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ARTICLE 16
Directors' Fees

 

            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.

 

 

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 substantially supported by public funds of the other Contracting State, including any local authority or statutory body thereof.

 

 

ARTICLE 18
Pensions

            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 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 political subdivision or a local authority thereof to

                         an individual in respect of services rendered to that State or

                         subdivisions 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 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 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 political subdivision or a local authority thereof.

 

 

ARTICLE 20
Students and Apprentices

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

 

2.         In respect of income from personal services, a student or business apprentice as described in paragraph 1 shall be entitled during such education or training, to the same exemptions reliefs or reductions in respect of taxes applicable to the residents of the State which he is visiting.

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011