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Article 290 bis of the French General Tax Code

People liable for value added tax who make purchases from farmers benefiting from the flat-rate refund (1) issue the latter with certificates each year showing the amount of their purchases paid for the previous year. In addition, these purchasers issue the same farmers with a purchase slip or delivery note for any payment corresponding to purchases. (Repealed). (1) See art. 298 quater and 298 quinquies.

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Article 290 quater of the French General Tax Code

I. – In venues where shows with an admission charge are organised, the operators must issue a ticket to each spectator or record and keep in a computerised system the data relating to admission, before access to the venue. The procedures for applying the first paragraph, in particular the obligations incumbent on the operators of a venue, as well as the manufacturers, importers or merchants of admission tickets, are laid…

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Article 290 quinquies of the French General Tax Code

Any provision of services including the execution of real estate work, whether or not accompanied by a sale, supplied to private individuals by a person liable for value added tax, must be the subject of a note stating the name and address of the parties, the nature and date of the operation carried out, the amount of its price and the amount of value added tax. The original of the…

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Article 291 of the French General Tax Code

I. – 1. Imports of goods are subject to value added tax. 2. The following are considered to be imports of goods: a. the entry into France of goods originating in or coming from a State or territory not belonging to the European Union, and which have not been released for free circulation, or of goods coming from a territory referred to in 1° of Article 256-0 of another Member…

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Article 292 of the French General Tax Code

The tax base is made up of the value defined by customs legislation in accordance with the Community regulations in force. However, the tax base shall include: 1° Taxes, duties, levies and other taxes that are due as a result of the importation, with the exception of value added tax itself; 2° Incidental costs, such as commission, packaging, transport and insurance costs incurred up to the first place of destination…

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Article 293 of the French General Tax Code

Goods that are temporarily exported and reimported after having undergone repair, processing, adaptation, alteration or working outside the territory of the Member States of the European Community are subject to tax, upon reimportation, on the value of the goods and services supplied by the supplier.

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Article 293 A of the French General Tax Code

1. On importation, the chargeable event occurs and the tax becomes chargeable at the time when the goods are deemed to be imported, within the meaning of 2 of I of Article 291. The import declaration means the customs declaration, within the meaning of Article 5(12) of the Union Customs Code, including for the trade referred to in Article 1(3) of the same code. 2. The person liable for the…

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Article 293 A bis of the French General Tax Code

Non-taxable legal entities that have paid value added tax on the importation of a good may obtain a refund of the tax if they dispatch or transport that good to another Member State of the European Community, provided they can prove that the intra-Community acquisition was subject to value added tax in that State.

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Article 293 A ter of the French General Tax Code

I. – The provisions of this article shall apply, regardless of their place of establishment, to undertakings which, in their capacity as online platform operators, put persons in contact at a distance, by electronic means, with a view to the sale of a good, the provision of a service or the exchange or sharing of a good or service. II. – Where there are grounds for suspecting that a person,…

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Article 293 A quater of the French General Tax Code

I.-In accordance with 4° of 2 of Article 293 A, the persons mentioned in II who lodge the import declaration or who appoint the person who lodges the declaration for this purpose may opt to be liable for value added tax on importation. They exercise this option by indicating their valid identifier, as provided for in article 286 ter, on the import declaration. II.-The following may opt, where they are…

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