10% allowance per year of holding beyond the fifth on business real estate capital gains
Article 36 of the 2005 Amending Finance Act creates Article 151 septies B of the General Tax Code. Long-term business capital gains on buildings or land used by the business for its own operations, or on units of real estate companies holding such assets, are taxed after an allowance of 10% for each year of holding beyond the fifth, i.e. a full exemption after fifteen years. Rights under a real estate leasing contract are treated as assets. The scheme applies to gains made from 1 January 2006.
Measure originators
A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.
Measure impact
Businesses subject to income tax that sell long-held business premises see their long-term gain reduced, then exempted after fifteen years. The cost was estimated at €5 million in 2006.
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Procedure timeline
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Administrative implementation
Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration
President of the Republic signature
Publication au Journal officiel
Possible referral to Constitutional Council
Décision de conformité / censure partielle
National Assembly has the final say
Si échec CMP
Joint committee
Désaccord éventuel
Debate and vote
Debate and vote
Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)