Australian Tax Treaties
French Convention
CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION
ARTICLE 28
Miscellaneous
Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of this Convention, for the purposes of the assessment in respect of the capital tax ( l ' imp ô t de solidarit é sur la fortune ) of an individual who is resident of France and is a citizen of Australia without being a national of France, property situated outside France which that individual owns on 1 January in each of the five calendar years following that in which the individual became a resident of France shall not be included in the basis of assessment of the tax pertaining to each of those five years. If that person ceases to be a resident of France for a period of at least three years, and then becomes a resident of France again, property situated outside France which that person owns on 1st January in each of the five calendar years following that in which the person became a resident of France again shall not be included in the basis of assessment of the tax pertaining to each of those five years.
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.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of this Convention, for the purposes of the assessment in respect of the capital tax ( l ' imp ô t de solidarit é sur la fortune ) of an individual who is resident of France and is a citizen of Australia without being a national of France, property situated outside France which that individual owns on 1 January in each of the five calendar years following that in which the individual became a resident of France shall not be included in the basis of assessment of the tax pertaining to each of those five years. If that person ceases to be a resident of France for a period of at least three years, and then becomes a resident of France again, property situated outside France which that person owns on 1st January in each of the five calendar years following that in which the person became a resident of France again shall not be included in the basis of assessment of the tax pertaining to each of those five years.
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