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ARTICLE 16
DEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES

 

1.         Subject to the provisions of Articles 17, 19 and 20, salaries, wages and other similar remuneration derived by an individual who is 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 from that exercise may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, remuneration derived by an individual who is 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 that other State for a period or

                         periods not exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in any 12

                         month period commencing or ending in the year of income

                         concerned; and

            (b)        the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, an employer

                         who is not a resident of that other State; and

            (c)        the remuneration is not deductible in determining the taxable

                         profits of a permanent establishment or fixed base which the

                         employer has in that 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 a resident of a Contracting State may be taxed in that State.

 

 

ARTICLE 17
DIRECTORS’ FEES

Directors' fees and similar payments derived by a resident of a Contracting State in that person's 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 18
ENTERTAINERS AND SPORTSPERSONS

1.         Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 15 and 16, income derived by entertainers (such as theatrical, motion picture, radio or television artistes, musicians, athletes and other sportspersons) 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 the personal activities of an entertainer as such accrues not to that entertainer but to another person, that income may, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7, 15 and 16, be taxed in the Contracting State in which the activities of the entertainer are exercised.

 

3.         The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to income derived from activities performed by an entertainer or a sportsperson, or provided by an enterprise of a Contracting State in a Contracting State if the visit to that Contracting State, or the enterprise, as the case may be, is substantially supported by public funds of the other Contracting State, including any local authority or statutory body thereof.

 

 

ARTICLE 19
PENSIONS

1.         Pensions (including government pensions) 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 periodically at stated times, during 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.

 

 

ARTICLE 20
GOVERNMENT SERVICE

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

                         State to an individual in respect of services rendered to that

                         State 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.         The provisions of Articles 16 and 17 shall apply to remuneration in respect of services rendered in connection with a business carried on by a Contracting State.

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011