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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 Contracting State.

 

2.         Salaries, wages and other similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in his capacity as an official in top-level managerial position of a company which is a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other Contracting State.

 

 

ARTICLE 17
ARTISTES AND ATHLETES

 

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 an athlete, from his personal activities as such exercised in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other Contracting State.

 

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 athlete are exercised.

 

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

 

4.         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 substantially supported from the public funds of the other Contracting State, including any political subdivision, local authority or statutory body thereof, in connection with the provisions of such activities.

 

 

ARTICLE 18
PENSIONS

 

1.         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 Contracting State.

 

2.         Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, pensions and other similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State may be taxed in the other contracting State if such payments are borne by an enterprise of that other Contracting State or by a permanent establishment situated therein.

 

 

ARTICLE 19
GOVERNMENT SERVICE

 

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

                         Contracting State or political subdivision or local authority

                         shall be taxable only in that Contracting State.

            (b)        However, such remuneration shall be taxable only in the

                         other Contracting State if the services are rendered in that

                         other Contracting State and individual is a resident of that

                         other contracting State who:

                         (i)         is a national of that other Contracting State; or

                         (ii)        did not become a resident of that other

                                     ContractingState 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

                         Contracting State or politic subdivision or local authority shall

                         be taxable only in that Contracting 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 other Contracting State.

 

3.         The provisions of Articles 15,16,17 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 or a  political subdivision or a local authority thereof.

 

 

ARTICLE 20
STUDENTS AND TRAINEES

An individual who, immediately before visiting a Contracting State, was 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 Contracting

                         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

                                      Contracting State provided the income

                                      constitutes earnings reasonably necessary for his

                                      maintenance andeducation.

   

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011