Taxation of royalties and technical service fees: source-state withholding permitted with a beneficial owner cap and connection exceptions. Source-state may tax royalties and fees for technical services paid to a nonresident, but where the recipient is the beneficial owner a ceiling limits the source tax. 'Royalties' is defined to include payments for use or right to use intellectual property and technical information; 'fees for technical services' covers managerial, technical or consultative services provided otherwise than by an employee. Source taxation does not apply where the beneficial owner's receipts are effectively connected with a permanent establishment or fixed base in the source State. Special-relationship adjustments and an anti-abuse provision further limit application.
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Taxation of royalties and technical service fees: source-state withholding permitted with a beneficial owner cap and connection exceptions.
Source-state may tax royalties and fees for technical services paid to a nonresident, but where the recipient is the beneficial owner a ceiling limits the source tax. "Royalties" is defined to include payments for use or right to use intellectual property and technical information; "fees for technical services" covers managerial, technical or consultative services provided otherwise than by an employee. Source taxation does not apply where the beneficial owner's receipts are effectively connected with a permanent establishment or fixed base in the source State. Special-relationship adjustments and an anti-abuse provision further limit application.
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