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Edited version of your written advice
Authorisation Number: 1051216649645
Date of advice: 20 December 2017
Ruling
Subject: Sovereign Immunity
Question
Will Foreign government be immune from income and withholding taxes on interest income, dividend income, trust distributions, managed investment trust distributions and any other income derived from its investments in A Fund under the common law doctrine of sovereign immunity?
Answer
Yes