International Tax Agreements Act 1953
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Hide history noteThis Agreement shall continue in effect indefinitely, but an authority administering either territory may, on or before 30 June in any calendar year beginning after the expiration of 5 years from the date of its entry into effect, give to the other written notice of termination and, in that event, the Agreement shall cease to be effective:
(a) in both territories, in respect of withholding tax on income, profits or gains derived by a non-resident, in relation to income, profits or gains derived on or after the first day of the second month next following that in which the notice of termination is given;
(b) in respect of other tax of the territory in which the taxation law administered by the Australian Taxation Office is applied, in relation to income, profits or gains of any year of income beginning on or after 1 July in the calendar year next following that in which the notice of termination is given;
(c) in respect of other tax of the territory in which the taxation law administered by the Department of Taxation, Ministry of Finance, Taipei is applied, in relation to income, profits or gains of any year of income beginning on or after 1 January in the calendar year next following that in which the notice of termination is given.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorised, have signed this Agreement.
DONE in duplicate at Canberra this 29th day of May 1996 in the English and Chinese languages, both texts being equally authentic. In case of any divergence of interpretation, the English text shall prevail.
| FOR THE AUSTRALIAN
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OFFICE: |
FOR THE TAIPEI
ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE: |
| Colin Heseltine | Chien-Hsion Hong |
ANNEX
THE AUSTRALIAN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OFFICE AND THE TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE,
HAVING REGARD to the Agreement concerning the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes signed today at Canberra (in this Annex called " Agreement " );
HAVE AGREED as follows:
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