Australian Tax Treaties

Malaysian Agreement  

Malaysian Protocol (No 1)  

ARTICLE 6  
Article 13 of the Agreement is deleted and substituted with the following:

" ARTICLE 13 Alienation of Property  


1.
Income, profits or gains derived by a resident of one of the Contracting States from the alienation of land as defined in Article 6 and, as provided in that Article, situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.


2.
Income, profits or gains from the alienation of property, other than land as defined in Article 6, that forms part of the business property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of one of the Contracting States has in the other Contracting State, including income, profits or gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or with the whole enterprise), may be taxed in that other State.


3.
Income, profits or gains from the alienation of ships or aircraft operated in international traffic, or of property other than land as defined in Article 6 pertaining to the operation of those ships or aircraft, shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the enterprise which operated those ships or aircraft is a resident.


4.
Income, profits or gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of any shares or other interests in a company, or of an interest of any kind in a partnership, trust or other entity, where the value of the assets of such entity, whether they are held directly or indirectly (including through one or more interposed entities, such as, for example, through a chain of companies), is principally attributable to land as defined in Article 6 and, as referred to in that Article, situated in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other State.


5.
Nothing in this Agreement affects the application of a law of a Contracting State relating to the taxation of profits or gains of a capital nature derived from the alienation of property other than that to which any of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 apply. "




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