DT7206 - DT: Finland: double taxation agreement, Article 7: Income from immovable property

The current Article 7 was included as a result of SI 1985/1997.

(1) Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from immovable property (including income from agriculture or forestry) situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

(2)

(a) The term 'immovable property' shall. subject to the provisions of sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) below, have the meaning which it has under the law of the Contracting State in which the property in question is situated.
(b) 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, mineral deposits, sources and other natural resources.
(c) Ships, boats and aircraft shall not be regarded as immovable property.

(3) 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.

(4) Where the ownership of shares or other corporate rights in a company entitles the owner of such shares or corporate rights to the enjoyment of immovable property owned or leased by the company, the income from the direct use, letting, or use in any other form of such entitlement to enjoyment may be taxed in the Contracting State in which the immovable property is situated.

(5) 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 independent personal services.

(6) The provisions of paragraph (4) of this Article shall also apply to the income from an entitlement to enjoyment referred to in that paragraph of an enterprise and to income from such entitlement to enjoyment directly connected with immovable property used for the performance of independent personal services.