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1995 No. 448 TAXATION (INTEREST ON OVERPAYMENTS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 4

4. New regulations and Schedules
4.1 Add at the end: Prescribed economic double tax correlative relief
provisions (Act, paragraph 3A (1) (b))

"5. For the purposes of paragraph 3A (1) (b) of the Act, the provisions of the
double tax agreements listed in Schedule 1 are prescribed.

Prescribed manner of operation of business profits provisions-juridical double
tax relief (Act, paragraph 3A (1) (b))

"6. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 3A (1) (b) of the Act, the following
manner of operation of the provisions of the double tax agreements listed in
Schedule 2 is prescribed:

   (a)  in the case that the taxpayer is a resident of Australia-if the
        provision has been applied in a manner which increases the profits of
        the taxpayer which are attributable to a permanent establishment in
        the other Contracting State; or

   (b)  in the case that the taxpayer is not a resident of Australia-if the
        provision has been applied in a manner which decreases the profits of
        the taxpayer which are attributable to a permanent establishment in
        Australia.

"(2) In subregulation (1), unless the contrary intention appears, 'profits'
includes:

   (a)  industrial or commercial profits within the meaning of:

        (i)    the Japanese agreement; or

        (ii)   the United Kingdom agreement; or

        (iii)  the 1960 New Zealand agreement; or

        (iv)   the 1972 New Zealand agreement; or

        (v)    the previous Canadian agreement; or

        (vi)   the previous United Kingdom agreement; or

        (vii)  the previous United States convention; or

   (b)  income or profits within the meaning of the Malaysian agreement; or

   (c)  business profits within the meaning of the United States convention.

"(3) For the purposes of paragraph 3A (1) (b) of the Act, the following manner
of operation of the provisions of the double tax agreements listed in Schedule
3 is prescribed:

   (a)  in the case that the taxpayer is a resident of Australia-if the
        provision has been applied in a manner which results in an increase
        in:

        (i)    the profits of the taxpayer which are attributable to a
               permanent establishment in the other Contracting State; or

        (ii)   the profits attributable to the sales in the other Contracting
               State of goods or merchandise of the same or similar kind as
               those sold through that permanent establishment; or

        (iii)  the profits attributable to other business activities carried
               on in the other Contracting State of the same or similar kind
               as those carried on through that permanent establishment; or

   (b)  in the case that the taxpayer is not a resident of Australia-if the
        provision has been applied in a manner which results in a decrease in:

        (i)    the profits of the taxpayer which are attributable to a
               permanent establishment in Australia; or

        (ii)   the profits attributable to the sales in Australia of goods or
               merchandise of the same or similar kind as those sold through
               that permanent establishment; or

        (iii)  the profits attributable to other business activities carried
               on in Australia of the same or similar kind as those carried on
               through that permanent establishment.

Prescribed economic double tax correlative relief provisions (Act, paragraph
3A (2) (b))

"7. For the purposes of paragraph 3A (2) (b) of the Act, Article 9 (paragraph
(3)) of the Vietnamese agreement is prescribed. Prescribed manner of operation
of business profits provisions-juridical double tax relief (Act, paragraph 3A
(2) (b))

"8. For the purposes of paragraph 3A (2) (b) of the Act, the following manner
of operation of Article 7 of the Vietnamese agreement is prescribed:

   (a)  in the case that the taxpayer is a resident of Australia-if the
        paragraph applies in a manner which increases the profits of the
        taxpayer which are attributable to a permanent establishment in the
        primary foreign country; or

   (b)  in the case that the taxpayer is not a resident of Australia-if the
        paragraph applies in a manner which decreases the profits of the
        taxpayer which are attributable to a permanent establishment in
        Australia.

                         "SCHEDULE 1               Regulation 5
PROVISIONS OF DOUBLE TAX AGREEMENTS PRESCRIBED FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PARAGRAPH 3A (1) (B) OF THE ACT
Provision
  Item no.   Double tax agreement   Article      Paragraph

  101        Austrian agreement            9        (3)

  102        Belgian agreement             9        (3)

  103        Canadian convention           9        (3)

  104        Chinese agreement             9         3

  105        Czech agreement               9         3

  106        Danish agreement              9        (3)

  107        Fijian agreement              9        (4)

  108        Finnish agreement             9        (3)

  109        French agreement              8        (3)

  110        Hungarian agreement           9        (3)

  111        Indian agreement              9        (3)

  112        Indonesian agreement          9        (3)

  113        Irish agreement              10        (4)

  114        Japanese agreement           17        (4)

  115        Kiribati agreement            9         3

  116        Korean convention             9        (5)

  117        Malaysian agreement          23         4

  118        Maltese agreement             9        (3)

  119        Netherlands agreement         9        (2)

  120        1972 New Zealand agreement   18        (4)

  121        New Zealand agreement         9         3

  122        Norwegian convention          9        (3)

  123        Papua New Guinea agreement    9         3

  124        Philippine agreement          9        (3)

  125        Polish agreement              9         3

  126        Singapore agreement

             (as in force at any time)     6         3

  127        Singapore agreement

(as in force before 19.12.1989)
                                          18         6

  128        Spanish agreement             9        (3)

  129        Sri Lankan agreement          9        (3)

  130        Swedish agreement             9        (3)

  131        Thai agreement                9         3

  132        United Kingdom agreement     19        (4)

  133        United States convention      9        (2)

  134        Vietnamese agreement          9        (3)


                        "SCHEDULE 2           Subregulation 6 (1)
PROVISIONS OF DOUBLE TAX AGREEMENTS FOR WHICH THE MANNER OF OPERATION
IS PRESCRIBED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARAGRAPH 3A (1) (B) OF THE ACT
  Item no.   Double tax agreement                    Article

  201        Austrian agreement                         7

  202        Belgian agreement                          7

  203        Canadian convention                        7

  204        Chinese agreement                          7

  205        Czech agreement                            7

  206        Danish agreement                           7

  207        Finnish agreement                          7

  208        French agreement                           6

  209        German agreement                           7

  210        Hungarian agreement                        7

  211        Irish agreement                            8

  212        Italian convention                         7

  213        Japanese agreement                         4

  214        Korean convention                          7

  215        Malaysian agreement                        7

  216        Maltese agreement                          7

  217        Netherlands agreement                      7

  218        1960 New Zealand agreement                III

  219        1972 New Zealand agreement                 5

  220        New Zealand agreement                      7

  221        Norwegian convention                       7

  222        Polish agreement                           7

  223        Previous Canadian agreement               III

  224        Previous United Kingdom agreement         III

  225        Previous United States convention         III

  226        Singapore agreement                        5

  227        Spanish agreement                          7

  228        Swedish agreement                          7

  229        Swiss agreement                            7

  230        United Kingdom agreement                   5

  231        United States convention                   7

  232        Vietnamese agreement                       7


                         "SCHEDULE 3           Subregulation 6 (3)
PROVISIONS OF DOUBLE TAX AGREEMENTS FOR WHICH THE MANNER OF OPERATION
IS PRESCRIBED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARAGRAPH 3A (1) (B) OF THE ACT
  Item no.   Double tax agreement                    Article

  301        Fijian agreement                           7

  302        Indian agreement                           7

  303        Indonesian agreement                       7

  304        Kiribati agreement                         7

  305        Papua New Guinea agreement                 7

  306        Philippine agreement                       7

  307        Sri Lankan agreement                       7

  308        Thai agreement                             7".


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