Australian Tax Treaties
United Kingdom Convention
CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND ON CAPITAL GAINS
2003 UNITED KINGDOM NOTES
41/03 SECTION 8. 8.
With reference to Article 14 (Income from employment), the Contracting States agree that:
(a) income or gains derived by employees in relation to share option schemes shall be treated as " other similar remuneration " for the purposes of Article 14 ;
(b) unless the facts otherwise indicate, the period of employment to which the option relates shall be taken to be the period between the grant of the option and the date on which all the conditions for its exercise have been satisfied (the vesting of the option); and
(c) where a resident of a Contracting State derives such income or gains, and
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.
41/03 SECTION 8. 8.
With reference to Article 14 (Income from employment), the Contracting States agree that:
(a) income or gains derived by employees in relation to share option schemes shall be treated as " other similar remuneration " for the purposes of Article 14 ;
(b) unless the facts otherwise indicate, the period of employment to which the option relates shall be taken to be the period between the grant of the option and the date on which all the conditions for its exercise have been satisfied (the vesting of the option); and
(c) where a resident of a Contracting State derives such income or gains, and
(i) the period of employment to which the share option relates is the period between grant and vesting of the option;
(ii) the employee remains in that employment at the date of alienation or exercise of the option; and
the proportion of the income or gain which shall be attributable to employment exercised in the other Contracting State shall be determined in accordance with the ratio of the number of days of employment exercised in that State between grant and vesting of the option to the total number of days of employment exercised between grant and vesting of the option.
(iii) that employment has been exercised by the employee in the other Contracting State during all or part of the period between grant and vesting of the option;
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