Australian Tax Treaties
This Agreement shall remain in force until terminated by a Contracting State. Either Contracting State may terminate the Agreement, through diplomatic channels, by giving notice of termination at least six months before the end of any calendar year beginning after the expiration of five years from the date of its entry into force. In such event, the Agreement shall cease to have effect:
(a) in Australia:
(i) in respect of withholding tax on income that is derived by a non-resident, in relation to income derived on or after 1 January in the calendar year next following that in which the notice of termination is given;
(ii) in respect of fringe benefits tax, in relation to fringe benefits provided on or after 1 April next following the date on which the notice of termination is given;
(iii) in respect of other Australian tax, in relation to income, profits or gains of any year of income beginning on or after 1 July in the calendar year next following that in which the notice of termination is given;
(b) in the Federal Republic of Germany:
(i) in respect of taxes withheld at source, in relation to amounts paid or credited on or after 1 January of the calendar year following the year in which the notice of termination is given;
(ii) in respect of taxes on income, for the taxes levied on income derived during the periods of time beginning on or after 1 January of the calendar year following the year in which the notice of termination is given;
(iii) in respect of the tax on capital, for the tax levied for periods beginning on or after 1 January of the calendar year following the year in which the notice of termination is given.
Notice of termination shall be regarded as having been given by a Contracting State on the date of receipt of such notice by the other Contracting State.
DONE at Berlin, this 12th day of November, 2015, in duplicate in the English and German languages, both texts being equally authentic.
| FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF
AUSTRALIA |
FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
GERMANY |
| Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann
Minister for Finance |
Dr Wolfgang Sch
ä
uble
Minister for Finance |
PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAXATION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND ON CAPITAL AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION AND AVOIDANCE
Australia and the Federal Republic of Germany have in addition to the Agreement of 12 November 2015 for the Elimination of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion and Avoidance agreed on the following provisions, which shall form an integral part of the Agreement:
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