Chapter III · Taxation of income

Article 8 Shipping and air transport

Artigo 8.º · Navegação marítima e aérea

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

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1 - Profits from the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic shall be taxable only in the Contracting State in which the place of effective management of the enterprise is situated.

1 - Os lucros provenientes da exploração de navios ou aeronaves no tráfego internacional só podem ser tributados no Estado contratante em que estiver situada a direcção efectiva da empresa.

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2 - If the place of effective management of a shipping enterprise is aboard a ship, then it shall be deemed to be situated in the Contracting State in which the home harbour of the ship is situated, or, if there is no such home harbour, in the Contracting State of which the operator of the ship is a resident.

2 - Se a direcção efectiva de uma empresa de navegação marítima se situar a bordo de um navio, a direcção efectiva considera-se situada no Estado contratante em que se encontra o porto onde esse navio estiver registado ou, na falta do porto de registo, no Estado contratante de que é residente a pessoa que explora o navio.

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3 - The provisions of paragraph 1 shall also apply to profits from the participation in a pool, a joint business or an international operating agency.

3 - O disposto no n.º 1 é aplicável igualmente aos lucros provenientes da participação num pool, numa exploração em comum ou num organismo internacional de exploração.

Paying or receiving income between Portugal and Germany? Article 8 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.

Applying the law

Treaty relief between Portugal and Germany, claimed correctly

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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