Australian Tax Treaties
Chinese Agreement
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE
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S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME
ARTICLE 21
Students and Trainees
1.
Where a student or trainee, who is a resident of a Contracting State or who was a resident of that State immediately before visiting the other Contracting State and who is temporarily present in that other State solely for the purpose of his or her education or training, receives payments from sources outside that other State for the purpose of his or her maintenance, education or training, those payments shall be exempt from tax in that other State.
2.
In respect of grants, scholarships and remuneration not covered by paragraph (1), a student or trainee described in paragraph (1) shall, in addition, be entitled during his or her education or training to the same exemptions, reliefs or reductions in respect of taxes available to residents of the State which he or she is visiting.
Where a student or trainee, who is a resident of a Contracting State or who was a resident of that State immediately before visiting the other Contracting State and who is temporarily present in that other State solely for the purpose of his or her education or training, receives payments from sources outside that other State for the purpose of his or her maintenance, education or training, those payments shall be exempt from tax in that other State.
2.
In respect of grants, scholarships and remuneration not covered by paragraph (1), a student or trainee described in paragraph (1) shall, in addition, be entitled during his or her education or training to the same exemptions, reliefs or reductions in respect of taxes available to residents of the State which he or she is visiting.
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