DT17416 - DT: South Africa: double taxation agreement, Article 17: Governmental functions

This Agreement applies in the UK up to 31 March 2003 (CT) and 2002/3 (IT) and in South Africa up to 31 December 2002. For later periods see “New treaties/protocols in force” on the left-hand bar on the DT manual.

(1) Remuneration (other than pensions) paid by a Contracting State to any individual for services rendered to that Contracting State in the discharge of governmental functions shall be exempt from tax in the other Contracting State if the individual is not ordinarily resident in that State or is ordinarily resident in that State solely for the purpose of rendering those services.

(2) Any pension paid by a Contracting State to any individual for services rendered to that Contracting State in the discharge of governmental functions shall be exempt from tax in the other Contracting State, in so far as the remuneration for those services was exempt from tax in that State under paragraph (I) of this Article or would have been so exempt if this Convention had been in force at the time when the remuneration was paid.

(3) The provisions of this Article shall not apply to payments in respect of services rendered in connection with any trade or business carried on by either of the Contracting States for purposes of profit.

(4) For the purposes of this Article, the term `Contracting State`, in the case of South Africa, includes the Administrations of the Provinces of South Africa.