Portugal–Brazil tax treaty

Article 17 Artistes and sportsmen

Artigo 17.º · Artistas e desportistas

Convenção Portugal–Brasil · signed 16 May 2000 · in force 5 October 2001 · English: our translation

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1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 14 and 15, 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 a sportsman, from his personal activities as such exercised in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other State.

1 - Não obstante o disposto nos artigos 14.º e 15.º, os rendimentos obtidos por um residente de um Estado Contratante na qualidade de profissional de espectáculos, tal como artista de teatro, cinema, rádio ou televisão, ou músico, bem como de desportista, provenientes das suas actividades pessoais exercidas, nessa qualidade, no outro Estado Contratante, podem ser tributados nesse outro Estado.

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2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7, 14 and 15, where income in respect of personal activities exercised by an entertainer or a sportsman in his capacity as such accrues not to the entertainer or sportsman himself but to another person, that income may be taxed in the Contracting State in which the activities of the entertainer or sportsman are exercised.

2 - Não obstante o disposto nos artigos 7.º, 14.º e 15.º, os rendimentos da actividade exercida pessoalmente pelos profissionais de espectáculos ou desportistas, nessa qualidade, atribuídos a uma outra pessoa, podem ser tributados no Estado Contratante em que são exercidas essas actividades dos profissionais de espectáculos ou dos desportistas.

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3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the activities exercised in a Contracting State are financed principally out of public funds of the other Contracting State or of a political or administrative subdivision or local authority thereof, or of entities the share capital of which is held mainly by one of those persons. In such case the income derived from those activities shall be taxable only in that other State.

3 - O disposto nos n.os 1 e 2 não é aplicável se as actividades exercidas num Estado Contratante forem financiadas principalmente através de fundos públicos do outro Estado Contratante ou de uma das suas subdivisões políticas ou administrativas ou autarquias locais ou ainda de entidades cujo capital social seja detido maioritariamente por uma das referidas pessoas. Neste caso, os rendimentos auferidos dessas actividades só podem ser tributados nesse outro Estado.

Paying or receiving income between Portugal and Brazil? Article 17 may decide where it is taxed.

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Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. The Convention was done in Portuguese and only that text is authentic. The Portuguese text is reproduced from the official publication. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the Convention.

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