United Kingdom
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
AND
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND
NORTHERN IRELAND
FOR
THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE
PREVENTION OF
FISCAL
EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND ON
CAPITAL
GAINS
The Government of the Republic of
Indonesia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland;
[REPLACED
by paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the MLI] [Desiring to conclude an Agreement for the avoidance of
double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on
income and capital gains;]
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The following paragraph 1 of
Article 6 of the MLI replaces the text referring to an intent to eliminate
double taxation in the preamble of this Agreement:
ARTICLE
6 OF THE MLI  PURPOSE OF A COVERED TAX AGREEMENT
Intending to eliminate double
taxation with respect to the taxes covered by this Agreement without creating
opportunities for non-taxation or reduced taxation through tax evasion or
avoidance (including through treaty-shopping arrangements aimed at obtaining
reliefs provided in the Agreement for the indirect benefit of residents of
third jurisdictions),
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Have agreed as follows:
This Agreement shall apply to
persons who are residents of one or both of the Contracting States.
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The following paragraph 1 of
Article 11 of the MLI applies and supersedes the provisions of this
Agreement:
ARTICLE
11 OF THE MLI  APPLICATION OF TAX AGREEMENTS TO RESTRICT
A
PARTYS RIGHT TO TAX ITS OWN RESIDENTS
The Agreement shall not affect
the taxation by a Contracting State of its residents, except with respect to
the benefits granted under paragraph (5) of Article 21 (as modified by
paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the MLI), Article 19, Article 20, Article 21,
Article 23, Article 24, and Article 26 of the Agreement.
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1. The taxes which are the subject of this Agreement are:
(a) in the United Kingdom:
(i)
the income tax;
(ii)
the corporation tax; and
(iii)
the capital gains tax;
(hereinafter
referred to as "United Kingdom tax");
(b) in Indonesia:
the
income tax (Pajak Penghasilan 1984), and to the extent provided in such income
tax, the company tax (Pajak Perseroan 1925), and the tax on interest, dividends
and royalties (Pajak Atas Bunga, Dividen dan Royalty 1970);
(hereinafter
referred to as "Indonesian tax").
2. This Agreement shall also apply to any identical or
substantially similar taxes which are imposed by either Contracting State after
the date of signature of this Agreement in addition to, or in place of the
taxes referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. The competent authorities of
the Contracting States shall notify each other of any substantial changes which
are made in their respective taxation laws.
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Article 3
GENERAL DEFINITIONS
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1. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the term "United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland" means the territory of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, including any maritime area situated beyond the territorial
waters of the United Kingdom within which the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland may exercise rights with regard to the seabed and subsoil
and the natural resources in accordance with international law;
(b) the term "Indonesia" means the
territory under the sovereignty of the Republic of Indonesia and such parts of
the Continental Shelf and the adjacent seas, over which the Republic of
Indonesia has sovereignty, sovereign rights as well as other rights in
accordance with international law;
(c) the term "national" means:
(i)
in relation to the United Kingdom,
any British citizen or any British subject not possessing the citizenship of
any other Commonwealth country or territory, provided he has the right of abode
in the United Kingdom; and any legal person, partnership, association or other
entity deriving its status as such from the law in force in the United Kingdom;
(ii)
in relation to Indonesia, any
individual possessing the nationality of Indonesia, and any juridical person
created or organised under the laws of Indonesia and any organisation without
juridical personality treated for the purposes of Indonesian tax as a juridical
person created or organised under the laws of Indonesia;
(d) the terms "a Contracting State"
and "the other Contracting State" mean the United Kingdom or
Indonesia as the context requires;
(e) the term "person" comprises an
individual, a company and any other body of persons, but subject to paragraph 2
of this Article does not include a partnership;
(f) the term "company" means any
body corporate or any entity which is treated as a body corporate for tax
purposes;
(g) the terms "enterprise of a Contracting
State" and "enterprise of the other Contracting State" mean
respectively an enterprise carried on by a resident of Contracting State and an
enterprise carried on by a resident of the other Contracting State;
(h) the term "international traffic"
means any transport by a ship or aircraft operated by an enterprise of a
Contracting State, except when the ship or aircraft is operated solely between
places in the other Contracting State;
(i) the term "competent authority"
means, in the case of the United Kingdom the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or
their authorised representative, and in the case of Indonesia the Minister of
Finance or his authorised representative.
2. A partnership deriving its status from Indonesian law which is
treated as a taxable unit under the law of Indonesia shall be treated as a
person for the purposes of this Agreement.
3. As regards the application of this Agreement by a Contracting
State any term not otherwise defined shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the meaning which it has under the laws of that State relating
to the taxes which are the subject of this Agreement.
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Article 4
FISCAL DOMICILE
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1. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "resident of
a Contracting State" means any person who, under the law of that State, is
liable to tax therein by reason of his domicile, residence, place of management
or any other criterion of similar nature.
2. Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 of this
Article an individual is a resident of both Contracting States, then his status
shall be determined in accordance with the following rules:
(a) he shall be deemed to be a resident of the
Contracting State in which he has a permanent home available to him; if he has
a permanent home available to him in both Contracting States, he shall be
deemed to be a resident of the Contracting State with which his personal and
economic relations are closer (centre of vital interests);
(b) if the Contracting State in which he has
his centre of vital interests cannot be determined, or if he has not a
permanent home available to him in either Contracting State, he shall be deemed
to be a resident of the Contracting State in which he has an habitual abode;
(c) if he has an habitual abode in both
Contracting States or in neither of them, the competent authorities of the
Contracting States shall settle the question by mutual agreement.
3. [REPLACED by paragraph
1 of Article 4 and subparagraph e) of paragraph 3 of Article 4 of the MLI]
[Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article a person
other than an individual is a resident of both Contracting States, then it
shall be deemed to be a resident of the Contracting State in which its place of
effective management is situated.]
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The following paragraph 1 of
Article 4 and subparagraph e) of paragraph 3 of Article 4 of the MLI replace
paragraph (3) of Article 4 of this Agreement:
ARTICLE
4 OF THE MLI  DUAL RESIDENT ENTITIES
Where by reason of the
provisions of the Agreement a person other than an individual is a resident
of both Contracting States, the competent authorities of the Contracting
States shall endeavour to determine by mutual agreement the Contracting State
of which such person shall be deemed to be a resident for the purposes of the
Agreement, having regard to its place of effective management, the place
where it is incorporated or otherwise constituted and any other relevant
factors. In the absence of such agreement, such person shall not be entitled
to any relief or exemption from tax provided by the Agreement.
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4. The fact that an enterprise of a Contracting State carries on
business in the other Contracting State through a permanent establishment
situated therein shall not constitute either the enterprise or the permanent
establishment a resident of that other State.
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Article 5
PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT
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1. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "permanent
establishment" means a fixed place of business in which the business of
the enterprise is wholly or partly carried on.
2. The term "permanent establishment" includes
especially:
(a) a place of management;
(b) a branch;
(c) an office;
(d) a factory;
(e) a workshop; and
(f) a mine, an oil or gas well, a quarry or
any other place of extraction of natural resources.
3. The term " permanent establishment" shall not be
deemed to includes:
(a) a building site, a construction, assembly
or installation project or supervisory activities in connection therewith, but
only where such site, project or activities continue for a period of more than
183 days;
(b) the furnishing of services, including
consultancy services, by an enterprise through employees or other personnel
engaged by the enterprise for such purpose, but only where activities of that
nature continue (for the same or connected project) within the Contracting
State for a period or periods aggregating more than 91 days within any
continuous period of twelve months.
4. [MODIFIED by paragraph
4 of Article 13 of the MLI] Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of
this Article, the term "permanent establishment" shall be deemed not
to include:
(a) the use of facilities solely for the
purpose of storage or display of goods or merchandise belonging to the
enterprise;
(b) the maintenance of a stock of goods or
merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for the purpose of storage or
display;
(c) the maintenance of a stock of goods or
merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for the purpose of processing by
another enterprise;
(d) the maintenance of a fixed place of
business solely for the purpose of purchasing goods or merchandise, or of
collecting information, for the enterprise;
(e) the maintenance of a fixed place of
business solely for the purpose of advertising, supply of information,
scientific research or any other activity of a preparatory or auxiliary
character, for the enterprise;
(f) the maintenance of a fixed place of
business solely for any combination of activities mentioned in subparagraphs
(a) to (e) of this paragraph, provided that the overall activity of the fixed
place of business resulting from this combination is of a preparatory or
auxiliary character.
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The following paragraph 4 of
Article 13 of the MLI applies to paragraph (4) of Article 5 of this
Agreement:
ARTICLE
13 OF THE MLI  ARTIFICIAL AVOIDANCE OF PERMANENT
ESTABLISHMENT
STATUS THROUGH THE SPECIFIC ACTIVITY EXEMPTIONS
Article 5 of the Agreement
shall not apply to a fixed place of business that is used or maintained by an
enterprise if the same enterprise or a closely related enterprise carries on
business activities at the same place or at another place in the same Contracting
State and:
a) that place or other place constitutes a permanent
establishment for the enterprise or the closely related enterprise under the
provisions of Article 5 of the Agreement; or
b) the overall activity resulting from the combination of the activities
carried on by the two enterprises at the same place, or by the same
enterprise or closely related enterprises at the two places, is not of a
preparatory or auxiliary character,
provided that the business
activities carried on by the two enterprises at the same place, or by the
same enterprise or closely related enterprises at the two places, constitute
complementary functions that are part of a cohesive business operation.
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5. A person acting in a Contracting State on behalf of an
enterprise of the other Contracting State, other than an agent of an
independent status to whom the provisions of paragraph 7 of the Article apply,
shall be deemed to be a permanent establishment in the first-mentioned State
if:
(a) he has, and habitually exercises in that
State, an authority to conclude contracts in the name of the enterprise, unless
his activities are limited to the purchase of goods or merchandise for the
enterprise; or
(b) he maintains in the first-mentioned State a
stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise from which he
regularly fills orders on behalf of the enterprise.
6. An insurance enterprise of a Contracting State shall, except
with regard to re-insurance, be deemed to have a permanent establishment in the
other Contracting State if it collects premiums in the territory of that other
State or insures risks situated there through an employee or through a
representative established there who is not an agent of an independent status
within the meaning of paragraph 7 of this Article.
7. An enterprise of a Contracting State shall not be deemed to
have a permanent establishment in the other Contracting State merely because it
carried 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 to the business of that
enterprise, he shall not be considered an agent of an independent status within
the meaning of this paragraph.
8. The fact that a company which is a resident of a Contracting
State controls or is controlled by a company which is a resident of the other
Contracting State, or which carries on business in that other State (whether
through a permanent establishment or otherwise), shall not of itself constitute
either company a permanent establishment of the other.
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The following paragraph 1 of
Article 15 of the MLI applies to provisions of this Agreement:
ARTICLE
15 OF THE MLI  DEFINITION OF A PERSON
CLOSELY
RELATED TO AN ENTERPRISE
For the purposes of Article 5
of the Agreement, a person is closely related to an enterprise if, based
on all
the relevant facts
and circumstances, one has
control of the other or both are under the
control of the same persons or
enterprises. In any case, a person shall be considered to be closely related
to an enterprise if one possesses directly or indirectly more than 50 per
cent of the beneficial interest in the other (or, in the case of a company,
more than 50 per cent of the aggregate vote and value of the companys shares
or of the beneficial equity interest in the company) or if another person
possesses directly or indirectly more than 50 per cent of the beneficial
interest (or, in the case of a company, more than 50 per cent of the
aggregate vote and value of the companys shares or of the beneficial equity
interest in the company) in the person and the enterprise.
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Article 6
INCOME FROM IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
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1. Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from
immovable property (including income from agriculture or forestry) situated in
the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.
2. The term "immovable property" shall have the meaning
which it has under the law of the Contracting State in which the property in
question is situated. The term shall in any case include property accessory to
immovable property, livestock and equipment used in agriculture and forestry,
rights to which the provisions of general law respecting landed property apply,
usufruct of immovable property and rights to variable or fixed payments as
consideration for the working of, or the right to work, mineral deposits,
sources and other natural resources; ships, boats and aircraft shall not be
regarded as immovable property.
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply to
income derived from the direct use, letting, or use in any other form of
immovable property.
4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article shall
also apply to the income from immovable property of an enterprise and to income
from immovable property used for the performance of independent personal
services.
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Article 7
BUSINESS PROFITS
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1. The profits of an enterprise of a Contracting State shall be
taxable only in that State unless the enterprise carries on business in the
other Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein. If
the enterprise carries on business as aforesaid, the profits of the enterprise
may be taxed in the other State but only so much of them as is directly or
indirectly attributable to that permanent establishment.
2. Where an enterprise of a Contracting State carries on business
in the other Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated
therein, there shall in each Contracting State be attributed to that permanent
establishment the profits which it might be expected to make if it were a
distinct and separate enterprise engaged in the same or similar activities
under the same or similar conditions and dealing wholly independently with the
enterprise of which it is a permanent establishment.
3. In the determination of the profits of a permanent
establishment, there shall be allowed as deductions expenses which are incurred
for the purposes of the permanent establishment, including a reasonable
allocation of executive and general administrative expenses incurred for the
purposes of the enterprise as a whole, whether in the Contracting State in
which the permanent establishment is situated or elsewhere.
4. Insofar as it has been customary in a Contracting State,
according to its law, to determine the profits to be attributed to a permanent
establishment on the basis of an apportionment of the total profit of the
enterprise to its various parts, nothing in paragraph 2 of this Article shall
preclude that Contracting State from determining the profits to be taxed by
such an apportionment as may be customary; the method of apportionment adopted
shall, however, be such that the result shall be in accordance with the
principles laid down in this Article.
5. No profits shall be attributed to a permanent establishment by
reason of the mere purchase by that permanent establishment of goods or merchandise
for the enterprise.
6. For the purposes of the preceding paragraphs, the profits to be
attributed to the permanent establishment shall be determined by the same
method year by year unless there is good and sufficient reason to the contrary.
7. Where profits include items which are dealt with separately in
other Articles of this Agreement, then the provisions of those Articles shall
not be affected by the provisions of this Article.
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Article 8
SHIPPING AND AIR TRANSPORT
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1. Profits derived by a resident of a Contracting State from
international traffic shall be taxable only in that State.
2. Where profits within paragraph 1 of this Article are derived
by a resident of a Contracting State from participation in a pool, a joint
business or an international operating agency, the profits attributable to that
resident shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which he is a
resident.
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Article 9
ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES
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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.
1. (a) (i) Dividends paid by a company which is a
resident of the United Kingdom to a resident of Indonesia may be taxed in
Indonesia.
(ii)
Where a resident of Indonesia is
entitled to a tax credit in respect of such a dividend under subparagraph (b)
of this paragraph, tax may also be charged in the United Kingdom and according
to the laws of the United Kingdom on the aggregate of the amount or value of
that dividend and the amount of that tax credit at a rate not exceeding 15%.
(iii)
Except as aforesaid dividends paid by
a company which is a resident of the United Kingdom to a resident of Indonesia
who is the beneficial owner of the dividends shall be exempt from any tax in
the United Kingdom which is chargeable on dividends.
(b) A resident of Indonesia who receives a
dividend from a company which is a resident of the United Kingdom shall,
subject to the provisions of subparagraph (c) of this paragraph and provided he
is the beneficial owner of the dividend, be entitled to the tax credit in
respect thereof to which an individual resident in the United Kingdom would
have been entitled had he received that dividend and to the payment of any
excess of that tax credit over his liability to United Kingdom tax.
(c) The provisions of subparagraph (b) of this
paragraph shall not apply where the beneficial owner of the dividend is, or is
associated with, a company which, either alone or together with one or more
associated companies, controls, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of the
voting power in the company paying the dividend. For the purposes of this
subparagraph, two companies shall be deemed to be associated if one controls,
directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting power in the other company,
or a third company controls more than 50% of the voting power in both of them.
2. Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of Indonesia
to a resident of the United Kingdom may be taxed in the United Kingdom. Such
dividends may also be taxed in Indonesia and according to the laws of
Indonesia, but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of the dividends the
tax so charged shall not exceed:
(a) 10% of the gross amount of the dividends if
the beneficial owner is a company which controls, directly or indirectly, at
least 15% of the voting power in the company paying the dividends;
(b) in all other cases 15% of the gross amount
of the dividends.
3. The preceding paragraphs of this Article shall not affect the
taxation of the company in respect of the profits out of which the dividends
are paid.
4. The term "dividends" as used in this Article means
income from shares, or other rights, not being debt-claims, participating in
profits, as well as income from other corporate rights assimilated to
incomefrom shares by the taxation laws of the State of which the company making
the distribution is a resident and also includes any other item which, under
the laws of the Contracting State of which the company paying the dividend is a
resident, is treated as a dividend or distribution of a company..
5. The provisions of paragraph 1 or, as the case may be, 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 performs in that other State
independent personal 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 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 companys undistributed profits to a tax on undistributed
profits, even if theividends paid or the undistributed profits consist wholly
or partly of profits or income arising in that other State.
7. 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 thoseprofits 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 10% of
the profits of the permanent establishment after payment of the income tax on
those profits.
8. The provisions of paragraph 7 of this Article shall not affect
the provisions contained in any production sharing contracts and contracts of
work (or any similar contracts) relating to the oil or gas sector or other
mining sector entered into by a resident of the United Kingdom with the
Government of Indonesia, its instrumentality, its relevant state oil and gas
company or any other entity thereof, provided such contracts:
(a) were concluded on or before 31st December
1983; or
(b) were being negotiated at 31st December 1983
and the Minister of Finance of Indonesia determined before the date of signature
of this Agreement that the profits or income arising from such contracts should
be taxed in Indonesia in accordance with the laws in force in Indonesia at 31st
December 1983.
1. Interest arising in a Contracting State which is derived by 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 such interest is a resident of the other Contracting State
the tax so charged shall not exceed 10% of the gross amount of the interest.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article,
interest arising in a Contracting State shall be exempt from tax in that State
if:
(a) it is derived and beneficially owned by the
Government of the other Contracting State, or a political subdivision or a
local authority thereof, or the central bank of that other State, or by any
agency or instrumentality of, or any financial institution wholly owned by,
that Governmen; or
(b) it is paid in respect of a loan made,
guaranteed or insured, or any other debt-claim or credit guaranteed or insured
by the Government of the other Contracting State, or a political subdivision or
a local authority of, or the central bank of that other State, or any agency or
instrumentality of, or any financial institution wholly owned by, that
Government.
4. For the purposes of paragraph 3 of this Article, the
terms "central bank", "agency",
"instrumentality" and "financial institution wholly owned by
that Government" mean:
(a) in the case of the United Kingdom:
(i)
the Bank of England;
(ii)
the United Kingdom Export Credits
Guarantee Department;
(iii)
the Commonwealth Development
Corporation; and
(iv)
such other agencies or
instrumentalities of, and such other financial institutions wholly owned by,
the Government of the United Kingdom as may be agreed from time to time between
the competent authorities of the Contracting States;
(b) in the case of Indonesia:
(i)
the Bank of Indonesia; and
(ii)
such other agencies or
instrumentalities of, and such other financial institutions wholly owned by,
the Government of the Republic of Indonesia as may be agreed from time to time
between the competent authorities of the Contracting States.
5. The term "interest" as used in this Article means
income from debtclaims of every kind, whether or not secured by mortgage, and
whether or not carrying a right to participate in the debtors profits, and in
particular, income from government securities and income from bonds or
debentures but shall not include any item which is treated as a distribution
under the provisions of Article 10 of this
Agreement.
6. 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
performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base
situated therein, 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.
7. 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 paid was incurred, and such interest is
borne by that 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.
8. 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 such case, the excess part of the payments shall
remain taxable according to the law of each Contracting State, due regard being
had to the other provisions of this Agreement.
9. [REPLACED by paragraph
1 of Article 7 of the MLI] [The provisions of this Article shall not apply
if it was the main purpose or one of the main purposes of any person concerned
with the creation or assignment of the debt-claim in respect of which the
interest is paid to take advantage of this Article by means of that creation or
assignment.].
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The following paragraph 1 of
Article 7 of the MLI replaces paragraph (9) of Article 11 of this Agreement:
ARTICLE
7 OF THE MLI  PREVENTION OF TREATY ABUSE
(Principal
purposes test provision)
Notwithstanding any provisions
of the Agreement, a benefit under the Agreement shall not be granted in
respect of an item of income or capital if it is reasonable to conclude,
having regard to all relevant facts and circumstances, that obtaining that
benefit was one of the principal purposes of any arrangement or transaction
that resulted directly or indirectly in that benefit, unless it is
established that granting that benefit in these circumstances would be in
accordance with the object and purpose of the relevant provisions of the
Agreement.
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1. Royalties arising in a Contracting State which are derived by
a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.
2. However, such royalties may also be taxed in the Contracting
State in which they arise and according to the law of that State; but where the
beneficial owner of such royalties is a resident of the other Contracting State
the tax so charged shall not exceed:
(a) in the case of royalties referred to in
subparagraph (a) of paragraph 3 of this Article, 15% of the gross amount of the
royalties; and
(b) in the case of royalties referred to in
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 3 of this Article, 10% of the gross amount of the
royalties.
3. The term "royalties" as used in this Article
comprises:
(a) payments 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, or any patent, know-how, trade mark,
design or model, plan, secret formula or process; and
(b) payments of any kind received as a
consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any 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
performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base
situated therein, 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
obligation 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 such 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.
7. [REPLACED by paragraph
1 of Article 7 of the MLI] [The provisions of this Article shall not apply
if it was the main purpose or one of the main purposes of any person concerned
with the creation or assignment of the right or property in respect of which
the royalties are paid to take advantage of this Article by means of that
creation or assignment.].
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The following paragraph 1 of
Article 7 of the MLI replaces paragraph (7) of Article 12 of this Agreement:
ARTICLE
7 OF THE MLI  PREVENTION OF TREATY ABUSE
(Principal
purposes test provision)
Notwithstanding any provisions
of the Agreement, a benefit under the Agreement shall not be granted in
respect of an item of income or capital if it is reasonable to conclude,
having regard to all relevant facts and circumstances, that obtaining that
benefit was one of the principal purposes of any arrangement or transaction
that resulted directly or indirectly in that benefit, unless it is
established that granting that benefit in these circumstances would be in
accordance with the object and purpose of the relevant provisions of the
Agreement.
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1. Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the
alienation of immovable property referred to in Article 6 of this Agreement and
situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.
2. Gains from the alienation of movable property forming part of
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 independent personal
services, including such gains from the alienation of such a permanent
establishment (alone or with the whole enterprise) or of such a fixed base, may
be taxed in that other State.
3. Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the
alienation of ships or aircraft operated in international traffic or movable
property pertaining to the operation of such ships or aircraft shall be taxable
only in that State.
4. Gains from the alienation of any property other than that
mentioned in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this Article shall be taxable only
in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident.
5. The provisions of paragraph (4) of this Article shall not affect
the right of a Contracting State to levy according to its law a tax on capital
gains from the alienation of any property derived by an individual who is a
resident of the Contracting State and has been a resident of the
first-mentioned Contracting State at any time during the five years immediately
preceding the alienation of the property.
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Article 14
INDEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES
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1. Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect
of professional services or other activities of an independent character shall
be taxable only in that State unless:
(a) he has a fixed base regularly available to
him in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing his
activities; in that case only so much of the income as is attributable to that
fixed base may be taxed in that other State; or
(b) his stay in the other Contracting State is
for a period or periods amounting to or exceeding in the aggregate 91 days in
any continuous period of twelve months; in that case only so much of the income
as is derived from his activities performed in that other State may be taxed in
that other State.
2. The term "professional services" includes especially
independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities
as well as the independent activities of physicians, lawyers, engineers,
architects, dentists and accountants.
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Article 15
DEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES
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1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of
this Agreement, salaries, wages and other similar remuneration derived by 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
therefrom may be taxed in that other State.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article,
remuneration derived by 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 the other State
for a period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate 183 days within any
continuous period of twelve months; and
(b) the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf
of, an employer who is not a resident of the other State; and
(c) the remuneration is not borne by a
permanent establishment or a fixed base which the employer has in the 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 may be taxed in the Contracting
State of which the person deriving the profits from the operation of the ship
or aircraft is a resident.
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Article 16
DIRECTORS FEES
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1. Directors fees and similar payments derived by a resident of
the United Kingdom in his capacity as a "pengurus" or a
"komisaris" of a company which is a resident of Indonesia may be
taxed in Indonesia.
2. Directors fees and similar payments derived by a resident of
Indonesia in his capacity as a member of the board of directors of a company
which is a resident of the United Kingdom may be taxed in the United Kingdom.
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Article 17
ARTISTES AND ATHLETES
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1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 14 and 15 of this
Agreement, 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 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 of this Agreement, be
taxed in the Contracting State in which the activities of the entertainer or
athlete are exercised.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this
Article, income derived from activities referred to in paragraph 1 performed
under a cultural agreement or arrangement between the Contracting States shall
be exempt from tax in the Contracting State in which the activities are
exercised if the visit to that State is wholly or substantially supported by
funds of the other Contracting State, a political subdivision, a local
authority or public institution thereof.
1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 19 of this
Agreement, any pension or other similar remuneration paid to a resident of one
of the Contracting States from a source in the other Contracting State in
consideration of past employment or services in that other Contracting State
and any annuity paid to such a resident from such a source may be taxed in that
other 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 moneys worth.
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Article 19
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
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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 subdivision 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 subdivision 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 of this Agreement
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.
1. An individual individual who is or was a resident of a
Contracting State immediately before making a visit to the other Contracting
State and is temporarily present in that other Contracting State solely as a
student at a university, college, school or other similar recognised
educational institution in that other Contracting State or as a business or
technical apprentice therein, shall be exempt from tax in that other
Contracting State on:
(a) all remittances from the first-mentioned
Contracting State for the purposes of his maintenance, education or training;
and
(b) any income derived from the other
Contracting State in respect of services rendered in that other Contracting
State (other than any rendered by a business or technical apprentice to the
person or partnership to whom he is apprenticed), with a view to supplementing
the resources available to him for such purposes, not exceeding the sum of 500
sterling in the case of the United Kingdom, or the equivalent in Indonesian
currency in the case of Indonesia, during any year of assessment.
2. An individual who is or was a resident of a Contracting State
immediately before making a visit to the other Contracting State and is
temporarily present in that other Contracting State for the purposes of study,
research or training solely as a recipient of a grant, allowance or award from
the Government of either of the Contracting States or from a scientific,
educational, religious or charitable organisation or under a technical
assistance programme entered into by the Government of either of the
Contracting States for a period not exceeding two years from the date of his
first arrival in that other Contracting State in connection with that visit
shall be exempt from tax in that other Contracting State on:
(a) the amount of such grant, allowance or
award; and
(b) any income derived from that other
Contracting State in respect of services in that other Contracting State if the
services are performed in connection with his study, research, or training or
are incidental thereto.
3. An individual who is or was a resident of a Contracting State
immediately before making a visit to the other Contracting State and is
temporarily present in that other Contracting State solely as an employee of,
or under contract with, the Government or an enterprise of the first-mentioned
Contracting State for the purpose of acquiring technical, professional or
business experience for a period not exceeding twelve months from the date of
his first arrival in that other Contracting State in connection with that visit
shall be exempt from tax in that other Contracting State on:
(a) all remittances from the first-mentioned
Contracting State for the purposes of his maintenance, education or training;
and
(b) any remuneration, so far as it is not in
excess of 500 sterling or the equivalent in Indonesian currency, as the case
may be, for personal services rendered in that other Contracting State,
provided such services are in connection with his studies or training or are
incidental thereto.
Provided
that the benefits under this paragraph shall not be granted if the technical,
professional or business experience is acquired from a company controlled
directly or indirectly by the Government or the enterprise which sent the
employee or the person under contract.
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Article 21
ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAXATION
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1. Subject to the provisions of the law of the United Kingdom
regarding the allowance as a credit against United Kingdom tax of tax payable
in a territory outside the United Kingdom (which shall not affect the general
principle hereof):
(a) Indonesian tax payable under the laws of
Indonesia and in accordance with this Agreement, whether directly or by
deduction, on profits, income or chargeable gains from sources within Indonesia
(excluding in the case of a dividend, tax payable in respect of the profits out
of which the dividend is paid) shall be allowed as a credit against any United
Kingdom tax computed by reference to the same profits, income or chargeable
gains by reference to which the Indonesian tax is computed;
(b) in the case of a dividend paid by a company
which is a resident of Indonesia to a company which is a resident of the United
Kingdom and which controls directly or indirectly at least 10% of the voting
power in the company paying the dividend, the credit shall take into account
(in addition to any Indonesian tax for which credit may be allowed under the
provisions of subparagraph (a) of this paragraph) the Indonesian tax payable by
the company in respect of the profits out of which such dividend is paid.
2. Where a resident of Indonesia derives income from the United
Kingdom and such income may be taxed in the United Kingdom in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement, the amount of United Kingdom tax payable in
respect of the income shall be allowed as a credit against the Indonesian tax
imposed on that resident. The amount of credit, however, shall not exceed that
part of the Indonesian tax which is appropriate to such income.
3. For the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Article, the term
"Indonesian tax payable" shall be deemed to include any amount which
would have been payable as Indonesian tax for any year but for an exemption or
reduction of tax granted for the year or any part thereof under Article 15(5)
and Article 16(1) and (2) of Law No. 1 of 1967 of Indonesia to the extent that
these provisions continue in force by virtue of Article 33(2)(a) of Act No. 7
of 1983 of Indonesia.
Provided
that relief from United Kingdom tax shall not be given by virtue of this
paragraph in respect of income from any source if the income arises in a period
starting more than 10 years after the exemption from, or reduction of,
Indonesian tax was first granted in respect of that source.
4. For the 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
Agreement shall be deemed to arise from sources in that other Contracting
State.
5. [REPLACED by paragraph
1 of Article 17 of the MLI] [Where profits on which an enterprise of a
Contracting State has been charged to tax in that State are also included in
the profits of an enterprise of the other State and the profits so included are
profits which would have accrued to that enterprise of the other State if the
conditions made between the enterprises had been those which would have been
made between independent enterprises dealing at arms length, the amount
included in the profits of both enterprises shall be treated for the purposes
of this Article as income from a source in the other State of the enterprise of
the first-mentioned State and relief shall be given accordingly under the
provisions of paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of this Article.]
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The following paragraph 1 of
Article 17 of the MLI replaces paragraph (5) of Article 21 of this Agreement:
ARTICLE
17 OF THE MLI  CORRESPONDING ADJUSTMENTS
Where a Contracting State
includes in the profits of an enterprise of that Contracting State  and
taxes accordingly  profits on which an enterprise of the other Contracting
State has been charged to tax in that other Contracting 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. In
determining such adjustment, due regard shall be had to the other provisions
of the Agreement and the competent authorities of the Contracting States
shall if necessary consult each other.
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[REPLACED
by paragraph 1 of Article 11 of the MU] [Where, under any provision of this Agreement, a
partnership is entitled, as a resident of Indonesia, to exemption from tax in
the United Kingdom on any income or capital gains, that provision shall not be
construed as restricting the right of the United Kingdom to tax any member of
the partnership who is a resident of the United Kingdom on his share of such
income or capital gains; but any such income or gains shall be treated for the
purposes of Article 21 of this Agreement as income or gains from sources in
Indonesia.]
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The following paragraph 1 of
Article 11 of the MLI replaces Article 22 of this Agreement:
ARTICLE
11 OF THE MLI  APPLICATION OF TAX AGREEMENTS
TO
RESTRICT A PARTYS RIGHT TO TAX ITS OWN RESIDENTS
The Agreement shall not affect
the taxation by a Contracting State of its residents, except with respect to
the benefits granted under paragraph (5) of Article 21 (as modified by
paragraph I of Article 17 of the MLI), Article 19, Article 20, Article 21,
Article 23, Article 24, and Article 26 of the Agreement.
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Article 23
NON-DISCRIMINATION
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1. Nationals of a Contracting State shall not be subjected in the
other Contracting State to any taxation or requirement connected therewith
which is other or more burdensome than the taxation or connected requirements
to which nationals of that other State in the same circumstances are or may be
subjected.
2. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 7 and 8 of Article 10
of this Agreement, 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 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 Agreement.
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Article 24
MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE
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1. [MODIFIED by second
sentence of paragraph 1 of Article 16 of the MLI] [Where a resident of a
Contracting State considers that the actions of one or both of the Contracting
States result or will result for him in taxation not in accordance with this
Agreement, he may, notwithstanding the remedies provided by the domestic law of
those States, present his case to the competent authority of the Contracting
State of which he is a resident.].
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The following second sentence
of paragraph 1 of Article 16 of the MLI applies to paragraph (1) of Article
24 of this Agreement:
ARTICLE
16 OF THE MLI  MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE
The case must be presented
within three years from the first notification of the action resulting in
taxation not in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement.
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2. [MODIFIED by second
sentence of paragraph 2 of Article 16 of the MLI] [The competent authority
shall endeavour, if the objection appears to it to be justified and if it is
not itself able to arrive at a satisfactory 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
Agreement.].
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The following second sentence
of paragraph 2 of Article 16 of the MLI applies to paragraph (2) of Article
24 of this Agreement:
ARTICLE
16 OF THE MLI  MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE
Any agreement reached shall be
implemented notwithstanding any time limits in the domestic law of the
Contracting States.
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3. [MODIFIED by second
sentence of paragraph 3 of Article 16 of the MLI] [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 Agreement.]
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The following second sentence
of paragraph 3 of Article 16 of the MLI applies to paragraph (3) of Article
24 of this Agreement:
ARTICLE
16 OF THE MLI  MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE
They may also consult together
for the elimination of double taxation in cases not provided for in the
Agreement..
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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.
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Article 25
EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
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1. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall
exchange such information as is necessary for carrying out the provisions of
this Agreement or of the domestic laws of the Contracting States concerning
taxes covered by the Agreement insofar as the taxation thereunder is not
contrary to the Agreement. Any information received by a Contracting State
shall be treated as secret and shall be disclosed only to persons or
authorities (including courts and administrative bodies) involved in the assessment
or collection of, the enforcement or prosecution in respect of, or the
determination of appeals in relation to, the taxes covered by the Agreement.
Such persons or authorities shall use the information only for such purposes.
They may disclose the information in public court proceedings or in judicial
decisions.
2. In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article
be construed so as to impose on the competent authority of either Contracting
State the obligation:
(a) to carry out administrative measures at
variance with laws and administrative practice prevailing in either Contracting
States;
(b) to supply information which is not
obtainable under the laws or in the normal course of the administration of
either Contracting State;
(c) to supply information which would disclose
any trade, business, industrial, commercial or professional secret or trade
process, or information the disclosure of which would be contrary to public
policy (ordre public).
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Article 26
DIPLOMATIC AGENTS AND CONSULAR OFFICIALS
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1. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the fiscal privileges
of members of diplomatic or permanent missions or consular posts under the
general rules of international law or under the provisions of special agreements.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 4, an
individual who is a member of the diplomatic or permanent mission or consular
post of a Contracting State or any third 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.
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The following paragraph 1 of
Article 7 of the MLI applies and supersedes the provisions of this Agreement:
ARTICLE
7 OF THE MLI  PREVENTION OF TREATY ABUSE
(Principal
purposes test provision)
Notwithstanding any provisions
of the Agreement, a benefit under the Agreement shall not be granted in
respect of an item of income or capital if it is reasonable to conclude,
having regard to all relevant facts and circumstances, that obtaining that
benefit was one of the principal purposes of any arrangement or transaction
that resulted directly or indirectly in that benefit, unless it is
established that granting that benefit in these circumstances would be in
accordance with the object and purpose of the relevant provisions of the
Agreement.
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Article 27
ENTRY INTO FORCE
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1. Each of the Contracting States shall notify to the other the
completion of the procedure required by its law for the bringing into force of
this Agreement.
2. The Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the later
of these notifications and shall thereupon have effect:
(a) in the United Kingdom:
(i)
as respects income tax and capital
gains tax, for any year of assessment beginning on or after 6th April;
(ii)
as respects corporation tax, for any
financial year beginning on or after 1st April;
(b) in Indonesia:
as
respects income derived during any fiscal year beginning on or after 1st
January; in either case in the calendar year next following that in which the
later of such notifications is given.
3. The Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of
Indonesia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal
Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Capital signed at Jakarta on 13th
March 1974 shall terminate and cease to be effective from the date upon which
this Agreement has effect in respect of the taxes to which this Agreement
applies in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article.
This Agreement shall remain in
force until terminated by one of the Contracting States. Either Contracting
State may terminate the Agreement by giving notice of termination, through the
diplomatic channel, at least six months before the end of any calender year
beginning after the expiration of five years from the date of entry into force
of the Agreement. In such event, the Agreement shall cease to have effect:
(a) in the United Kingdom:
(i) as respects income tax and capital gains
tax, for any year of assessment beginning on or after 6th April in the calendar
year next following that in which the notice is given;
(ii) as respects corporation tax, for any
financial year beginning on or after 1st April in the calendar year next
following that in which the notice is given; and
(b) in Indonesia:
as
respects income derived during any fiscal year beginning on or after 1st
January in the calendar year next following that in which the notice is given.
In witness whereof the
undersigned, duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments, have signed
this Agreement.
Done in duplicate at Jakarta this
5th day of April, 1993.
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For the Government of
the Republic of Indonesia
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For the Government of
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
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