DT7261 - Double Taxation Relief Manual: Guidance by country: France: Admissible taxes
The following French taxes are admissible for credit in the UK under the convention:
- the income tax (l鈥檌mp么t sur le revenu)
- the corporation tax (l鈥檌mp么t sur les soci茅t茅s)
- the social contribution on corporation tax (la contribution sociale sur l鈥檌mp么t sur les soci茅t茅s)
- the tax on salaries (la taxe sur les salaires)
- the Solidarity levy (Prelevement de Solidarite)
The following French taxes are inadmissible for credit in the UK under the convention:
- The 鈥渃ontributions sociales g茅n茅ralis茅es鈥
- The 鈥渃ontributions pour le remboursement de la dette sociale鈥 (see Article 24(2)(c))
The following taxes were deemed to be inadmissible during the period in which the previous convention was in effect:
- trade tax (taxe professionnelle)
- tax for the expenses of Chambers of Agriculture (taxe pour frais de chambres d鈥檃griculture)
- contribution to the supplementary fund for agricultural social benefits (taxe per莽ue au profit du budget annexe des prestations sociales agricoles)
- special levy on financial institutions (contribution annuelle des institutions financi猫res) introduced by the finance law of 1977
- wealth tax (Impot de solidarit茅sur la fortune) introduced 1 January 1989
- payments by way of annual minimum tax (imposition forfaitaire annuelle) which are not set off against Corporation Tax