DT2860.17 - Azerbaijan : double taxation agreement, SI95 No 762, Article 17: Artistes and sportsmen

1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 14 and 15 of this Convention, income derived by a resident of a Contracting State as an entertainer, such as a theatre, motion picture, radio or television artiste, or a musician, or as a sportsman, from his personal activities as such exercised in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other State.

2) Where income in respect of personal activities exercised by an entertainer or a sportsman in his capacity as such accrues not to the entertainer or sportsman himself but to another person, that income may, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7, 14 and 15 of this Convention, be taxed in the Contracting State in which the activities of the entertainer or sportsman are exercised.

3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article shall not apply to income derived from activities performed in a Contracting State by artistes or sportsmen if the visit to that State is substantially supported by public funds of one or both of the Contracting States or of administrative territorial subdivisions or local authorities thereof. In such a case, the income is taxable only in the Contracting State of which the artiste or sportsman is a resident.