Fees for technical services: source State may tax payments to nonresidents but treaty caps tax to negotiated percentage. Article 12A permits both the resident State and the source State to tax fees for technical services, but limits source-State taxation to a negotiated percentage when the beneficial owner is a resident of the other State. It defines such fees as payments for managerial, technical or consultancy services with specific exclusions, provides exceptions where fees are effectively connected to a permanent establishment or fixed base, sets rules for when fees are deemed to arise in a State, and requires arm's-length adjustment where special relationships inflate fees.
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Fees for technical services: source State may tax payments to nonresidents but treaty caps tax to negotiated percentage.
Article 12A permits both the resident State and the source State to tax fees for technical services, but limits source-State taxation to a negotiated percentage when the beneficial owner is a resident of the other State. It defines such fees as payments for managerial, technical or consultancy services with specific exclusions, provides exceptions where fees are effectively connected to a permanent establishment or fixed base, sets rules for when fees are deemed to arise in a State, and requires arm's-length adjustment where special relationships inflate fees.
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