code

Sont enregistrés au droit fixe de 125 €: 1° Les cessions, subrogations, rétrocessions et résiliations de baux à durée limitée de biens de toute nature; 2° Les concessions de licences d’exploitation de brevets; 3° (Abrogé).

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Article 742 of the French General Tax Code

Limited-term leases of real estate made for a term of more than twelve years, with the exception of those mentioned in Article 1048 ter, are subject to land registration tax at a rate of 0.70%. This tax is calculated on the expressed price, increased by the charges imposed on the lessee, or on the actual rental value of the leased property if this value is higher than the price increased…

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Article 743 of the French General Tax Code

The following are exempt from land registration tax: 1° Construction leases; 2° Long-term leases concluded pursuant to articles L. 416-1 to L. 416-6, L. 416-8 and L. 416-9du code rural et de la pêche maritime; 3° (Transferred under Article 1594 J). 4° Transferable leases entered into pursuant to articles L. 418-1 to L. 418-5 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code; 5° Leases in rem jointly and severally entered into…

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Article 743 bis of the French General Tax Code

For properties leased for a period of more than twelve years under the conditions provided for in 2 of Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the basis of assessment for the land registration tax is reduced by the amount of the share of the rent corresponding to the financial costs paid by the lessee. The share of rents corresponding to the financial costs is indicated separately in…

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Article 744 of the French General Tax Code

I. – Leases for life or unlimited duration are subject to the same taxation as transfers of ownership of the property to which they relate. II. – For leases of unlimited duration, the value used as a basis for the tax is determined by a capital formed by twenty times the annual rent or price, and the charges also annual, also adding other capital charges, and entrance fees, if stipulated….

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Article 746 of the French General Tax Code

Shares of movable and immovable property between co-owners, co-heirs and co-partners, in any capacity whatsoever, provided they are justified, are subject to registration duty or land registration tax of 2.50%. This rate is reduced to 1.80% from 1 January 2021 and to 1.10% from 1 January 2022 for the division of property interests following a legal separation, divorce or the termination of a civil solidarity pact.

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Article 747 of the French General Tax Code

The registration duty or land registration tax provided for in article 746 are liquidated on the amount of the shared net assets. Where the division includes a balancing payment or a capital gain, the tax on what is the subject thereof is levied at the rates provided for sales, in proportion, where applicable, to the respective value of the different assets included in the lot subject to the balancing payment…

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Article 748 of the French General Tax Code

Shares of movable or immovable property that are part of a succession or a marital community and that are made solely between the original members of the joint ownership, their spouse, ascendants, descendants or universal beneficiaries of one or more of them, are not considered to transfer ownership to the extent of the balances or capital gains. The same applies to divisions of undivided property resulting from a shared gift…

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