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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  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 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 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 a sportsman  if  the  visit  to that Contracting  State  is  substantially supported by public funds of the other Contracting State,  including a political subdivision, any local authority or  statutory body thereof.

 

4.            Notwithstanding the provisions of  Article  7,  where  the  activities  mentioned  in  paragraph  1  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  substantially supported from  the  public funds  of  the  other  Contracting  State,  including   a  political  subdivision, any local authority or  statutory body  thereof, in connection with the provisions of  such  activities.

 

 

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

                              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  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

 

1.         An individual who is or was immediately  before visiting  a  Contracting State 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

                                (iii)           income  from personal services rendered  in  that State

                                               provided the income  constitutes earnings reasonably 

                                               necessary  for  his  maintenance and education.

 

2.         For the purposes of this Article and Article 21, an individual shall be deemed to be resident of a Contracting State if he is a resident in that Contracting State in the fiscal year in which he visits the other Contracting State or in the immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011