{"id":1695,"date":"2026-01-20T17:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alkeom.law\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:29:12","slug":"transfer-of-french-company-shares-by-inheritance-the-dutreil-scheme-requirements-are-assessed-as-of-the-date-of-decease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alkeom.law\/en\/transfer-of-french-company-shares-by-inheritance-the-dutreil-scheme-requirements-are-assessed-as-of-the-date-of-decease\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer of French Company Shares by Inheritance: The Dutreil Scheme Requirements Are Assessed as of the Date of Decease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alkeom.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alkeom-Avocat-droit-des-societes-paris-transmission-dentreprise-et-pacte-dutreil.png\" alt=\"Alkeom Avocat droit des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s paris - transmission d'entreprise et pacte dutreil\" class=\"wp-image-1698\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dutreil Scheme is a tax mechanism provided for under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/codes\/article_lc\/LEGIARTI000024430018\/2026-01-20\"><strong>Article 787<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>B of the French General Tax Code (CGI)<\/strong><\/a>, allowing the transfer of shares in family-owned companies carrying on an industrial, commercial, artisanal, agricultural, or professional activity, with a 75% exemption from transfer taxes on the value of the shares transferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>[Article continues below]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default\" style=\"background-color:#1fc440;color:#1fc440\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our Law Firm advises entrepreneurs and shareholders on investment structuring and business transfers.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Let\u2019s discuss your project and advisory needs\u2014we\u2019re here to guide you.<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alkeom.law\/en\/get-in-touch\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alkeom.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Alkeom-avocats-Contact-EN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default\" style=\"background-color:#1fc440;color:#1fc440\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Dutreil Scheme: A Tax Mechanism to Facilitate the Transfer of Family-Owned Companies and Groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The application of this tax regime is subject to certain conditions (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alkeom.law\/en\/passing-on-a-family-owned-business-in-france-under-the-dutreil-scheme-practical-qa\/\">see our dedicated article<\/a><\/strong>), including the requirement that the business activity be industrial, commercial, artisanal, agricultural, or professional. Moreover, to account for common situations in which operational activities are conducted by subsidiaries under the supervision of an \u201cactive\u201d holding company, the regime has been extended to cover the transfer of companies whose principal activity consists of actively participating in the management and strategic direction of their group, composed of companies that are directly or indirectly controlled and engaged in industrial, commercial, artisanal, agricultural, or professional activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the Dutreil Scheme is subject to the taking of collective retention commitments over the shares in the years preceding the transfer, or, failing that, within six months following the decease of the transferor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&gt; Also read on business transfers under Dutreil Scheme: <em>\u00ab<\/em>&nbsp;<em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alkeom.law\/en\/passing-on-a-family-owned-business-in-france-under-the-dutreil-scheme-practical-qa\/\">Passing on a Family-Owned Business in France Under the Dutreil Scheme \u2013 Practical Q&amp;A<\/a><\/mark><\/em>&nbsp;\u00bb<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Court Decision in Line with the Dutreil Scheme\u2019s Objective of Promoting Intergenerational Transfers of Operational Businesses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the case at hand,<sup data-fn=\"a83d5062-5729-4763-9aa2-4328947bc468\" class=\"fn\"><a id=\"a83d5062-5729-4763-9aa2-4328947bc468-link\" href=\"#a83d5062-5729-4763-9aa2-4328947bc468\">1<\/a><\/sup> a taxpayer sought to benefit from the provisions of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/codes\/article_lc\/LEGIARTI000024430018\/2026-01-20\">Article 787&nbsp;B, CGI<\/a><\/strong> in the context of the inheritance of shares in a holding company following the death of her grandfather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tax authorities challenged her claim, arguing that she had failed to demonstrate the operational nature of the companies held by the holding at the date of decease, thereby preventing the application of the Dutreil Scheme to the transferred shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On appeal, the court upheld the tax authorities\u2019 position, ruling that the operational status of the subsidiaries must be assessed as of the date of the event triggering the tax, i.e., the date of the deceased\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the French <em>Cour de cassation<\/em>, the taxpayer challenged this interpretation, arguing that, for inheritance tax purposes, the taxable event should be determined as of the filing of the inheritance tax return rather than the date of decease. She further contended that the lower courts should have assessed whether the real estate activities carried out by the subsidiaries were of a commercial nature and thus eligible for the Dutreil Scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Relying on Article 720 of the French Civil Code and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/codes\/article_lc\/LEGIARTI000024430018\/2026-01-20\">Article 787&nbsp;B, CGI<\/a><\/strong>, the Court held that, in the context of a transfer by inheritance, <strong>the operational nature of the companies must indeed be assessed as of the date of decease<\/strong>. The Court further noted that <strong>it is the taxpayer\u2019s responsibility to demonstrate that the subsidiaries of the transferred holding company actively carry on an industrial, commercial, agricultural, or professional activity eligible under the regime<\/strong>\u2014which she failed to prove in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ruling appears consistent with the goal of the Dutreil Scheme, which is to encourage and support the intergenerational transfer of operational family-owned companies and groups, rather than purely asset-holding companies. 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