Australian Tax Treaties
Korean Convention
CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME
CHAPTER III
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TAXATION OF INCOME
ARTICLE 6
Income from Real Property
(1)
Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from land (including any building or other construction) situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in the other State.
(2)
The term " land " shall have the meaning which it has under the law of the Contracting State in which the land in question is situated and it shall include any lease of such land and any estate or direct interest in or over such land whether improved or not. A right to receive variable or fixed payments as consideration for the working of, or the right to work, mineral deposits, oil or gas wells, quarries or other places of extraction or exploitation of natural resources shall be deemed to be an estate or direct interest in land situated in the Contracting State in which the mineral deposits, oil or gas wells, quarries or natural resources are situated.
(3)
The provisions of paragraph (1) shall also apply to the income from land of an enterprise and to income from land used for the performance of professional services.
The Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the MLI) has modified the application of this tax treaty. A synthesised text of the MLI and this tax treaty is available to facilitate the understanding of how the MLI modifies this tax treaty.
Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from land (including any building or other construction) situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in the other State.
(2)
The term " land " shall have the meaning which it has under the law of the Contracting State in which the land in question is situated and it shall include any lease of such land and any estate or direct interest in or over such land whether improved or not. A right to receive variable or fixed payments as consideration for the working of, or the right to work, mineral deposits, oil or gas wells, quarries or other places of extraction or exploitation of natural resources shall be deemed to be an estate or direct interest in land situated in the Contracting State in which the mineral deposits, oil or gas wells, quarries or natural resources are situated.
(3)
The provisions of paragraph (1) shall also apply to the income from land of an enterprise and to income from land used for the performance of professional services.
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