Chapter III · Taxation of income

Article 22 Other income

Artigo 22.º · Outros rendimentos

Convenção Portugal–Alemanha · signed 15 July 1980 · in force 8 October 1982 · English: authentic text

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1 - Items of income of a resident of a Contracting State, wherever arising, not dealt with in the foregoing Articles of this Convention shall be taxable only in that State. However, if those items of income are not subject to tax in that State they may be taxed in the other Contracting State.

1 - Os elementos do rendimento de um residente de um Estado contratante donde quer que provenham, não tratados nos artigos anteriores desta Convenção, só podem ser tributados nesse Estado. Porém, se esses elementos do rendimento não estão sujeitos a imposto nesse Estado podem ser tributados no outro Estado contratante.

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2 - The provisions of the first part of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income, other than income from immovable property as defined in paragraph 2 of article 6, if the recipient of such income, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the right or property in respect of which the income is paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the items of income may be taxed in that other State in accordance with its taxation law.

2 - O disposto na primeira parte do n.º 1 não se aplica ao rendimento, que não seja rendimento de bens imobiliários como são definidos no n.º 2 do artigo 6.º, auferido por um residente de um Estado contratante que exerce actividade no outro Estado contratante por meio de um estabelecimento estável nele situado, ou que exerce nesse outro Estado uma profissão independente através de uma instalação fixa nele situada, estando o direito ou a propriedade em relação ao qual o rendimento é pago efectivamente ligado com esse estabelecimento estável ou instalação fixa. Neste caso, os elementos do rendimento podem ser tributados nesse outro Estado de acordo com a sua legislação fiscal.

Paying or receiving income between Portugal and Germany? Article 22 may decide where it is taxed.

We apply tax treaties to dividends, interest, royalties, salaries and gains, prepare the relief-at-source form and refund claims, and check structures against the treaty’s anti-abuse rules. A written answer and a fixed quote within one working day.

The English column is an authentic text of the Convention, reproduced from the Diário da República publication (Law No. 12/82), checked against the print in Bundestag paper 9/897. The Convention was done in Portuguese, German and English, each text being authentic; the English text prevails if the Portuguese and German texts are interpreted differently. The Portuguese text is reproduced from the official publication. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the Convention.

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Treaty rates are not automatic in Portugal: the recipient must give the payer a form certified by its own tax authority before the tax is due, or claim a refund afterwards. We check which article applies, the rate and the paperwork.

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