Registration duties on share transfers: tiered scale without a cap
The 2012 Finance Act replaces the 3% duty capped at €5,000 per transfer on share sales recorded in a deed with an uncapped scale: 3% up to €200,000, 0.5% between €200,000 and €500 million, 0.25% above. Share buybacks by a company, capital increases, acquisitions of companies under safeguard or receivership and intra-group transactions are excluded.
Measure originators
No official estimate found for this measure.
Measure impact
Affects buyers of shares whose transfer is recorded in a deed, especially for large amounts previously covered by the €5,000 cap. Applied from 1 January to 31 July 2012: the amending finance law of 14 March 2012 cut the rate to 0.1% from 1 August 2012.
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Procedure timeline
Follow the progress of this fiscal measure through the different stages of the parliamentary procedure.
Administrative implementation
Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration
Possible referral to Constitutional Council
Décision de conformité / censure partielle
President of the Republic signature
Publication au Journal officiel
National Assembly has the final say
Si échec CMP
Debate and vote
Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)
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)
Council of Ministers
Validation interne