Australian Tax Treaties
Japanese Convention
CONVENTION BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME
ARTICLE 19
Students
Payments which a student or business apprentice who is or was immediately before visiting a Contracting State a resident of the other Contracting State and who is temporarily present in the first-mentioned Contracting State solely for the purpose of that person ' s education or training receives for the purpose of that person ' s maintenance, education or training shall not be taxed in the first-mentioned Contracting State, provided that such payments arise from sources outside that first-mentioned Contracting State. The exemption provided by this Article shall apply to a business apprentice only for a period not exceeding one year from the date the person first begins that person ' s training in the first-mentioned Contracting State.
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.
Payments which a student or business apprentice who is or was immediately before visiting a Contracting State a resident of the other Contracting State and who is temporarily present in the first-mentioned Contracting State solely for the purpose of that person ' s education or training receives for the purpose of that person ' s maintenance, education or training shall not be taxed in the first-mentioned Contracting State, provided that such payments arise from sources outside that first-mentioned Contracting State. The exemption provided by this Article shall apply to a business apprentice only for a period not exceeding one year from the date the person first begins that person ' s training in the first-mentioned Contracting State.
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