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ARTICLE 16
DEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES

 

1          Subject  to  the  provisions  of  Articles  19 and 21, salaries,  wages  and  other similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment shall be taxable only in that State unless the employment is exercised in  the  other  Contracting  State.  If  the  employment  is so exercised, such remuneration as is derived therefrom may be taxed in that other State.

 

2          Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article,  remuneration  derived  by a resident of a Contracting state in respect of an employment in the other Contracting State shall be taxable only in the first-mentioned State if:

            (a)        the recipient is present in the other State for a period  or

                         periods not exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in the fiscal

                         year concerned; and

            (b)        the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, an employer

                          who is not a resident of the other State; and

            (c)        the  remuneration  is  not  borne  by a permanent

                         establishment  or a fixed base which the employer has in the

                         other State. 

 

3          Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, remuneration in respect of an employment exercised aboard a ship or  aircraft  in  international  traffic  may  be  taxed in the Contracting  State in which the place of effective management of the enterprise is situated.

 

 

ARTICLE 17
DIRECTORS' FEES

            Directors' fees and similar payments derived by a resident of a Contracting State in his capacity as a member of the board of  directors  of  a  company  which  is a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

 

 

ARTICLE 18
ARTISTES AND ATHLETES

1          Notwithstanding  the provisions of Articles 15 and 16, income  derived  by public entertainers, such as theatre, motion picture,  radio  or  television  artistes, and musicians, and by athletes, from their personal activities as such may be taxed in the Contracting State in which those activities are exercised.

 

2          Where income in respect of personal activities as such of an entertainer or athlete accrues not to that entertainer  or  athlete himself but to another person that income may, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 8, 15 and 16, be taxed in the Contracting State in which the activities of the entertainer or athlete are exercised.

 

3          The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article and paragraph (4) of Article 5 shall not apply to remuneration or profits, salaries, wages and similar income derived from activities performed  in  a Contracting State by public entertainers if the visit  to  that  Contracting State is substantially supported by public  funds  of  the  other  Contracting  State, including any political subdivision or local authority thereof.

 

 

ARTICLE 19
GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES

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

                         State or a political subdivision or a local authority  thereof  to 

                         any  individual in  respect  of  servicesof  a  governmental

                         nature rendered  to  that  state or subdivision or local 

                         authority thereof 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

                         State and the recipient is a resident of that other Contracting

                         State who:

                         (i)         is a national of that State; or

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

                                      the  purpose of performing the services.

 

2          (a)        Any  pension  paid  by  a Contracting State or a political

                         subdivision  or  a  local  authority thereof to any individual in

                         respect of services of  a governmental nature rendered to

                         that State or  subdivision or local authority thereof shall be

                         taxable only in that State.

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

                         Contracting State if the recipient is a national of and a

                         resident of that State.

 

3          The  provisions  of  Articles 16 and 17 shall apply to remuneration  in respect of services rendered in connection with any  business  carried  on  by one of the Contracting State or a political subdivision or local authority thereof.

 

 

ARTICLE 20
STUDENTS

1          An  individual  who,  immediately  before  visiting  a Contracting State, was a resident of the other Contracting state and  whose  visit  to  the first-mentioned Contracting State is solely for the purpose of:

            (a)        studying  at  a  university  or  other  recognized  educational

                         institution; or

            (b)        securing  training  to  qualify him to practise a profession or

                         trade; or

            (c)        studying or carrying out research as a recipient of a  grant, 

                         allowance or award from a governmental, religious, 

                         charitable,  scientific,  literary  or educational organization;

                         shall be exempt from tax in the first-mentioned State on:

                         (i)         remittances from abroad for the purposes of his

                                      maintenance,  education,  study,  research  or

                                      training;

                         (ii)        the grant, allowance or award; and

                         (iii)       income from personal services rendered in that State 

                                      (other  than  services  rendered  by an articled clerk,

                                      or other individual under going training, to the person

                                      or partnership to whom he is articled or who is

                                      providing the training) provided  the  income 

                                      constitutes earnings reasonably  necessary  for his

                                      maintenance and education.

 

2          In no event shall an individual have the benefit of the provisions of paragraph (1) (iii) of this Article for more than five years.

 

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011