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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 or  any  other  similar organization 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  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 these activities are exercised.

 

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 athelete are exercised.

 

3.         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 wholly or substantially supported  from  the  public  funds  of the Government of the other Contracting State, in  connection with the provisions of such activities.

 

4.         The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply  to  remuneration  or profits, salaries, wages and similar income derived from  activities performed in a Contracting State by public entertainers or athletes if the visit to that Contracting State is wholly or substantially supported by  public funds of the Government of the other Contracting State.

 

5.         For the purposes of this Article, the term "Government" includes a  local authority or a statutory body of either Contracting State.

 

 

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 may be taxed in that State.

 

 

ARTICLE 19 
GOVERNMENT SERVICE

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

                         Government of a Contracting State  to  an  individual  in

                          respect of services rendered to that Government 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 the

                         Government  of a Contracting State to an individual in respect

                         of services rendered to that Government 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 

                         metional of, that State.

 

3.         The provisions of Article 15,16 and 18 shall apply to remuneration and  pensions  in  respect  of services rendered in connection with a business  carried on by the Government of a Contracting State.

 

4.         For the purposes of this Article, the term "Government" includes a  local authority of either Contracting State.

 

 

ARTICLE 20
PROFESSORS, TEACHERS AND RESEARCHERS

1.         An individual who is  a resident of a Contracting State immediately  before making a visit to the other Contracting State, and who, at the invitation  of any university, college, school or other similar educational institution which is recognized by the competent authority in that other Contracting, State, visits that other Contracting State for a period not exceeding two years solely for the  purpose of teaching or research or both at such educational institution shall  be exempt from tax in that other Contracting State on any remuneration for such teaching or research.

 

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

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011