France: Twin cases reduce the scope of taxing capital gains on sale of French shares
January 25 2021 When enacted in 1978, Article 244 bis B of the French Tax Code (FTC) provided for thetaxation of capital gains recognised upon the disposal by non-French natural persons or look-through partnerships of a significant shareholding (more than 25%) in a French entity. This tax mechanism was later modified to include the capital gains realised by non-resident companies subject to a tax that is comparable to French corporate income tax (CIT), by the French Amending Finance Law dated December 30 1993, which came into force on January 2 1994. As an exception t...
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