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Article 1729 of the French General Tax Code

Inaccuracies or omissions found in a declaration or deed involving the indication of items to be retained for the assessment or liquidation of tax, as well as the restitution of a tax claim the payment of which has been unduly obtained from the State, entail the application of a surcharge of:

a. 40% in the case of deliberate failure to comply;

b. 80% in the case of abuse of rights within the meaning of the article L. 64 du livre des procédures fiscales ; it is reduced to 40% where it is not established that the taxpayer had the main initiative for the act or acts constituting the abuse of rights or was the main beneficiary;

c. 80% in the case of fraudulent manoeuvres or concealment of part of the price stipulated in a contract or in the case of application of article 792 bis.

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Article 1729

Les inexactitudes ou les omissions relevées dans une déclaration ou un acte comportant l’indication d’éléments à retenir pour l’assiette ou la liquidation de l’impôt ainsi que la restitution d’une créance de nature fiscale dont le versement a été indûment obtenu de l’Etat entraînent l’application d’une majoration de :

a. 40 % en cas de manquement délibéré ;

b. 80 % en cas d’abus de droit au sens de l’article L. 64 du livre des procédures fiscales ; elle est ramenée à 40 % lorsqu’il n’est pas établi que le contribuable a eu l’initiative principale du ou des actes constitutifs de l’abus de droit ou en a été le principal bénéficiaire ;

c. 80 % en cas de manœuvres frauduleuses ou de dissimulation d’une partie du prix stipulé dans un contrat ou en cas d’application de l’article 792 bis.

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