DT3870 - Botswana: double taxation agreement, Article 6: Income from immovable property


This agreement applies for periods before the new comprehensive agreement has effect (see DT3850).


  1. Income from immovable property may be taxed in the Contracting State in which such property is situated.

  2.  
  1. The term `immovable property` shall, subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (b) below, be defined in accordance with the law of the Contracting State in which the property in question is situated.

  2. The term `immovable property` shall in any case include property accessory to immovable property, livestock and equipment used in agriculture and forestry, rights to which the provisions of general law respecting landed property apply, usufruct of immovable property and rights to variable or fixed payments as consideration for the working of, or the right to work, or the right to prospect for, mineral deposits, sources and other natural resources, and mining and prospecting information; ships, boats and aircraft shall not be regarded as immovable property.

  1. The provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall apply to income derived from the direct use, letting, or use in any other form of immovable property.

  2. The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3) of this Article shall also apply to the income from immovable property of an enterprise and to income from immovable property used for the performance of professional services.