Portugal–United States tax treaty

Article 24 Other income

Artigo 24.º · Outros rendimentos

Convenção Portugal–Estados Unidos · signed 6 September 1994 · in force 18 December 1995 · 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 unless they arise in the other Contracting State, in which case they may also be taxed in that other State.

1 - Os elementos do rendimento de um residente de um Estado Contratante e donde quer que provenham não tratados nos artigos anteriores desta Convenção só podem ser tributados nesse Estado, salvo se forem provenientes do outro Estado Contratante. Neste caso, também podem ser tributados nesse outro Estado.

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2 - The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income, other than income from immovable property (real property) as defined in paragraph 2 of article 6, «Income from immovable property (real property)», if the beneficial owner of the income, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on or has carried on business in the other Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs or has performed 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 provisions of article 7, «Business profits», or article 15 «Independent personal services», as the case may be, shall apply.

2 - O disposto no 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, «Rendimentos de bens imobiliários», se o beneficiário do rendimento, residente de um Estado Contratante, exercer ou tiver exercido actividade no outro Estado Contratante por meio de um estabelecimento estável nele situado ou exercer ou tiver exercido 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, são aplicáveis as disposições do artigo 7.º, «Lucros das empresas», ou do artigo 15.º, «Profissões independentes», consoante o caso.

Paying or receiving income between Portugal and the United States? Article 24 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 (Resolution of the Assembly of the Republic No. 39/95), checked against the text published by the US Internal Revenue Service. The Convention was done in Portuguese and English, each text being 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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