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ARTICLE 11
Interest

 

1.         Interest arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         However, such interest may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which it arises and according to the laws of that State, but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of the interest, the tax so charged shall not exceed:

            (a)        10 per cent of the gross amount of the interest if it is received

                          by any financial institution (including an insurance

                          company);

            (b)        15 per cent of the gross amount of the interest in all other

                          cases.

The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall by mutual agreement settle the mode of application of this limitation.

 

3.         Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, interest arising in a Contracting State and paid to the Government of the other Contracting State, shall be exempt from tax in the first-mentioned Contracting State.

For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "Government"

            (a)        in the case of Thailand, means the Government of the

                         Kingdom of Thailand and shall include:

                         (i)         the Bank of Thailand;

                        (ii)        the local authorities; and

                        (iii)       such institutions, the capital of which is wholly owned

                                     by the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand or any

                                     local authorities as may be agreed from time to time

                                     between the competent authorities of the two

                                     Contracting States:

            (b)        in the case of Israel means the Government of the State of

                         Israel and shall include:

                         (i)         the Bank of Israel;

                         (ii)        the local authorities; and

                         (iii)       such institutions, the capital of which is wholly owned

                                     by the Government of the State of Israel or any local

                                     authorities as may be agreed from time to time

                                     between the competent authorities of the two

                                     Contracting States.

 

4.         The term "interest" as used in this Article means income, from debt-claims of every kind, whether or not secured by mortgage, and whether or not carrying a right to participate in the debtor's profits, and in particular, income from government securities and income from bonds or debentures, including premiums and prizes attaching to such securities, bonds or debentures, as well as income assimulated to income from money lent by the taxation law of the Contracting State in which the income arises.

 

5.         The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the interest, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State in which the interest arises, through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the debt-claim in respect of which the interest is paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.

 

6.         Interest shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that State itself, a local authority or a resident of that state.  Where, however, the person paying the interest, whether he is a resident of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment or a fixed base in connection with which the indebtedness on which the interest is paid was incurred, and such interest is borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base, then such interest shall be deemed to arise in the State in which the permanent establishment or fixed base is situated.

 

7.         Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or between both of them and some other person, the amount of the interest, having regard to the debt-claim for which it is paid, exceeds the amount which would have been agreed upon by the payer and the beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned amount. In such case, the excess part of the payments shall remain taxable according to the laws of each Contracting State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this Convention.

 

 

ARTICLE 12
Royalties

1.         Royalties arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         However, such royalties may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which they arise and according to the laws of that State, but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of the royalties, the tax so charged shall not exceed:

            (a)        5 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties for the use of,

                         or the right to use, any copyrights of literary, artistic or

                         scientific work, excluding cinematograph films or films or

                         tapes used for radio or television broadcasting;

            (b)        15 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties in all other

                         cases.

 

3.         The term "royalties" as used in this Article means payments of any kind received as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of literary, artistic or scientific work, including cinemetograph films, or films or tapes used for radio or television broadcasting, any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan, secret formula or process, or for the use of, or the right to use, industrial, commercial, or scientific equipment, or for information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience. The term "royalties" also includes gains derived from the alienation of such right or property to the extent that such gains are contingent on productivity, use, or disposition thereof.

 

4.         The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the royalties, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State in which the royalties arise, 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 royalties are paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.

 

5.         Royalties shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that State itself, a local authority or a resident of that State. Where, however, the person paying the royalties, whether he is a resident of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment or a fixed base in connection with which the liability to pay the royalties was incurred, and such royalties are borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base, then such royalties shall be deemed to arise in the State in which the permanent establishment or fixed base is situated.

 

6.         Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or between both of them and some other person, the amount of the royalties, having regard to the use, right or information for which they are paid, exceeds the amount which would have been agreed upon by the payer and the beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned amount. In such case, the excess part of the payments shall remain taxable according to the laws of each Contracting State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this Convention.

 

 

ARTICLE 13
Capital Gains

1.         Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of immovable property referred to in Article 6 and situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of shares or comparable rights in a company, the assets of which consist wholly or principally of immovable property as referred to in Article 6 and situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

 

3.         Gains from the alienation of movable property forming part of the business property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State or of movable property pertaining to a fixed base available to a resident of a Contracting State in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing independent personal services, including such gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or with the whole enterprise) or of such fixed base, may be taxed in that other State.

 

4.         Gains derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from the alienation of ships or aircraft operated in international traffic or movable property pertaining to the operation of such ships or aircraft, shall be taxable only in that State.

 

5.         Gains from the alienation of any property other than that referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article and paragraph 3 of Article 12, shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident.

 

 

ARTICLE 14
Independent Personal Services

1.         Income derived by an individual who is a resident of a Contracting State in respect of professional services or other activities of an independent character shall be taxable only in that State except in the following circumstances, when such income may also be taxed in the other Contracting State:

            (a)        if he has a fixed base available to him in the other

                         Contracting State for the purpose of performing his activities,

                         for a period or periods amounting to or exceeding in the

                         aggregate 183 days within any twelve-month period; in that

                         case, only so much of the income as is attributable to that

                         fixed base may be taxed in that other State; or

            (b)        if his stay in the other Contracting State is for a period or

                         periods amounting to or exceeding in the aggregate 183

                         days within any twelve-month period; in that case, only so

                          much of the income as is derived from his activities

                          performed in that other State may be taxed in that other

                         State; or

            (c)        if the remuneration for his activities in the other Contracting

                         State is paid by a resident of that Contracting State or is

                         borne by a permanent establishment or a fixed base situated

                         in that Contracting State and exceeds in the fiscal year

                         50,000 Baht or the equivalent amount in Israeli currency; in

                         that case, only so much of the remuneration as is derived

                         therefrom may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         The term "professional services" includes especially independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities as well as the independent activities of physicians, dentists, lawyers, engineers, architects and accountants.

 

 

ARTICLE 15
Dependent Personal Services

1.         Subject to the provisions of Articles 16, 18, 19, 20 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 exercised 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 within in

                         any twelve month period, 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 derived in respect of an employment exercised aboard a ship or aircraft operated in international traffic, by an enterprise of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State.

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011