Portugal–United States tax treaty

Article 6 Income from immovable property (real property)

Artigo 6.º · Rendimentos dos bens imobiliários

Convenção Portugal–Estados Unidos · signed 6 September 1994 · in force 18 December 1995 · English: authentic text

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1 - Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from immovable property (real property), including income from agriculture or forestry, situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

1 - Os rendimentos que um residente de um Estado Contratante aufira de bens imobiliários, incluídos os rendimentos das explorações agrícolas ou florestais, situados no outro Estado Contratante podem ser tributados nesse outro Estado.

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2 - The term «immovable property» or «real property», as the case may be, shall have the meaning that it has under the law of the Contracting State in which the property in question is situated. The term in any case shall include property accessory to immovable property (real property), livestock and equipment used in agriculture and forestry, rights to which the provisions of general law respecting landed property apply, usufruct of immovable property (real 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 (real property).

2 - A expressão «bens imobiliários» terá o significado que lhe for atribuído pelo direito do Estado Contratante em que tais bens estiverem situados. A expressão compreende sempre os bens acessórios dos bens imobiliários, 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 (real 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 (real property) of an enterprise and to income from immovable property (real property) used for the performance of independent personal 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 independentes.

Paying or receiving income between Portugal and the United States? Article 6 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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