Professional Documents
Culture Documents
January 1, 1979
(a)
(b)
(ii)
(iii)
in the Philippines:
the income tax imposed by the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines except the tax on gross billings in respect of international
carriers (Section 24, Paragraph (b), sub-paragraph (2), Internal
Revenue Code).
(a)
(b)
(c)
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(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
Fiscal Domicile
1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "resident of a
Contracting State" means , subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of
this Article, any person who, under the law of that State, is liable to taxation
therein by reason of his domicile, residence, place of management or any other
criterion of a similar nature; an individual who is a member of the diplomatic,
consular or permanent mission of a Contracting State which is situated in the other
Contracting State and who is subject to tax in that other State only if he derives
income from sources therein, shall not be deemed to be a resident of that other
State. The terms "resident of the Philippines" and "resident of the United
Kingdom" shall be construed accordingly.
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(c)
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ARTICLE V
Permanent Establishment
1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "permanent
establishment" means a fixed place of business in which the business of the
enterprise is wholly and partly carried on.
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2.
(a)
a place of management;
(b)
a branch;
(c)
an office;
(d)
a factory;
(e)
a workshop;
(f)
(g)
(h)
(b)
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(b)
on business in that other State through a broker, general commission agent or any
other agent of an independent status, where such persons are acting in the ordinary
course of their business. However, when the activities of such an agent are devoted
wholly or almost wholly on behalf of that enterprise, he shall not be considered an
agent of an independent status within the meaning of this paragraph.
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(a)
(b)
7. Where profits include items which are dealt with separately in other
Articles of this Convention, then the provisions of those Articles shall not be
affected by the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE VIII
Associated Enterprises
Where
(a)
(b)
and in either case conditions are made or imposed between the two enterprises in
their commercial or financial relations which differ from those which would be
made between independent enterprises, then any profit which would, but for those
conditions, have accrued to one of the enterprises, but, by reason of those
conditions, have not so accrued, may be included in the profits of that enterprise
and taxed accordingly.
ARTICLE IX
Dividends
1. Dividends derived from a company which is a resident of the
Philippines by a resident of the United Kingdom may be taxed in the United
Kingdom. Such dividends may also be taxed in the Philippines but where such
dividends are beneficially owned by a resident of the United Kingdom the tax so
charged shall not exceed:
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(b)
(b)
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(ii)
(iii)
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5. The provisions of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this Article shall not
apply if the beneficial owner of the dividends, being a resident of a Contracting
State, carries on a trade or business in the other Contracting State of which the
company paying the dividends is a resident, through a permanent establishment
situated therein, or performs in that other State professional services from a fixed
base situated therein and the holding in respect of which the dividends are paid is
effectively connected with such permanent establishment of fixed base. In such a
case the provisions of Article VII or XIII, as the case may be, shall apply.
6. Where a company which is a resident of a Contracting State derives
profits or income from the other Contracting State, that other State may not
impose any tax on the dividends paid by the company except insofar as the
holding in respect of which the dividends are paid is effectively connected with a
permanent establishment or a fixed base situated in that other State, nor subject the
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(b)
The term "instrumentality" as used in this paragraph means any agency or entity
created or organized by either Contracting Government in order to carry out
governmental functions.
5.
The term "interest" as used in this Article means income from
Government securities, bonds or debentures, including premiums and prizes attach
to such securities, whether or not secured by mortgage and whether or not carrying
a right to participate in profits, and other debt-claims of every kind as well as all
other income assimilated to income from money lent by the taxation law of the
State in which the income arises. Penalty charges for the late payment shall not be
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ARTICLE XI
Royalties
1. Royalties arising in a Contracting State which are derived and
beneficially owned by a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in
that other State.
2. Such royalties may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which
they arise, and according to the law of that State. However, the tax so charged
shall not exceed:
(a)
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(b)
(i)
(ii)
3. The term "royalties" as used in this Article means payment of any kind
received as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of
literary, artistic or scientific work (including cinematograph films, and films or
tapes for radio or television broadcasting), any patent, trade mark, design or
model, plan, secret formula or process, or for the use of, or the right to use,
industrial, commercial or scientific equipment, or for information concerning
industrial, commercial or scientific experience.
4. The provisions of paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply if
the beneficial owner of the royalties, being a resident of a Contracting State,
carries on a trade or business in the other Contracting State in which the royalties
arise, through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other
State professional services from a fixed base situated therein and the right to
property in respect of which the royalties are paid is effectively connected with
such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such a case, the provisions of
Articles VII or XIII, as the case may be, shall apply.
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State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this Convention.
ARTICLE XII
Gains from the Alienation of Property
1. Capital gains from the alienation of immovable property, as defined in
paragraph (2) of Article VI, may be taxed in the Contracting State in which such
property is situated.
2. Capital gains from the alienation of movable property forming part for
the business property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a
Contracting State has in the other Contracting State or of movable property
pertaining to a fixed base available to a resident of a Contracting State in the other
Contracting State for the purpose of performing professional services including
such gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or
together with the whole enterprise) or of such a fixed base, may be taxed in the
other State.
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(b)
(c)
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Directors' Fees
Directors' fees and remuneration in respect of the discharge of day-to-day
functions of a managerial or technical nature, derived from a company which is a
resident of a Contracting State by a resident of the other Contracting State who is a
member of the board of directors of that company, may be taxed in the
first-mentioned State.
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ARTICLE XVI
Artistes and Athletes
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles XIII and XIV, income
derived by public entertainers, such as theatre, motion picture, radio or television
artistes, and musicians, and by athletes, from their personal activities as such may
be taxed in the Contracting State which those activities are exercised.
2. Where income in respect of personal activities as such of an
entertainer or athlete accrues not to that entertainer or athlete himself but to
another person, that income may, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles VII,
XIII and XIV, 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 income derived from activities performed in a Contracting State by entertainers
and athletes if the visit to that Contracting State is substantially supported by
public funds of the other Contracting State, including those in any political
subdivision, local authority or statutory body thereof, nor to income derived by a
non-profit making organization in respect of such activities provided no part of its
income is payable to, or is otherwise available for the personal benefit of its
proprietors, members or shareholders and the organization is certified as
qualifying under this provision by the competent authority of the other State.
ARTICLE XVII
Pensions
Subject to the provisions of Article XVIII, pensions and other similar
remuneration paid in consideration of past employment to a resident of a
Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State.
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ARTICLE XVIII
Governmental Functions
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3. The exemptions from tax provided under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
Article shall apply only for such period of time as may reasonably or customarily
be required for the purpose of the individual's visit but no individual shall be
entitled to such exemptions for more than five years from the date of his first
arrival in the other Contracting State.
ARTICLE XX
Teachers
An individual who, at the invitation of a university, college, school or other
similar recognized educational institution in one of the Contracting States, visits
that Contracting State for a period not exceeding two years solely for the purpose
of teaching at such educational institution and who is, or was immediately before
that visit, a resident of the other Contracting State shall be exempt from tax in the
first-mentioned Contracting State on any remuneration for such teaching in respect
of which he is subject to tax in the other Contracting State.
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ARTICLE XXI
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(b)
3. For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article, profits, income
and capital gains owned by a resident of a Contracting State which may be taxed
in the other Contracting State in accordance with this Convention shall be deemed
to arise from sources in that other Contracting State.
ARTICLE XXII
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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 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 the taxation levied on enterprises of that other State
carrying on the same activities.
3. 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 Contracting
State to any taxation or any requirement connected therewith which is other or
more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which other
similar enterprises of that first-mentioned State are or may be subjected.
4. Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed as obliging either
Contracting State to grant to individuals not resident in that State any of the
personal allowances, reliefs and reductions for tax purposes which are granted to
individuals so resident.
5. In this Article, the term "taxation" means taxes which are the subject
of this Convention.
6. Nothing in this Article shall be construed so as to prevent the
Philippines from limiting to its nationals the enjoyment of tax incentives granted
by law. However, such incentives which are available to nationals of any third
State shall likewise be available to nationals of the United Kingdom.
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ARTICLE XXIII
Mutual Agreement Procedure
1. Where a resident of a Contracting State considers that the actions of
one or both of the Contracting States results or will result from 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 in writing to the
competent authority of the Contracting State of which he is a resident or, if his
case comes under paragraph 1 of Article XXII, to that of the Contracting State of
which he is a national. This case must be presented within three years from the
first notification of the action giving rise to taxation not in accordance with the
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Convention.
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.
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.
ARTICLE XXIV
Exchange of Information
1. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall exchange
such information as is necessary for the carrying out of the provisions of this
Convention and of the domestic laws of the Contracting States concerning taxes
covered by this Convention, in particular, for the prevention of fraud or evasion of
such taxes. Any information so exchanged shall be treated as secret, but may be
disclosed to persons (including a court or administrative body) concerned with the
assessment, collection, enforcement or prosecution in respect of the taxes which
are the subject of the Convention.
2. In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 1 be construed so as to
impose on one of the Contracting States the obligations:
(a)
(b)
(c)
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ARTICLE XXV
Diplomatic and Consular Officials
1. Nothing in this Convention shall affect the fiscal privileges of
members of diplomatic or consular missions under the general rules of
international law under the provisions of special agreements.
2. This Convention shall not apply to International Organizations, to
organs or officials thereof and to persons who are members of a diplomatic,
consular or permanent mission of a third State, being present in a Contracting
State and who are not liable in either Contracting State to the same obligations in
relation to tax on their total world income as are residents thereof.
ARTICLE XXVI
Territorial Extensions
1. This Convention may be extended, either in its entirety or with
modifications, to any territory for whose international relations either Contracting
State is responsible and which imposes taxes substantially similar in character to
those to which this Convention applies. Any such extension shall take effect from
such date and subject to such modifications and conditions, including conditions
as to termination, as may be specified and agreed between the Contracting States
in notes to be exchanged through diplomatic channels.
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and
(ii)
(b)
in the Philippines:
(i)
(ii)
ARTICLE XXVIII
Termination
This Convention shall remain in force until denounced by one of the
Contracting States. Either Contracting State may denounce the Convention,
through diplomatic channels, by giving notice of termination at least six months
before the end of any calendar year after the year 1982. In such event, the
Convention shall cease to have effect:
(a)
(b)
(ii)
in the Philippines:
(i)
(ii)
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Endnotes
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