| AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY FOR
THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION
OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME
AND CAPITAL GAINS |
Article
9 |
Associated
enterprises |
(1) Where:
(a)
an enterprise of a Contracting State participates
directly or indirectly in the management, control
or capital of an enterprise of the other Contracting
State, or
(b) the same persons participate
directly or indirectly in the management, control
or capital of an enterprise of a Contracting State
and an enterprise of the other Contracting State,
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 profits 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.
(2) Where a Contracting
State includes in the profits of an enterprise of
that State - and taxes accordingly - profits on which
an enterprise of the other Contracting State has been
charged to tax in that other State and the profits
so included are profits which would have accrued to
the enterprise of the first-mentioned Contracting
State if the conditions made between the two enterprises
had been those which would have been made between
independent enterprises, then that other Contracting
State shall make an appropriate adjustment to the
amount of the tax charged therein on those profits,
where that other Contracting State considers the adjustment
justified. In determining such adjustment, due regard
shall be had to the other provisions of this Agreement
and the competent authorities of the Contracting States
shall if necessary consult each other.
(1) Dividends
paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting
State to a resident of the other Contracting State
may be taxed in that other State.
(2) However,
such dividends may also be taxed in the Contracting
State of which the company paying the dividends is
a resident and according to the law of that State;
but where the beneficial owner of the dividends is
a resident of the other Contracting State the tax
so charged shall not exceed:
(a)
15 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends if
the beneficial owner is a company which controls directly
or indirectly at least 25 per cent of the voting power
in the company paying the dividends;
(b) 20 per cent of the gross amount
of the dividends in all other cases.
(3) The term
`dividends` as used in this Article means income from
shares, jouissance shares or jouissance rights, founders'
shares or other rights, not being debt-claims, participating
in profits, as well as income from other corporate
rights assimilated to income from shares by the taxation
law of the State of which the company making the distribution
is a resident and also includes any other item (other
than interest relieved from tax under the provisions
of Article 11 of this Agreement) which, under the
law of the Contracting State of which the company
paying the dividend is a resident, is treated as a
dividend or distribution of a company.
(4) Notwithstanding
the other provisions of this Agreement, where a company
which is a resident of a Contracting State, having
a permanent establishment in the other Contracting
State, derives profits through that permanent establishment,
such profits may be taxed (in addition to the tax
which would be chargeable on those profits if they
were the profits of a company which was a resident
of that other Contracting State) in accordance with
the laws of the other Contracting State but the rate
of tax so imposed shall not exceed 15 per cent of
the amount of the profits.
(5) The provisions
of paragraphs (I) and (2) of this Article shall not
apply if the beneficial owner of the dividends, being
a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business
in the other Contracting State of which the company
paying the dividends is a resident, through a permanent
establishment situated therein, or, in the case of
a resident of Turkey, performs in the United Kingdom
independent personal services from a fixed base situated
in the United Kingdom, and the holding in respect
of which the dividends are paid is effectively connected
with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In
such case the provisions of Article
7 or Article
14 of this Agreement, 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 such dividends
are paid to a resident of that other State or 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 company's undistributed profits to a tax
on undistributed profits, even if the dividends paid
or the undistributed profits consist wholly or partly
of profits or income arising in that other State.
(1) Interest
arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident
of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that
other State.
(2) However,
such interest may also be taxed in the Contracting
State in which it arises, and according to the law
of that State; but where the beneficial owner of the
interest is a resident of the other Contracting State
the tax so charged shall not exceed 15 per cent of
the gross amount of the interest.
(3) Notwithstanding
the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article:
(a)
interest arising in a Contracting State shall be exempt
from tax in that State if it is derived and beneficially
owned by the Government of the other Contracting State
or a local authority thereof or any agency of that
Government or local authority;
(b) interest arising in the United
Kingdom which is derived and beneficially owned by
the Central Bank of Turkey (Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Merkez
Bankasi) shall be exempt from tax in the United Kingdom.
(4) The term
`interest` as used in this Article means income from
government securities, bonds or debentures, whether
or not secured by mortgage and whether or not carrying
a right to participate in profits, and 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. The term `interest`
shall not include any item which is treated as a distribution
under the provisions of Article 10 of this Agreement.
(5) The provisions
of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article shall not
apply if the beneficial owner of the interest, being
a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business
in the other Contracting State in which the interest
arises, through a permanent establishment situated
therein, or, in the case of a resident of Turkey,
performs in the United Kingdom independent personal
services from a fixed base situated in the United
Kingdom, and the debt-claim in respect of which the
interest is paid is effectively connected with such
permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case
the provisions of Article
7 or Article 14
of this Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply.
(6) Interest
shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when
the payer is that State itself, a political subdivision,
a local authority or a resident of that State. Where,
however, the person paying the interest, whether he
is a resident of a Contracting State or not, has in
a Contracting State a permanent establishment or a
fixed base in connection with which the indebtedness
on which the interest is paid was incurred, and such
interest is borne by such permanent establishment
or fixed base, then such interest shall be deemed
to arise in the State in which the permanent establishment
or fixed base is situated.
(7) Where, by
reason of a special relationship between the payer
and the beneficial owner, or between both of them
and some other person, the amount of the interest
paid exceeds, for whatever reason, the amount which
would have been agreed upon by the payer and the beneficial
owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions
of this Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned
amount. In that case, the excess part of the payments
shall remain taxable according to the laws of each
Contracting State, due regard being had to the other
provisions of this Agreement.
(8) Any provision
in the law of either Contracting State relating only
to interest paid to a nonresident company shall not
operate so as to require such interest paid to a company
which is a resident of the other Contracting State
to be treated as a distribution or dividend by the
company paying such interest. The preceding sentence
shall not apply to interest paid to a company which
is a resident of one of the Contracting States in
which more than 50 per cent of the voting power is
controlled, directly or indirectly, by a person or
persons who are residents of the other Contracting
State.
(9) The provisions
of paragraph (8) of this Article shall not apply to
interest paid by a company which is a resident of
Turkey so long as the law of Turkey, in determining
whether a payment of interest is to be treated as
a distribution or dividend, does not discriminate
against non- resident companies.
(1) Royalties
arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident
of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that
other State.
(2) However,
such royalties may be taxed in the Contracting State
in which they arise and according to the law of that
State; but where the beneficial owner of the royalties
is a resident of the other Contracting State the tax
so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the gross
amount of the royalties.
(3) The term
`royalties` as used in this Article means payments
of any kind received as a consideration for the use
of, or the right to use, or the sale of, any copyright
of literary, artistic or scientific work, including
cinematograph films and recordings for radio and television,
or any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan,
secret formula or process, or for information concerning
industrial, commercial or scientific experience, or
for the use of, or the right to use, industrial, commercial
or scientific equipment.
(4) The provisions
of paragraphs (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 business
in the other Contracting State in which the royalties
arise through a permanent establishment situated therein,
or, in the case of a resident of Turkey, performs
in the United Kingdom independent personal services
from a fixed base situated in the United Kingdom,
and the right or property in respect of which the
royalties are paid is effectively connected with such
permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case
the provisions of Article
7 or Article 14
of this Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply.
(5) Royalties
shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when
the payer is that State itself a political subdivision,
a local authority or a resident of that State. Where,
however, the person paying the royalties, whether
he is a resident of a Contracting State or not, has
in a Contracting State a permanent establishment or
a fixed base in connection with which the liability
to pay the royalties was incurred, and such royalties
are borne by that permanent establishment or fixed
base, then such royalties shall be deemed to arise
in the State in which the permanent establishment
or fixed base is situated.
(6) Where, by
reason of a special relationship between the payer
and the beneficial owner, or between both of them
and some other person, the amount of the royalties
paid exceeds, for whatever reason, the amount which
would have been agreed upon by the payer and the beneficial
owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions
of this Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned
amount. In that case, the excess part of the payments
shall remain taxable according to the laws of each
Contracting State, due regard being had to the other
provisions of this Agreement.
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