Australian Tax Treaties

Spanish Agreement  

AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME  

ARTICLE 23   Methods of Elimination of Double Taxation  

(1)    
Subject to the provisions of the law of Australia from time to time in force which relate to the allowance of a credit or other relief against Australian tax of tax paid in a country outside Australia (which shall not affect the general principle hereof), Spanish tax paid under the law of Spain and in accordance with this Agreement, whether directly or by deduction, in respect of income derived by a person who is a resident of Australia from sources in Spain shall be allowed as a credit or be relieved against Australian tax payable in respect of that income.

(2)    
Where a company which is a resident of Spain and is not a resident of Australia for the purposes of Australian tax pays a dividend to a company which is a resident of Australia and which controls directly or indirectly not less than 10 per cent of the voting power of the firstmentioned company, the credit referred to in paragraph (1) shall include the Spanish tax paid by that firstmentioned company in respect of that portion of its profits out of which the dividend is paid.

(3)    
In the case of Spain, double taxation will be avoided in the following manner:


(a) where a resident of Spain derives income or gains which, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, may be taxed in Australia, Spain shall allow:


(i) as a deduction from the tax on the income of that resident, an amount equal to the tax on income or gains paid in Australia; and

(ii) in the case of a dividend paid by a company which is a resident of Australia to a company which is a resident of Spain and which holds directly at least 25 per cent of the capital of the company paying the dividend, the deduction allowable shall include, in addition to the amount deductible under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, that part of the tax effectively paid by the firstmentioned company on the profits out of which the dividend is paid, which relates to such dividends, provided that such amount of tax is included, for this purpose, in the taxable base of the receiving company;
such deduction in either case shall not, however, exceed that part of the tax on income or gains, as computed before the deduction is given, which is attributable, as the case may be, to the income or gains which may be taxed in Australia; and


(b) where in accordance with any provision of this Agreement income or gains derived by a resident of Spain is exempt from tax in Spain, Spain may nevertheless, in calculating the amount of tax on the remaining income or gains of such resident, take into account the exempted income or gains.


 

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