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ARTICLE 16
DIRECTORS' FEES

 

1.         Directors' fees and other 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.

 

2.         Salaries, wages and other  similar  remuneration derived  by a  resident  of  a  Contracting  State  in  his capacity as an official in a top-level managerial  position of  a company which is a resident of the other  Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

 

 

ARTICLE 17
ARTISTES AND ATHLETES

1.         Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 14  and   15, income derived by a resident of a Contracting State  as  an entertainer, such as a theatre, motion picture, radio or television  artiste, or a musician, or as an athlete,  from  his  personal  activities as such exercised  in  the  other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         Where  income in respect of  personal  activities  exercised  by an entertainer or an athlete in his  capacity  as  such accrues not to the entertainer or athlete  himself  but to another person, that income may, notwithstanding the  provisions  of  Articles  7, 14 and 15,  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  shall  not  apply  to  remuneration  or   profits,   salaries,  wages  and  other similar  income  derived  from  activities   performed  in  a  Contracting  State  by  an entertainer or an athlete if the visit to that  Contracting  State  is  mainly supported by public funds  of  the  other Contracting   State,  including  any  local  authority   or statutory body thereof.

 

4.         Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7, where  the activities mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article are  provided   in a Contracting State by an enterprise  of  the  other Contracting State the profits derived from  providing  these activities by such an enterprise may be taxed in  the first-mentioned Contracting State unless the enterprise  is  mainly  supported  from  the  public  funds  of  the  other Contracting   State,  including  any  local  authority   or  statutory  body thereof, in connection with the  provisions of such activities.

 

 

ARTICLE 18
PENSIONS AND SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS

1.         Subject  to  the provisions  of  paragraph  2  of  Article 19, pensions and other similar remuneration paid to a resident of a Contracting State in consideration of  past  employment may be taxed in that State.

 

2.         However,   such  pensions  and   other   similar  remuneration  may  also be taxed in the  other  Contracting  State  if the payment is made by a resident of  that  other  State or a permanent establishment situated therein.

 

3.         Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and  2, pensions  paid and other payments made under  a  public scheme  which  is part of the social security system  of  a Contracting  State  or a local authority thereof  shall  be  taxable only in that State.

 

 

ARTICLE 19
GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION

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

                         State or a local  authority  thereof  to  an  individual in respect

                         of services rendered to that State 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

                         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 a local authority thereof to an  individual in respect of

                         services rendered to that State 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 State.

 

3.         The  provisions of Articles 15, 16 and  18  shall  apply  to remuneration and pensions in respect of  services  rendered  in  connection with a business carried  on  by  a  Contracting State or a local authority thereof.

 

 

ARTICLE 20
STUDENTS

            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)        remittance 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 rendered  in  that State

                                    provided the income constitutes earnings  reasonably 

                                    necessary  for   his  maintenance and education.

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011