Australian Tax Treaties

Danish Agreement  

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME  

ARTICLE 10   Dividends  

(1)    
Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of one of the Contracting States for the purposes of its tax, being dividends to which a resident of the other Contracting State is beneficially entitled, may be taxed in that other State.

(2)    
Such dividends may be taxed in the Contracting State of which the company paying the dividends is a resident for the purposes of its tax, and according to the law of that State, but the tax so charged shall not exceed 15 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends.

(3)    
The term " dividends " in this Article means income from shares and other income assimilated to income from shares by the taxation law of the Contracting State of which the company making the distribution is a resident for the purposes of its tax.

(4)    
The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply if the person beneficially entitled to the dividends, being a resident of one of the Contracting States, carries on business in the other Contracting State of which the company paying the dividends is a resident, through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the holding in respect of which the dividends are paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such a case, the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.

(5)    
Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of one of the Contracting States, being dividends to which a person who is not a resident of the other Contracting State is beneficially entitled, shall be exempt from tax in that other State except insofar as the holding in respect of which the dividends are paid is effectively connected with a permanent establishment or fixed base situated in that other State. Provided that this paragraph shall not apply in relation to dividends paid by any company which is a resident of Australia for the purposes of Australian tax and which is also a resident of Denmark for the purposes of Danish tax.

(6)    
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, a Contracting State may impose on the income of a company which is a resident of the other Contracting State, tax in addition to the tax which would be chargeable on the taxable income of a company which is a resident of the first-mentioned State, provided that any additional tax so imposed by the first-mentioned State shall not exceed 15 per cent of the amount by which the taxable income of the year of income exceeds the tax which would have been payable on that taxable income if the company had been a resident of the first-mentioned State.

(7)    
Where an individual who is a resident of Australia receives from a company which is a resident of Denmark a dividend to which he is beneficially entitled and which, if received by a resident of Denmark, would entitle the resident to the Danish tax credit (skattegodtg ø relse) -

(a) the individual shall be entitled to the credit subject to the deduction of tax that would apply if that credit were a dividend;

(b) the amount of the credit shall be treated for purposes of Australian tax as assessable income from sources in Denmark.