A capital gain realized by a French non-trading real estate company (Société Civile Immobilière – SCI) cannot be taxed at a different rate when its individual partners are non-residents of the European Economic Area (EEA)

The article 244 bis A of the French General Tax Code (GTC) which establishes a different tax rate for the taxation of the capital gains on the sale by a SCI of a property located in France, when partners are non-residents of the EEA, is contrary to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

According to this article, gains realized by a SCI in which partners are non-residents of the EEA are taxed at a flat rate of 33,33% whereas residents are taxed at 19%. lire la suite