Australian Tax Treaties
For the purposes of this Agreement, a person is a resident of one of the Contracting States -
(a) in the case of Australia, subject to paragraph (2), if the person is a resident of Australia for the purposes of Australian tax;
(b) in the case of the Philippines -
(i) if the person is a company or an entity which is incorporated, created or organized in the Philippines or under its laws and is treated as a body corporate for purposes of Philippine tax;
(ii) if the person, not being a company or an entity treated as a company or body corporate for the purposes of Philippine tax, is a resident of the Philippines for the purposes of Philippine tax.
(2)
In relation to income from sources in the Philippines, a person who is subject to Australian tax on income which is from sources in Australia shall not be treated as a resident of Australia unless the income from sources in the Philippines is subject to Australian tax or, if that income is exempt from Australian tax, it is so exempt solely because it is subject to Philippine tax.
(3)
Where by reason of the preceding provisions of this Article an individual is a resident of both Contracting States, then his status shall be determined in accordance with the following rules -
(a) he shall be deemed to be a resident solely of the Contracting State in which he has a permanent home available to him;
(b) if he has a permanent home available to him in both Contracting States, or if he does not have a permanent home available to him in either of them, he shall be deemed to be a resident solely of the Contracting State with which his personal and economic relations are the closer.
(4)
For the purposes of the last preceding paragraph, an individual ' s citizenship of a Contracting State shall be a factor in determining the degree of his personal and economic relations with that Contracting State.
(5)
Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph (1), a person other than an individual is a resident of both Contracting States, then it shall be deemed to be a resident solely of the Contracting State in which it is incorporated, created or organized.
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