Australian Tax Treaties
Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.
2.
However, such dividends may also be taxed in the Contracting State of which the company paying the dividends is a resident, and according to the law of that State, but if the beneficial owner of the dividends is a resident of the other State the tax so charged shall not exceed:
(a)
(i) in the case of dividends paid by a company that is a resident of Australia, 5 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends, where those dividends are paid to a company (other than a partnership) which holds directly at least 10 per cent of the voting power in the company paying the dividends; and
(ii) in the case of dividends paid by a company that is a resident of Turkey, 5 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends which are paid out of profits which have been subjected to the full rate of corporation tax in Turkey, where those dividends are paid to a company (other than a partnership) which holds directly at least 25 per cent of the capital of the company paying the dividends; and
(b) 15 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends in all other cases,
provided that if the relevant law in either Contracting State at the date of signature of this Convention is varied, otherwise than in minor respects so as to not affect its general character, the Contracting States shall consult each other with a view to agreeing to any amendment of this paragraph that may be appropriate.
3.
The term " dividends " as used in this Article means income from shares or other rights, not being debt-claims, participating in profits, as well as other amounts which are subjected to the same taxation treatment as income from shares by the law of the State of which the company making the distribution is a resident.
4.
Profits of a company which is a resident of a Contracting State and which carries on business in the other Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein may, after having been taxed in accordance with Article 7, be taxed on the remaining amount in the Contracting State in which the permanent establishment is situated and in accordance with the law of that State, but the tax so charged shall not exceed:
(a) 5 per cent of the remaining amount where profits of the company are subject to the full rate of corporation tax in that State; and
(b) 15 per cent of the remaining amount in all other cases.
5.
The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the dividends, being a resident of a Contracting State, 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 that permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.
6.
Subject to paragraph 4, where a company which is a resident of a Contracting State derives profits or income from the other Contracting State, that other State may not impose any tax on the dividends paid by the company, except insofar as such dividends are paid to a resident of that other Contracting State or insofar as the holding in respect of which such dividends are paid is effectively connected with a permanent establishment or a fixed base situated in that other State, nor subject the company ' s undistributed profits to a tax on the company ' s undistributed profits, even if the dividends paid or the undistributed profits consist wholly or partly of profits or income arising in such other State.
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