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ARTICLE 16
DIRECTORS' FEES

 

            Directors' fees and similar payments derived by a resident of a Contracting State in his capacity as, or on behalf of, a member of the board of directors or of similar organ of a company which is a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

 

 

ARTICLE 17
ARTISTES AND SPORTSMEN

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 a sportsman, 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 a sportsman in his capacity as such accrues not to the entertainer or sportsman 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 sportsman are exercised.

 

3.         The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply to income derived from activities performed in a Contracting State by an entertainer or a sportsman, or provided by an enterprise of a Contracting State, if the visit to that Contracting State, or the enterprise providing the activities, as the case may be, is substantially supported by public fund of the other Contracting State, including any local authority, statutory body or a political subdivision thereof. In such a case the income shall be taxable only in the State of which the entertainer, sportsman or the enterprise is a resident.

 

 

ARTICLE 18
PENSIONS, ANNUITIES, PAYMENTS UNDER A SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM AND ALIMONY

 

1.         Pensions (including Government pensions and payments under a social security system) and annuities paid to a resident of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State.

 

2.         The term "annuity" means a stated sum payable to an individual periodically at stated times during his life or during a specified or ascertainable period of time under an obligation to make the payments in return for adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth.

 

3.         Alimony and other maintenance payments paid to a resident of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State. However, any alimony or other maintenance payment paid by a resident of one of the Contracting States to a resident of the other Contracting State, shall, to the extent it is not allowable as a relief to the payer, be taxable only in the first-mentioned State.

 

 

ARTICLE 19
GOVERNMENT SERVICE

1.         (a)         Salaries, wages and other similar 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 subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in that State.

 

             (b)         However, such salaries, wages and other similar 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.         The provisions of Articles 15, 16 and 17 shall apply to salaries, wages and other similar remuneration other than pensions in respect of services rendered in connection with a business carried on by a Contracting State, a political subdivision or a local authority thereof.

 

ARTICLE 20
STUDENTS

1.         Payments which a student or business apprentice who is or was immediately before visiting a Contracting State a resident of the other Contracting State and who is present in the first-mentioned State solely for the purpose of his education or training receives for the purpose of his maintenance, education or training shall not be taxed in the first-mentioned State provided that such payments arise from sources outside that State.

 

2.         In respect of grants, scholarships and remuneration from employment not covered by paragraph 1, a student or business apprentice described in paragraph 1 shall, in addition, be entitled during such education or training to the same exemptions, reliefs or reductions in respect of taxes available to residents of the State which he is visiting. However, if such exemption, relief or reduction is subject to limitations under domestic law based on the length of the stay, these limitations shall apply.

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011