Chapter III · Taxation of income

Article 17 Artistes and sportspersons

Artigo 17.º · Artistas e desportistas

Convenção Portugal–Países Baixos · signed 20 September 1999 · in force 11 August 2000 · English: authentic text

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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 sportsperson, 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 de 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. Where income in respect of personal activities exercised by an entertainer or a sportsperson in his capacity as such accrues not to the entertainer or sportsperson himself but to another person, that income may, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7, 14 and 15, be taxed in the Contracting State in which the activities of the entertainer or sportsperson 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. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from activities exercised in the other Contracting State if the visit to that other State is supported wholly or mainly by public funds of the first-mentioned State, a political or administrative subdivision or a local authority thereof, or takes place under a cultural agreement or arrangement between the Governments of the Contracting States. In such a case, the income shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the entertainer or sportsperson is a resident.

3 - O disposto nos n.os 1 e 2 não é aplicável aos rendimentos auferidos por um residente de um Estado Contratante das actividades exercidas no outro Estado Contratante, desde que a deslocação a esse outro Estado seja suportada, total ou principalmente, por fundos públicos do primeiro Estado mencionado, por uma sua subdivisão política ou administrativa ou autarquia local, ou tenha lugar no âmbito de um acordo cultural ou de um programa entre os Governos dos Estados Contratantes. Nesse caso, os rendimentos só podem ser tributados no Estado Contratante de que o profissional de espectáculos ou o desportista é residente.

Paying or receiving income between Portugal and the Netherlands? Article 17 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 Dutch Treaty Series (Tractatenblad 1999, 180). The Convention was done in Portuguese, Dutch and English, each text being authentic; the English text prevails if the Portuguese and Dutch 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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