Tax exemption on bilateral shipping freight limited to service between the two countries; third-country carriage remains taxable. Article grants mutual exemption from income-tax on freight earnings of the other country's ships 'of this service', including time chartered ships, but confines the exemption to carriage between the ports of the two contracting countries; freight earnings from carriage involving third countries are taxable, and the interpretation is to be applied prospectively while past assessments will not be reopened for now.
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Tax exemption on bilateral shipping freight limited to service between the two countries; third-country carriage remains taxable.
Article grants mutual exemption from income-tax on freight earnings of the other country's ships "of this service", including time chartered ships, but confines the exemption to carriage between the ports of the two contracting countries; freight earnings from carriage involving third countries are taxable, and the interpretation is to be applied prospectively while past assessments will not be reopened for now.
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