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ARTICLE 21
Government Service

 

1.         a)         Remuneration, other than a pension, paid by a Contracting

                         State or a political subdivision or a local authority thereof to

                         an individual in respect of services rendered to that State or

                         subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in that State.

            b)         However, such remuneration shall be taxable only in the

                         other Contracting State if the services are rendered in that

                         other State and the individual is a resident of that State who:

                         i)          is a national of that State; or

                        ii)         did not become a resident of that State solely for the

                                     purpose of rendering the services.

 

2.         a)         Any pension paid by, or out of funds created by, a Contracting

                         State or political subdivision or a local authority thereof to an

                         individual in respect of services rendered to that State or

                         subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in that State.

            b)         However, such pension shall be taxable only in the other

                         Contracting State if the individual is a resident of, and a

                         national of, that other State.

 

3.         The provisions of Articles 16 (Dependent Personal Services), 17 (Directors' Fees) and 20 (Pensions and Social Security Payments) shall apply to remuneration and pensions in respect of services rendered in connection with a business carried on by a Contracting State or a political subdivision or a local authority thereof.

 

 

ARTICLE 22
Students and Trainees

1.         a)         An individual who is a resident of one of the Contracting

                         States at the time he becomes temporarily present in the

                         other Contracting State and who is temporarily present in

                         that other Contracting State for the primary purpose of:

                        i)          studying at a university or other recognized educational

                                     institution in that other Contracting State;

                        ii)         securing training required to qualify him to practice a

                                     profession or professional specialty; or

                        iii)        studying or doing research as a recipient of a grant,

                                     allowance, or award from a government, religious,

                                     charitable, scientific, literary, or educational

                                      organization, shall be exempt from tax by that other

                                     Contracting State with respect to amounts described

                                      in subparagraph (b) for a period not exceeding five

                                      taxable years from the date of his arrival in that other

                                      Contracting State.

            b)         The amounts referred to in subparagraph (a) are:

                         i)          gifts from abroad for the purpose of his maintenance,

                                     education, study, research, or training;

                        ii)         the grant, allowance, or award; and

                        iii)        income from personal services performed in that other

                                     Contracting State in an amount not in excess of 3,000

                                     United States dollars or its equivalent in Thai currency

                                    for any taxable year.

 

2.         An individual who is a resident of one of the Contracting States at the time he becomes temporarily present in the other Contracting State and who is temporarily present in that other Contracting State as an employee of, or under contract with, a resident of the first-mentioned Contracting State, for the primary purpose of:

            a)         acquiring technical, professional, or business experience

                         from a person other than that resident of the first- mentioned

                         Contracting State or other than a person related to such

                         resident; or

            b)         studying at a university or other recognized educational

                         institution in that other Contracting State, shall be exempt

                         from tax by that other Contracting State for a period not

                         exceeding 12 consecutive months with respect to his income

                         from personal services in an aggregate amount not in

                         excess of 7,500 United States dollars or its equivalent in

                         Thai currency for any taxable year, not including expenses

                          reimbursed to him or borne on his behalf.

 

3.         An individual who is a resident of one of the Contracting States at the time he becomes temporarily present in the other Contracting State and who is temporarily present in that other Contracting State for a period not exceeding one year, as a participant in a program sponsored by the Government of that other Contracting State, for the primary purpose of training, research, or study, shall be exempt from tax by that other Contracting State with respect to his income from personal services in respect of such training, research, or study performed in that other Contracting State in an aggregate amount not in excess of 10,000 United States dollars or its equivalent in Thai currency in any taxable year, not including expenses reimbursed to him or borne on his behalf.

 

4.         The benefits provided under Article 23 (Teachers) and paragraph 1 of this Article shall, when taken together, extend only for such period of time, not to exceed 5 taxable years from the date of arrival of the individual claiming such benefits, as may reasonably or customarily be required to effectuate the purpose of the visit. The benefits provided under Article 23 (Teachers) shall not be available to an individual if, during the immediately preceding period, such individual enjoyed the benefits of paragraph 1 of this Article.

 

 

ARTICLE 23
Teachers

1.         An individual who visits a Contracting State for a period not exceeding two years for the purposes of teaching or engaging in research at a university, college or other recognized educational institution in that State, and who was immediately before that visit a resident of the other Contracting State, shall be exempted from tax by the first-mentioned Contracting State on any remuneration for such teaching or research for a period not exceeding two years from the date he first visits that State for such purpose.

 

2.         This Article shall apply to income from research only if such research is undertaken by the individual in the public interest and not primarily for the benefit of some other private person or persons.

 

 

ARTICLE 24
Other Income

1.         Items of income of a resident of a Contracting State, wherever arising, not dealt with in the foregoing Articles of this Convention shall be taxable only in that State.

 

2.         The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income, other than income from immovable property as defined in paragraph 2 of Article 6 (Income from Immovable (Real) Property), if the beneficial owner of the income, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the right or property in respect of which the income is paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 (Business Profits) or Article 15 (Independent Personal Services), as the case may be, shall apply.

 

3.         Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, items of income of a resident of a Contracting State not dealt with in the foregoing Articles of this Convention and arising in the other Contracting State may also be taxed in that other State.

 

 

ARTICLE 25
Relief From Double Taxation

1.         In accordance with the provisions and subject to the conditions and limitations of the law of the United States (as it may be amended from time to time without changing the general principle hereof), the United States shall allow to a resident or citizen of the United States as a credit against the United States tax on income

            a)         the income tax paid to Thailand by or on behalf of such citizen

                         or resident; and

            b)         in the case of a United States company owning at least 10

                         percent of the voting stock of a company which is a resident

                         of Thailand and from which the United States company

                         receives dividends, the income tax paid to Thailand by or on

                         behalf of the distributing company with respect to the profits

                          out of which the dividends are paid.

            For the purposes of this paragraph, the taxes referred to in paragraphs 1(b) and 2 of Article 2 (Taxes Covered) shall be considered income taxes.

 

2.         In accordance with the provisions and subject to the limitations of the law of Thailand (as it may be amended from time to time without changing the general principle hereof), United States tax payable in respect of income from sources within the United States shall be allowed as a credit against Thai tax payable in respect of that income. The credit shall not exceed that part of the Thai tax as computed before the credit is given which is appropriate to such item of income. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in the case of income that has been denied benefits of this Convention under the provisions of Article 18 (Limitation on Benefits).

 

3.         For the purposes of allowing relief from double taxation pursuant to this Article, income shall be deemed to arise exclusively as follows:

            a)         income derived by a resident of a Contracting State which

                         may be taxed in the other Contracting State in accordance

                         with this Convention (other than solely by reason of

                         citizenship in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 1

                         (Personal Scope)) shall be deemed to arise in that other

                         State;

            b)         income derived by a resident of a Contracting State which

                         may not be taxed in the other Contracting State in

                         accordance with the Convention shall be deemed to arise in

                         the first-mentioned State.

            Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the determination of the source of income for purposes of this Article shall be subject to such source rules in the domestic laws of the Contracting States as apply for the purpose of limiting the foreign tax credit. The rules of this paragraph shall not apply in determining credits against the tax of a Contracting State for foreign taxes other than the taxes of the other Contracting State referred to in Article 2 (Taxes Covered).

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011