Australian Tax Treaties
New Zealand Convention
CONVENTION BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND FRINGE BENEFITS AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION
CHAPTER VI
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FINAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 29
Miscellaneous
1.
The Contracting States shall consult each other at intervals of not more than five years regarding the terms, operation and application of the Convention with a view to ensuring that it continues to serve the purposes of avoiding double taxation and preventing fiscal evasion. The first such consultation shall take place no later than the end of the fifth year after the entry into force of the Convention.
2.
With reference to Article 11, if in any future tax treaty with any other State, New Zealand should provide for more favourable treatment of interest derived by financial institutions, New Zealand shall without undue delay inform Australia and shall enter into negotiations with Australia with a view to providing the same treatment.
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.
The Contracting States shall consult each other at intervals of not more than five years regarding the terms, operation and application of the Convention with a view to ensuring that it continues to serve the purposes of avoiding double taxation and preventing fiscal evasion. The first such consultation shall take place no later than the end of the fifth year after the entry into force of the Convention.
2.
With reference to Article 11, if in any future tax treaty with any other State, New Zealand should provide for more favourable treatment of interest derived by financial institutions, New Zealand shall without undue delay inform Australia and shall enter into negotiations with Australia with a view to providing the same treatment.
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