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ARTICLE 21
INCOME NOT EXPRESSLY MENTIONED

 

            Items of income of a resident of a Contracting State which are not expressly mentioned in the foregoing Articles of the Convention may be taxed in the State where the income arises.

 

 

ARTICLE 22
LIMITATION OF RELIEF

            Where this Convention provides (with or without other conditions) that income from sources in a Contracting State shall be exempt from tax, or taxed at a reduced rate in that Contracting State and under the laws in force in the other Contracting State the said income is subject to tax by reference to the amount thereof which is remitted to or received in that other Contracting State and not by reference to the full amount thereof, then the exemption or reduction of tax to be allowed under this Convention in the first-mentioned Contracting State shall apply to so much of the income as is remitted to or received in that other Contracting State.

 

 

ARTICLE 23
ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAXATION

1.         The laws in force in either of the Contracting States shall continue to govern the taxation of income in the respective Contracting States except where express provision to the contrary is made in this Convention.  Where income is subject to tax in both Contracting States, relief from double taxation shall be given in accordance with the following paragraphs of this Article.

 

2.         In the case of Thailand, Singapore tax payable in respect of income derived from Singapore shall be allowed as a credit against Thai tax payable in respect of that income.  The credit shall not, however, exceed that part of the Thai tax as computed before the credit is given which is appropriate to such item of income.  However, where such income is a dividend paid by a company which is a resident of Singapore to a company which is a resident of Thailand and which owns not less than 25 per cent of the voting shares of the company paying the dividend, Thailand shall exempt such income from tax but may in calculating tax on the remaining income of that person, apply the rate of tax which would have been applicable if the exempted income had not been so exempted.

 

3.         In the case of Singapore, subject to the laws of Singapore regarding the allowance as a credit against Singapore tax of tax payable in any country other than Singapore, Thai tax payable in respect of income derived from Thailand shall be allowed as a credit against Singapore tax payable in respect of that income.  Where such income is a dividend paid by a company which is a resident of Thailand to a company which is a resident of Singapore and which owns not less than 25 per cent of the voting shares of the company paying the dividend, the credit shall take into account Thai tax payable by that company in respect of its income out of which the dividend is paid.  The credit shall not, however, exceed that part of the Singapore tax, as computed before the credit is given, which is appropriate to such item of income.

 

4.         For the purposes of paragraph 3 of this Article, the term “Thai tax payable” shall be deemed to include the amount of Thai tax which would have been paid if the Thai tax had not been exempted or reduced in accordance with the special incentive laws designed to promote economic development in Thailand, effective on the date of signature of this Convention, or which may be introduced hereafter in modification of or in addition to the existing laws.

 

 

ARTICLE 24
NON-DISCRIMINATION

1.         The nationals of a Contracting State shall not be subjected in the other Contracting State to any taxation or any requirement connected therewith which is other or more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which nationals of that other State in the same circumstances are or may be subjected.

 

2.         The term “nationals” means:

            (a)        all individuals possessing the nationality or citizenship of a

                          Contracting State;

            (b)        all legal persons, partnership and associations deriving their

                         status as such from the law in force in a Contracting State.

 

3.         The taxation on a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State shall not be less favourably levied in that other State than taxation levied on enterprises of that other State on the same activities.

 

4.         Enterprises of a Contracting State, the capital of which is wholly or partly owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by one or more residents of the other Contracting State, shall not be subjected in the first-mentioned State to any taxation or any requirement connected therewith which is other or more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to other which similar enterprises of that first-mentioned State are or may be subjected.

 

5.         The provisions of this Article shall not be construed as obliging a Contracting State to grant to residents or nationals of the other Contracting State any personal allowances, reliefs and reductions for taxation purposes on account of civil statue or family responsibilities which it grants to its own residents or nationals.

 

6.         In this Article the term “taxation” means taxes which are the subject of this Convention.

 

 

ARTICLE 25
MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE

1.         Where a resident of a Contracting State considers that the actions of one or both of the Contracting States result or will result for him in taxation not in accordance with this Convention he may, notwithstanding the remedies provided by the national laws of those States, present his case to the competent authority of the Contracting State of which he is a resident.

 

2.         The competent authority shall endeavour, if the objection appears to it to be justified and if it is not itself able to arrive at an appropriate solution, to resolve the case by mutual agreement with the competent authority of the other Contracting State, with a view to the avoidance of taxation not in accordance with the Convention.

 

3.         The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall endeavour to resolve by mutual agreement any difficulties or doubts arising as to the interpretation or application of the Convention.  They may also consult together for the elimination of doulbe taxation in cases not provided for in the Convention.

 

4.         The competent authorities of the Contracting States may communicate with each other directly for the purpose of reaching an agreement in the sense of the preceding paragraphs.  When it seems advisable in order to reach agreement to have an oral exchange of opinions, such exchange may take place through a commission consisting of representatives of the competent authorities of the Contracting States.

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011