Chapter III · Taxation of income

Article 6 Income from immovable property

Artigo 6.º · Rendimentos dos bens imobiliários

Convenção Portugal–Suíça · signed 26 September 1974 · in force 17 December 1975 · English: our translation

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1. Income from immovable property may be taxed in the Contracting State in which such property is situated.

1. Os rendimentos provenientes de bens imobiliários podem ser tributados no Estado Contratante em que esses bens estiverem situados.

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2. The term “immovable property” shall be defined in accordance with the law of the Contracting State in which the property in question is situated. The term shall in any case include property accessory to immovable property, livestock and equipment used in agriculture and forestry, rights to which the provisions of private law respecting landed property apply, usufruct of immovable property and rights to variable or fixed payments as consideration for the working of, or the right to work, mineral deposits, sources and other natural resources; ships and aircraft shall not be regarded as immovable property.

2. A expressão «bens imobiliários» é definida de acordo com o direito do Estado Contratante em que tais bens estiverem situados. A expressão compreende sempre os acessórios, o gado e o equipamento das explorações agrícolas e florestais, os direitos a que se apliquem as disposições do direito privado relativas à propriedade de bens imóveis, o usufruto de bens imobiliários e os direitos a retribuições variáveis ou fixas pela exploração ou pela concessão da exploração de jazigos minerais, fontes e outros recursos naturais; os navios e aeronaves não são considerados bens imobiliários.

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3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply to income derived from the direct use, letting, or use in any other form of immovable property.

3. A disposição do n.º 1 aplica-se aos rendimentos derivados da utilização directa, do arrendamento ou de qualquer outra forma de utilização dos bens imobiliários.

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4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 shall also apply to the income from immovable property of an enterprise and to income from immovable property used for the performance of professional services.

4. O disposto nos n.os 1 e 3 aplica-se igualmente aos rendimentos provenientes dos bens imobiliários de uma empresa e aos rendimentos dos bens imobiliários utilizados para o exercício de profissões liberais.

What we checked in this article

Paragraph 3 reproduced without its deleted second sentence; otherwise 1974 text.

Paying or receiving income between Portugal and Switzerland? Article 6 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 French and only those texts are 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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