Australian Tax Treaties

Icelandic Convention  

CONVENTION BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND ICELAND FOR THE ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAXATION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND THE PREVENTION OF TAX EVASION AND AVOIDANCE  

CHAPTER III - TAXATION OF INCOME  

ARTICLE 13   Alienation of Property  

1.    
Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of immovable property referred to in Article 6 and situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

2.    
Income from the alienation of movable property forming part of the business property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State, including such income from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or with the whole enterprise), may be taxed in that other State.

3.    
Income that an enterprise of a Contracting State that operates ships or aircraft in international traffic derives from the alienation of such ships or aircraft, or from movable property pertaining to the operation of such ships or aircraft, shall be taxable only in that State.

4.    
Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of any shares or comparable interests, such as interests in a partnership or trust, may be taxed in the other Contracting State if, at any time during the 365 days preceding the alienation, these shares or comparable interests derived more than 50 per cent of their value directly or indirectly from immovable property, as defined in Article 6 , situated in that other State.

5.    
Gains of a capital nature from the alienation of any property, other than that referred to in the preceding paragraphs, shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident. However, if the beneficial owner of the gains is not a resident of that Contracting State, such gains from the alienation of property in the other Contracting State may also be taxed in that other Contracting State.

6.    
Where an individual who upon ceasing to be a resident of a Contracting State, is treated under the taxation law of that State as having alienated any property and is taxed in that State by reason thereof, the individual may elect to be treated for the purposes of taxation in the other Contracting State as if the individual had, immediately before ceasing to be a resident of the first-mentioned State, alienated and reacquired the property for an amount equal to its market value at that time.

7.    
The provisions of this Article shall not affect the right of a Contracting State to tax, in accordance with its laws, income from the alienation of any property derived by a person who is a resident of that Contracting State at any time during the year of income in which the property is alienated, or has been so resident at any time during the 6 years immediately preceding that year.




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