AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
AND
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
FOR
THE
AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME
Article 1
PERSONAL SCOPE
This Agreement shall apply to persons
who are residents of one or both of the Contracting States.
Article 2
TAXES COVERED
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This Agreement shall apply to
taxes on income imposed on behalf of a Contracting State or of its political subdivisions or local
authorities, irrespective of the manner in which they are levied. -
There shall be regarded as taxes
on income all taxes imposed on total income or on elements of income, including taxes on gains from
the alienation of movable or immovable property, taxes on the total amounts of wages or salaries paid
by enterprises, as well as taxes on capital appreciation. -
The existing taxes to which the
Agreement shall apply are, in particular:(a) in Indonesia :
the income tax imposed under the Undang-undang Pajak Penghasilan 1984 (Law No. 7 of 1984 and
to the extent provided in such income tax law, the company tax imposed under the Ordinansi
Pajak Perseroan 1925 (State Gazette No. 319 of 1925 as lastly amended by Law No. 8 of 1970)
and the tax imposed under the Undang-undang Pajak atas Bunga, Dividen dan Royalti 1970 (Law
No. 10 of 1970),
(hereinafter referred to as “Indonesian tax”);(b) in the Hungarian People’s
Republic— the income tax
— the profits taxes
— the special corporation tax
(hereinafter referred to as “Hungarian tax”). -
The Agreement shall also apply to
any identical or substantially similar taxes which are imposed after the date of signature of the
Agreement in addition to, or in place of, those referred to in paragraph 3. The competent authorities
of the Contracting States shall notify each other of any substantial changes which have been made in
their respective taxation laws.
Article 3
GENERAL DEFINITIONS
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For the purposes of this
Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires :(a) (i) the term “Indonesia”
comprises the territory of the Republic of Indonesia as defined in its laws and the adjacent
areas over which the Republic of Indonesia has sovereign rights or jurisdiction in accordance
with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982;(ii) the term “Hungarian
People’s Republic” when used in a geographical sense means the territory of the Hungarian
People’s Republic;(b) the terms “a Contracting
State” and “the other Contracting State” mean the Hungarian People’s Republic or the Republic
of Indonesia as the context requires;(c) the term “person includes
an individual, a company and any other body of persons;(d) the term “company” means
any body corporate or any entity which is treated as a body corporate for tax purposes;(e) the terms “enterprise of a
Contracting State” and “enterprise of the other Contracting State” mean, respectively, an
enterprise carried resident of a Contracting State and an enterprise carried on by a resident
of the other contracting State;(f) the term “international
traffic’ means any transport by a ship or aircraft operated by a resident of a Contracting
State, except when the ship or aircraft is operated solely between places in the other
Contracting State;(g) the term “competent
authority” means:(i) in Indonesia :
the Minister of Finance or his authorized representative;(ii) in the Hungarian People’s
Republic;
the Minister of Finance or his authorized representative;(h) the term “national” means
:(i) any individual possessing
the nationality of a Contracting State;(ii) any legal person,
partnership and association deriving its status as such from the laws in force in a
Contracting State. -
As regards the application of the
Agreement by a Contracting State, any term not defined therein shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the meaning which it has under the law of that State concerning the taxes to which the
Agreement applies.
Article 4
RESIDENT
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For the purposes of this
Agreement, the term “resident of a Contracting State” means any person who, under the laws of that
State, is liable to tax therein by reason of his domicile, residence, place of management or any other
criterion of a similar nature. But this term does not include any person who is liable to tax in that
State in respect only of income from sources in that State. -
Where, by reason of the provisions
of paragraph 1, an individual is a resident of both Contracting States, then his status shall be
determined as follows:(a) he shall he deemed to be a resident of the
State in which he has a permanent home available to him; if he has a permanent home available
to him in both States, he shall be deemed to be a resident of the State with which his
personal and economic relations are closer (centre of vital interests);(b) if the State in which he has his centre of
vital interests cannot be determined, or if he has not a permanent home available to him in
either State, he shall be deemed to be a resident of the State in which he has a habitual
abode;(c) if he has a habitual abode in both States
or in neither of them, the competent authorities of the Contracting States shall settle the
question by mutual agreement. -
Where, by reason of the provisions
of paragraph 1, a person other than an individual is a resident of both Contracting States, the
competent authorities of the States shall settle the question by mutual agreement.
Article 5
PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT
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For the purposes of this
Agreement, the term “permanent establishment” means a fixed place of business through which the
business of an enterprise is wholly or partly carried on. -
The term “permanent establishment
includes” especially;(a) a place of management;
(b) a branch;
(c) an office;
(d) a factory;
(e) a workshop;
(f) a mine, an oil or gas
well, a quarry or any other place of extraction of natural resources. -
The term “permanent establishment”
likewise encompasses:(a) a building site, a
construction, assembly or installation project or supervisory activities in connection
therewith, but only where such site, project or activity continues for a period of more than 3
months;(b) the furnishing of
services, including consultancy services, by an enterprise through employees or other
personnel engaged by the enterprise for such purpose, but only where activities of that nature
continue (for the same or a connected project) within the country for a period or periods
aggregating more than 4 months within any 12-month period. -
Notwithstanding the preceding
provisions of this Article, the term “permanent establishment” shall be deemed not to include:(a) the use of the facilities
solely for the purpose of storage or display of goods or merchandise belonging to the
enterprise;(b) the maintenance of a stock
of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for the purpose of storage or
display;(c) the maintenance of a stock
of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for the purpose of processing by
another enterprise;(d) the maintenance of a fixed
place of business solely for the purpose of purchasing goods or merchandise, of, of collecting
information, for the enterprise;(e) the maintenance of a fixed
place of business solely for the purpose of advertising, for the supply of information, for
scientific research or for similar activities which have a preparatory or auxiliary character
for the enterprise;(f) the maintenance of a fixed
place of business solely for any combination of activities mentioned in subparagraphs (a) to
(e), provided that the overall activity of the fixed place of business resulting from this
combination is of a preparatory or auxiliary character. -
Notwithstanding the provisions of
paragraphs 1 and 2, where a person — other than an agent of an independent status to whom paragraph 7
applies — is acting in a Contracting State on behalf of’ an enterprise of the other Contracting
State, that enterprise shall be deemed to have a permanent establishment in the first-mentioned
Contracting State in respect of any activities which that person undertakes for the enterprise, if
such a person:(a) has and habitually
exercises in that State an authority to conclude contracts in the name of the enterprise,
unless the activities are limited to those mentioned in paragraph 4 which, if exercised
through a fixed place of business, would not make this fixed place of business a permanent
establishment under the provisions of that paragraph; or(b) has no such authority, but
habitually maintains in the first-mentioned Contracting State a stock of goods or merchandise
from which he regularly delivers goods or merchandise on behalf of the enterprise. -
An insurance enterprise of a
Contracting State shall, except with regard to reinsurance, be deemed to have a permanent
establishment in the other Contracting State if it collects premiums in that other State or insures
risks situated therein through an employee or through a representative who is not an agent of an
independent status within the meaning of paragraph 7. -
An enterprise of a Contracting
State shall not be deemed to have a permanent establishment in the other Contracting State merely
because it carries on business in that other State through a broker, general commission agent or any
other agent of an independent status, provided that such persons are acting in the ordinary course of
their business. However, when the activities of such an agent are devoted wholly or almost wholly on
behalf of that enterprise, he will not be considered an agent of an independent status within the
meaning of this paragraph. -
The fact that a company which is a
resident of a Contracting State controls or is controlled by a company which is a resident of the
other Contracting State, or which carries on business in that other State (whether through a permanent
establishment or otherwise), shall not of itself constitute either company a permanent establishment
of the other.
Article 6
INCOME FROM IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
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Income derived by a resident of a
Contracting State from immovable e property (including income from agriculture or forestry) situated
in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State. -
The term “immovable property”
shall have the meaning which it has under the law of the Contracting State in which the property in
question is situated. The term 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; ships, boats and aircraft shall not be regarded as immovable property. -
The provisions of paragraph 1
shall also apply to income derived from the direct use, letting, or use, in any other form of
immovable property. -
The provisions of paragraphs 1 and
3 staff 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.
Article 7
BUSINESS PROFITS
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The profits of an enterprise of a
Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State unless the enterprise carries on business in the
other Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein. If the enterprise carries
on business as aforesaid, the profits of the enterprise may be taxed in the other State but only so
much of them as is attributable to (a) that permanent establishment; (b) sales in that other State of
goods or merchandise of the same or similar kind as those sold through that permanent establishment,
or (c) other business activities carried on in that other State of the same or similar kind as those
effected through that permanent establishment. -
Subject to the provisions of
paragraph 3, where an enterprise of a Contracting State carries on business in the other Contracting
State through a permanent establishment situated therein, there shall in each Contracting State be
attributed to that permanent establishment the profits which it might be expected to make if it were a
distinct and separate enterprise engaged in the same or similar activities under the same or similar
conditions and dealing wholly independently with the enterprise of which it is a permanent
establishment. -
In determining the profits of a
permanent establishment, there shall be allowed as deductions expenses which are incurred for the
purposes of the permanent establishment, including executive and general administrative expenses so
incurred, whether in the State in which the permanent establishment is situated or elsewhere. However,
no such deduction shall be allowed in respect of amounts, if any, paid (otherwise than towards
reimbursement of actual expenses) by the permanent establishment to the head office of the enterprise
or any of its other offices, by way of royalties, fees or other similar payments in return for the use
of patents or other rights, or by way of commission, for specific services performed or for
management, or, except in the case of a banking enterprise, by way of interest on moneys lent to the
permanent establishment. Likewise, no account shall be taken, in the determination of the profits of a
permanent establishment, for amounts charged, (otherwise than towards reimbursement of actual
expenses), by the permanent establishment to the head office of the enterprise or any of its other
offices, by way of royalties, fees or other similar payments in return for the use of patents or other
rights, or by way of commission for specific services performed or for management, or, except in the
case of a banking enterprise, by way of interest on moneys lent to the head office of the enterprise
or any of its other offices. -
No profits shall be attributed to
a permanent establishment by reason of the mere purchase by that permanent establishment of goods or
merchandise for the enterprise. -
For the purpose of the preceding
paragraphs, the profits to be attributed to the permanent establishment shall be determined by the
same method year by year unless there is good and sufficient reason to the contrary. -
Where profits include items of
income which are dealt with separately in other Articles of this Agreement, then the provisions of
those Articles shall not be affected by the provisions of this Article.
Article 8
SHIPPING AND AIR TRANSPORT
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Profits from sources within a
Contracting State derived by a resident of the other Contracting State from the operation of ships in
international traffic may be taxed in the first-mentioned State, but the tax imposed shall be reduced
by an amount equal to 50% thereof. -
Profits from the operation of
aircraft in international traffic shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the
enterprise operating the aircraft is a resident. -
The provision of paragraph 1 shall
also apply to profits from participation in a pool, a joint business or an international operating
agency.
Article 9
ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISE
Where:
(a) |
an enterprise of a Contracting |
(b) |
the same persons participate |
and in either case conditions are made or imposed
between the two enterprises in their commercial or financial relations which differ from those which would
be made between independent enterprises, then any profits which would, but for those conditions, have
accrued to one of the enterprises, but, by reason of those conditions, have not so accrued, may be
included in the profits of that enterprise and taxed accordingly.
Article 10
DIVIDENDS
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Dividends paid by a company which
is a resident of a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that
other State. -
However, such dividends may also
be taxed in the Contracting State of which the company paying the dividends is a resident, and
according to the laws of that State, but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of the dividends the
tax so charged shall not exceed 15% of the gross amount of the dividends.
The competent authorities of the Contracting State shall by mutual agreement settle the mode of
application of these limitations. The provisions of this paragraph shall not affect the taxation of
the company in respect of the profits out of which dividends are paid. -
The term “dividends” as used in
this Article means income from shares or other rights, not being debt-claims, participating in
profits, as well as income from other corporate rights which is subjected to the same taxation
treatment as income from shares by the taxation laws of the State of which the company making the
distribution is a resident. -
The provisions of paragraphs 1 and
2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the dividends, being a resident of a Contracting State,
carries on business in the other Contracting State of which the company paying the dividends is a
resident, through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State
independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the holding in respect of which
the dividends are paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In
such a case, the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply. -
Where a company which is a
resident of a Contracting State derives profits or income from the other Contracting State, that other
State may not impose any tax on the dividends paid by the company, except insofar as such dividends
are paid to a resident of that other State or insofar as the holding in respect of which the dividends
are paid is effectively connected with a permanent establishment or a fixed base situated in that
other State, nor subject the company’s undistributed profits to a tax on the company’s undistributed
profits, even if the dividend paid or the undistributed profits consist wholly or partly of profits or
income arising in such other State.
Article 11
INTEREST
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Interest arising in a Contracting
State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State. -
However, such interest may also be
taxed in the Contracting State in which it arises, and according to the laws of that State, but if the
recipient is the beneficial owner of the interest the tax so charged shall not exceed 15% of the gross
amount of the interest.
The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall by mutual agreement settle the mode of
application of this limitation. -
Notwithstanding the provisions of
paragraph 2, interest arising in a Contracting State and derived by the Government of the other
Contracting State including local authorities thereof, the Central Bank or any financial institution
controlled by that Government, or interest derived on loans guaranteed by that Government shall be
exempt from tax in the first-mentioned State. -
For the purposes of paragraph 3,
the terms “the Central Bank” and “financial institution controlled by that Government” mean:(a) in the case of Indonesia: (i) the “Bank Indonesia” (the Central Bank of
Indonesia);(ii) such other financial institution, the
capital of which is wholly owned by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, as may be
agreed upon from time to time between the competent authorities of the Contracting States;(b) In the case of the Hungarian
People’s Republic:(i) the National Bank of Hungary; (ii) such other financial institution in which
the State has majority equity participation as may be agreed upon from time to time between the
competent authorities of the Contracting States. -
The term “interest” as used in
this Article means income from debt-claims of every kind, whether or not secured by a mortgage, and
whether or not carrying a right to participate in the debtor’s profits, and in particular, income from
government securities and income from bonds or debentures, including premiums and prizes attaching to
such securities, bonds or debentures. -
The provisions of paragraphs 1 and
2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the interest, being a resident of a Contracting State,
carries on business in the other Contracting State in which the interest arises, through a permanent
establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a
fixed base situated therein, and the debt-claim in respect of which the interest is paid is
effectively connected with (a) such permanent establishment or fixed base, or with (b) business
activities referred to under (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 7. In such case, the provisions of Article
7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply. -
Interest shall be deemed to arise
in a Contracting State when the payer is that State itself, a political subdivision, a local authority
or a resident of that State. Where, however, the person paying the interest, whether he is a resident
of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment or a fixed base in
connection with which the indebtedness on which the interest is paid was incurred, and such interest
is borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base, then such interest shall be deemed to arise in
the State in which the permanent establishment or fixed base is situated. -
Where, by reason of a special
relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or between both of them and some other person,
the amount of the interest, having regard to the debt-claim for which it is paid, exceeds the amount
which would have been agreed upon by the payer and the beneficial owner in the absence of such
relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply only to the last mentioned amount. In such
case, the excess part of the payments shall remain taxable according to the laws of each Contracting
State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this Agreement.
Article 12
ROYALTIES
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Royalties arising in a Contracting
State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State. -
However, such royalties may also
be taxed in the Contracting State in which they arise, and according to the laws of that State, but if
the recipient is the beneficial owner of the royalties, the tax so charged shall not exceed 15% of the
gross amount of the royalties.
The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall by mutual agreement settle the mode of
application of this limitation. -
The term “royalties” as used in
this Article means payments of any kind received as a consideration for the use of, or the right to
use, any copyright of literary, artistic or scientific work, including cinematograph films. or films
or tapes for radio or television broadcasting, any patent, trademark, design or model, plan, secret
formula or process, or for the use of, or the rights to use, industrial, commercial, or scientific
equipment, or for information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience. -
The provisions of paragraphs 1 and
2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the royalties, being a resident of a Contracting State,
carries on business in the other Contracting State in which the royalties arise through a permanent
establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a
fixed base situated therein, and the right or property in respect of which the royalties are paid is
effectively connected with (a) such permanent establishment or fixed base, or with (b) business
activities referred to under (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 7. In such case, the provisions of Article
7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply. -
Royalties shall be deemed to arise
in a Contracting State when the payer is that State itself, a political subdivision, a local authority
or a resident of that State. Where, however, the person paying the royalties, whether he is a resident
of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment or a fixed base in
connection with which the liability to pay the royalties was incurred, and such royalties are borne by
such permanent establishment or fixed base, then such royalties shall be deemed to arise in the State
in which the permanent establishment or fixed base is situated. -
Where, by reason of a special
relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or between both of them and some other person,
the amount of the interest, having regard to the debt-claim for which it is paid, exceeds the amount
which would have been agreed upon by the payer and the beneficial owner in the absence of such
relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply only to the last mentioned amount. In such
case, the excess part of the payments shall remain taxable according to the laws of each Contracting
State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this Agreement.
Article 13
CAPITAL GAINS
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Gains derived by a resident of a
Contracting State from the alienation of immovable property referred to in Article 6 and situated in
the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State. -
Gains from the alienation of
movable property forming part of the business property of a permanent establishment which an
enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State or of movable property pertaining
to a fixed base available to a resident of a Contracting State in the other Contracting State for the
purpose of performing independent personal services, including such gains from the alienation of such
a permanent establishment (alone or with the whole enterprise) or of such fixed base, may be taxed in
that other State. -
Gains derived by a resident of a
Contracting State from the alienation of aircraft operated in international traffic or movable
property pertaining to the operation of such aircraft shall be taxable only in that State. -
Gains from the alienation of any
property other than that referred to in the preceding paragraphs shall be taxable only in the
Contracting State of which the alienator is resident.
Article 14
INDEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES
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Income derived by a resident of a
Contracting State in respect of professional services or other independent activities of an
independent character shall be taxable only in that State unless he has a fixed base regularly
available to him in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing his activities or he is
present in that other State for a period or periods exceeding in the aggregating 90 days in any
twelve-month period. If he has a fixed base or remains in that other State for the aforesaid period or
periods, the income may be taxed in that other State but only so much of it as is attributable to that
fixed base or is derived in that other State during the aforesaid period or periods. I -
The term “professional services”
includes especially independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities, as
well as the independent activities of physicians, lawyers, engineers, architects, dentists and
accountants.
Article 15
DEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES
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Subject to the provisions of
Articles 16, 18, 19, 20 and 21, salaries, wages and other similar remuneration derived by a resident
of a Contracting State in respect of an employment shall be taxable only in that State unless the
employment is exercised in the other Contracting State. If the employment is so exercised, such
remuneration as is derived therefrom may be taxed in that other State. -
Notwithstanding the provisions of
paragraph 1, remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment
exercised in the other Contracting state shall be taxable only in the first – mentioned State, if:(a) the recipient is present
in that other State for period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate 183 days within any
period of 12 Months; and(b) the remuneration is paid
by, or on behalf of, an employer who is not a resident of the other State; and(c) the remuneration is not
borne by a permanent establishment or a fixed base which the employer has in the other State. -
Notwithstanding the preceding
provisions of this Article, remuneration on derived In respect of an employment exercised aboard a
ship or aircraft operated in international traffic by a resident of a Contracting State shall be
taxable only in that State.
Article 16
DIRECTORS’ FEES
Directors’ fees and other similar payments derived by
a resident of a Contracting State in his capacity as a member of the board of directors or any other
similar organ of a company which is a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other
State.
Article 17
ARTISTES AND ATHLETES
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Notwithstanding the provisions of
Articles 14 and 15, 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 an athlete, from his
personal activities as such exercised in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other
State. -
Where income in respect of
personal activities exercised by an entertainer or an athlete in his capacity as such accrues not to
the entertainer or athlete himself but to another person, that income may, notwithstanding the
provisions of Articles 7, 14 and 15, be taxed in the Contracting State in which the activities of the
entertainer or athlete are exercised. x -
Notwithstanding the provisions of
paragraphs 1 and 2, income derived from the activities referred to in paragraph 1 performed under a
cultural agreement or arrangement between the Contracting States shall be exempt from tax in the
Contracting State in which the activities are exercised if the visit to that State is wholly or
substantially supported by funds of the other Contracting State, a local authority or public
institution thereof.
Article 18
PENSIONS
Subject to the provisions of Article
19, paragraph 1:
(a) |
pensions and other |
(b) |
all other pensions and other |
Article 19
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
1. | (a) |
Remuneration, other than a |
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(b) |
However, such remuneration |
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(i) |
is a national of that State; |
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(ii) |
did not become a resident of |
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2. | (a) |
Any pension paid by, or out of |
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(b) |
However, such pension shall be |
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3. |
The provisions of Articles 15, |
Article 20
TEACHERS AND RESEARCHERS
A professor, teacher or researcher who makes a
temporary visit to a Contracting State solely for the purpose of teaching or conducting research at a
university, college, school or other recognized educational institution, and who is, or immediately before
such visit was, a resident of the other Contracting State shall be exempt from tax in the first-mentioned
State for a period not exceeding two years in respect of remuneration for such teaching or research.
Article 21
STUDENTS
Payments which a student, apprentice or business
trainee who is or was immediately before visiting a Contracting State a resident of the other Contracting
State and who is present in the first-mentioned State solely for the purpose of his education or training
receives for the purpose of his maintenance, education or training shall not be taxed in that
first-mentioned State, provided that such payments are made to him from sources outside that State.
Article 22
OTHER INCOME
Items of income of a resident of a Contracting State
which are not expressly mentioned in the foregoing Articles of this Agreement shall be taxable only in
that State except that, if such income is derived from sources within the other Contracting State, it may
also be taxed in that other State.
Article 23
ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAXATION
1. |
It is agreed that double |
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2. |
Where a resident of Indonesia |
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3. | (a) |
Where a resident of the |
(b) |
Where a resident of the |
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(c) |
Where in accordance with any |
Article 24
NON-DISCRIMINATION
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Nationals of a Contracting State
shall not be subjected in the other Contracting State to any taxation or any requirement connected
therewith, which is other or more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which
nationals of that other State in the same circumstances are or may be subjected. This provision shall,
notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1, also apply to persons who are not residents of one or
both of the Contracting States. -
The taxation on a permanent
establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State shall not
be less favourably levied in that other State than the taxation levied on enterprises of the other
State carrying on the same activities. This provision shall not be construed as obliging a Contracting
State to grant to residents of the other Contracting State any personal allowances, reliefs and
reductions for taxation purposes on account of civil status or family responsibilities which it grants
to its own residents. -
Enterprises of a Contracting
State, the capital of which is wholly or partly owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by one or
more residents of the other Contracting State, shall not be subjected in the first-mentioned State to
any taxation or any requirement connected therewith which is more burdensome than the taxation and
connected requirements to which other similar enterprises of the first-mentioned State are or may be
subjected. -
Except where the provisions of
Article 9, paragraph 7 of Article 11, or paragraph 4 of Article 12 apply, interest, royalties and
other disbursements paid by an enterprise of a Contracting State to a resident of the other
Contracting State shall, for the purpose of determining the taxable profits of the other enterprise,
be deductible under the same conditions as if they had been paid to a resident of the first-mentioned
State. -
In this Article the term
“taxation” means taxes which are the subject of this Agreement.
Article 25
MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE
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Where a person considers that the
actions of one or both of the Contracting States result or will result for him in taxation not in
accordance with this Agreement, he may, irrespective of the remedies provided by the national laws of
those States, present his case to the competent authority of the Contracting State of which he is a
resident or, if his case comes under paragraph 1 of Article 24, to that of the Contracting State of
which he is a national. The case must be presented within two years from the first notification of the
action resulting in taxation not in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement. -
The competent authority shall
endeavour, if the objection appears to it to be justified and if it is not itself able to arrive at a
satisfactory solution, to resolve the case by mutual agreement with the competent authority of the
other Contracting State, with a view to the avoidance of taxation which is not in accordance with the
Agreement. Any agreement reached shall be implemented notwithstanding any time limits in the domestic
law of the Contracting States. -
The competent authorities of the
Contracting States shall endeavour to resolve by mutual agreement any difficulties or doubts arising
as to the interpretation or application of the Agreement. They may also consult together for the
elimination of double taxation in cases not provided for in the Agreement. -
The competent authorities of the
Contracting States may communicate with each other directly for the purpose of reaching an agreement
in the sense of the preceding paragraphs. The competent authorities, through consultations, shall
develop appropriate bilateral procedures, conditions, methods and techniques for the implementation of
the mutual agreement procedure provided for in this Article.
Article 26
EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
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The competent authorities of the
Contracting States shall exchange such information as is necessary for carrying out the provisions of
this Agreement or of the domestic laws of the Contracting States concerning taxes covered by the
Agreement in so far as the taxation thereunder is not contrary to the Agreement, in particular for the
prevention of fraud or evasion of such taxes. The exchange of information is not restricted by Article
1. Any information received by a Contracting State shall be treated as secret in the same manner as
information obtained under the domestic laws of that State and shall be disclosed only to persons or
authorities (including courts and administrative bodies) involved in the assessment or collection of,
the enforcement or prosecution in respect of, or the determination of appeals in relation to, the
taxes which are subject to the Agreement. Such persons or authorities shall use the information only
for such purposes. They may disclose the information in public court proceedings or in judicial
decisions. -
In no case shalI the provisions of
paragraph 1 be construed so as to impose on a Contracting State the obligation:(a) to carry out administrative measures at
variance with the laws and administrative practice of that or of the other Contracting state;(b) to supply Information which is not
obtainable under the laws or in the normal course of the administration of that or of the
other Contracting State;(c) to supply information which would disclose
any trade, business, industrial, commercial or professional, secret or trade process, of
information, the disclosure of which would be contrary to public policy (ordre public).
Article 27
DIPLOMATIC AGENTS AND CONSULAR OFFICERS
Nothing in this Agreement, shall
affect the fiscal privileges of diplomatic agents or consular officers under the general rules of
international law or under the provisions of special agreements.
Article 28
ENTRY INTO FORCE
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The Governments of the Contracting
States shall notify each other that the constitutional requirements for the entry into force of this
Agreement have been complied with. -
The Agreement shall enter into
force thirty days after the date of the latter of the notifications referred to in paragraph 1 and its
provisions shall have effect:(i) in resped of taxes
withheld at source, an income derived on or after 1 January in the calendar year next
following the year in which the Agreement enters into force;(ii) in respect of other taxes
on income, for taxes chargeable for any tax year beginning on or after 1 January in the
calendar year next following the year in which the Agreement enters into force.
Article 29
TERMINATION
This Agreement shall remain in force until terminated
by a Contracting State. Either Contracting State may terminate the Agreement, through diplomatic channels,
by giving written notice of termination on or before the thirtieth day of June of any calendar year
following after the period of five years from the year in which the Agreement enters into force. In such
case, the Agreement shall cease to have effect in respect of income derived on or after 1 January of the
year next following that in which the notice of termination is given.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersign, duty
authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.
DONE in duplicate at Jakarta on the
19th day of October 1989 in the English Language.
For the Government of |
For the Government of |
PROTOCOL
At the signing today of the Agreement between the
Government of the Hungarian People’s Republic and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia for the
avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, the
undersigned have agreed upon the following provisions which shall form an integral part of the
Agreement.
1.With reference to Article 5
It is understood that the term “place of business”
includes also a place of production.
2.With reference to Article 5, paragraph 4, sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)
It is understood that the provisions of Article 5,
paragraph 4, sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) refer also to mere delivery provided that it is not a regular and
not accompanied with sales.
3.With reference to Article 5, paragraph 4
The use of facilities, solely for the purpose of
initial setting up and delivery of machinery or equipment shall not constitute a permanent establishment.
4.With reference to Article 7, paragraph 4
The term “mere purchase” does not include the purchase by such permanent establishment for another
enterprise.
5.With reference to Article 8
The profits of shipping and airline enterprise engaged in international traffic shall include additional
activities closely connected with the direct operation of ships and aircraft.
6.With reference to Article 11, paragraph 5
The term “interest” means also the income assimilated
to income from money lent by the taxation law of the State in which the income arises, including interest
on deferred payments sales.
7.With reference to Article 24, paragraph 4
The Contracting States have, however, the right to limit the debt-equity ratio in accordance with their
domestic laws.
In witness whereof the undersigned, duly authorized
thereto, have signed this Protocol.
Done in duplicate at Jakarta on the l9th day of
October 1989 in the English language.
EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
I
Jakarta, October 19, 1989
Excellency,
I have the honour to refer to the Agreement which was
signed today.
In connection with the Agreement between the
Government of the Hungarian People’s Republic and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia for the
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income signed
today, the Hungarian People’s Republic acknowledges the fact that when the said Agreement enters into
force, Section 26e of the Indonesian Tax Law will still be applicable in respect of income taxation of
profits of a permanent establishment in Indonesia. However, the foregoing provision will not be applicable
if the taxpayer can produce an evidence that such profit is not transferred or distributed to its parent
company. In case there is any doubt regarding the application of the provisions of this Section
considering the principles contained in the said Agreement, the two Governments shall endeavour to settle
the question by mutual agreement.
If the foregoing is acceptable to the Government of
the Republic of Indonesia, I have the honour to propose that this note together with your confirmatory
reply shall constitute an Agreement between our Governments which shall enter into force on October 19,
1989.
Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my
highest consideration.
Gombocz Zoltan
H. E. Nasrudin Sumintapura
Junior Minister of Finance
II
Jakarta, October 19, 1989
Excellency,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of Your
Excellency’s Note of October 19, 1989 which reads as follows:
[See I]
I have further the honour to confirm that the content
of Your Excellency’s Note referred to above is acceptable to my Government and to agree that Your
Excellency’s Note and this reply shall constitute an Agreement between our two governments which shall
enter into force on October 19, 1989.
Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of the
highest consideration.
Nasrudin Sumintapura
H. E. Gombocz Zoltan
Secretary of State of the Ministry of Trade
of the Hungarian People’s Republic
Excellency,
1 have the honor to acknowledge receipt of Your
Excellencys Note of October 19, 1989 which reads as follows:
I have the honor to refer to the recent discussion tax
delegations of our two Governments and to inform you as fallows:
In connection with the Agreement between the
Government of the Hungarian People’s Republic and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia for the
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on income signed
today, the Hungarian Peoples Republic acknowledges the fact that when the said Agreement enters into
force, Section 26e of the Indonesian Tax Law will still be applicable in respect of income taxation of
profits of a permanent establishment in Indonesia. However, the foregoing provisions will not be
applicable if the taxpayer can produce an evidence that such profit is not transferred or distributed to
its parent company. Incase there is any doubt regarding the application of the provisions of this Section
considering the principles contained in the said Agreement, the two Governments shall endeavor to settle
the question by mutual agreement.
I have further the honor to confirm that the content
of Your Excellencys Note referred to above is acceptable to my Government and to agree that Your
Excellencys Note and this reply shall constitute an Agreement between our two governments which shall
enter into force on October 19, 1989. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of the highest
consideration.
H.E. GOMBOCZ ZOLTAAN Secretary of State of the Ministry of Trade of the Hungarian Peoples Republic. |
NASRUDIN SUMINTAPURA |