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CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND CAPITAL G

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              ARTICLE 9            Associated Enterprises   1. Where:   a) an enterprise of a Contracting State participates directly or indirectly in the management, control or capital of an enterprise of the other Contracting State, or   b) the same persons participate directly or indirectly in the management, control or capital of an enterprise of a Contracting State and an enterprise of the other Contracting State, 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.   2. Where a Contracting State includes in the profits of an enterprise of that State - and taxes accordingly - profits on which an enterprise of the other Contracting State has been charged to tax in that other State and the profits so included are profits which would have accrued to the enterprise of the first-mentioned State if the conditions made between the two enterprises had been those which would have been made between independent enterprises, then that other State shall make an appropriate adjustment to the amount of the tax charged therein on those profits if it agrees with the adjustment made by the first-mentioned State. In determining such adjustment, due regard shall be had to the other provisions of this Convention and the competent authorities of the Contracting States shall if necessary consult each other.              ARTICLE 10               Dividends   1. Dividends paid by a resident of a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other Contracting State.   2. However, such dividends may also be taxed in the Contracting State of which the payor is a resident, and according to the laws of that State, but if the beneficial owner of the dividends is a resident of the other Contracting State, the tax so charged shall not exceed:   a) 5 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends if the beneficial owner is a company which holds directly at least 10 per cent of the voting stock of the company paying the dividends; and   b) 15 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends in all other cases. The provisions of this paragraph shall not affect the taxation of the company in respect of the profits out of which the dividends are paid.   Subparagraph (a) shall not apply in the case of dividends paid by a United States person that is a Regulated Investment Company or a Real Estate Investment Trust. Subparagraph (b) shall apply in the case of dividends paid by a Regulated Investment Company. In the case of dividends paid by a Real Estate Investment Trust, subparagraph (b) shall apply only if the dividend is beneficially owned by an individual holding a less than 10 per cent interest in the Real Estate Investment Trust; otherwise, the rate of withholding applicable under domestic law shall apply. 3. 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 that is subjected to the same taxation treatment as income from shares under the laws of the State of which the payor is a resident.   4. 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 payor 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 dividends are attributable to such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case, the provisions of Article 7 (Business Profits) or Article 14 (Independent Personal Services), as the case may be, shall apply.   5. Where 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 that resident except in so far as such dividends are paid to a resident of that other State or in so far as the dividends are attributable to a permanent establishment or a fixed base situated in that other State, even if the dividends paid consist wholly or partly of profits or income arising in such other State.   6. A company that is a resident of one of the Contracting States and that has a permanent establishment in the other Contracting State or, if the United States is the other Contracting State, that is subject to tax in the United States on a net basis on its income that may be taxed there under Article 6 (Income from Immovable Property (Real Property)) or under paragraph 1 of Article 13 (Capital Gains), may be subject in the other Contracting State to a tax, but;   a) in the case of the United States, such tax may not exceed, in addition to the tax on profits, 5 per cent of the portion of the profits of the corporation subject to tax in the United States that represents the dividend equiva1ent amount of such profits; and   b) in the case of South Africa, such tax may be imposed at a rate that does not exceed the normal rate of corporate tax by more than 5 percentage points   7. The term "dividend equivalent amount" as used in paragraph 6, refers to the portion of the profits of a permanent establishment subject to a tax under Article 7 (Business Profits), or that portion of the profits of a resident of one State subject to tax on a net basis in the other State under Article 6 (Income from Immovable Property (Real Property)) or under paragraph 1 of Article 13 (Capital Gains), that is comparable to the amount that would be distributed as a dividend if such income were earned by a locally incorporated subsidiary. The term "dividend equivalent amount" shall have the same meaning that it has under the law of the United States as it may be amended from time to time without changing the general principle of this paragraph.   8. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, dividends may not be taxed in the Contracting State of which the payor is a resident if the beneficial owner of the dividends is:   a) a Contracting State, or any political subdivision or local authority thereof; or   b) a pension trust or fund of an entity described in subparagraph (a) that is constituted and operated exclusively to administer or provide pension benefits described in Article 19 (Government Service) and that does not control the payor of the dividend.              ARTICLE 11              Interest   1. Interest derived and beneficially owned by a resident of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State.   2. The term "interest" as used in this Convention means income from debt-claims of every kind, whether or not secured by 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 or prizes attaching to such securities, bonds or debentures, and all other income that is subjected to the same taxation treatment as income from money lent by the taxation law of the Contracting State in which the income arises. Income dealt with in Article 10 (Dividends) and penalty charges for late payment shall not be regarded as interest for the purposes of this Convention.   3. The provisions of paragraph 1 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 interest is attributable to such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case, the provisions of Article 7 (Business Profits) or Article 14 (Independent Personal Services), as the case may be, shall apply.   4. Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payor 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 Convention.   5. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1:   a) interest that is contingent interest of a type that does not qualify as portfolio interest under United States law may be taxed at a rate not exceeding the rate prescribed in subparagraph (b) of paragraph 2 of Article 10 (Dividends); and   b) interest that is an excess inclusion with respect to a residual interest in a real estate mortgage investment conduit may be taxed by the United States in accordance with its domestic law.               ARTICLE 12               Royalties   1. Royalties derived and beneficially owned by a resident of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State.   2. The term "royalties" as used in this Convention means:   a) any consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of literary, artistic, scientific or other work (including computer software, cinematographic films, audio or video tapes or disks, and other means of image or sound reproduction), any patent, trademark, design or model, plan, secret formula or process, or other like right or property, or for information concerning industrial, commercial, or scientific experience; and   b) gain derived from the alienation of any property described in subparagraph (a), provided that such gain is contingent on the productivity, use, or disposition of the property.   3. The provisions of paragraph 1 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 royalties are attributable to such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case, the provisions of Article 7 (Business Profits) or Article 14 (Independent Personal Services), as the case may be, shall apply.   4. Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payor and the beneficial owner or between both of them and some other person, the amount of the royalties, having regard to the use, right or information for which they are paid, exceeds the amount which would have been agreed upon by the payor 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 Convention.               ARTICLE 13              Capital Gains   1. Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State that are attributable to the alienation of real property situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.   2. For the purposes of this Convention the term "real property situated in the other Contracting State" shall include:   a) real property referred to in Article 6 (Income from Immovable Property (Real Property));   b) a United States real property interest; and an equivalent interest in real property situated in South Africa.   3. 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.   4. Gains of an enterprise of a Contracting State from the alienation of ships, aircraft or containers operated in international traffic or movable property pertaining to the operation of such ships, aircraft or containers, shall be taxable only in that State.   5. 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 a resident.               ARTICLE 14           Independent Personal Services   Income derived by an individual who is a resident of a Contracting State in respect of professional services or other activities of an independent character shall be taxable only in that State unless such services are performed in the other Contracting State and such individual has a fixed base regularly available to him in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing his activities. If he has such a fixed base, the income may be taxed in the other State but only so much of it as is attributable to that fixed base. For the purposes of this Convention, where an individual who is a resident of a Contracting State stays in the other Contracting State for a period or periods exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in any twelve-month period commencing or ending in the fiscal year concerned, he shall be deemed to have a fixed base regularly available to him in that other State and the income that is derived from his activities that are performed in that other State shall be attributable to that fixed base.               ARTICLE 15          Dependent Personal Services   1. Subject to the provisions of Articles l6 (Directors' Fees), 18 (Pensions and Annuities) and 19 (Government Service), salaries, wages and other 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.   2. 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 the other State for a period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in any twelve-month period commencing or ending in the fiscal year concerned;   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.   3. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment as a member of the complement of a ship or aircraft operated in international traffic may be taxed only in that State.             ARTICLE 16            Directors' Fees   Directors' fees and other remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State for services rendered in the other Contracting State in his capacity as a member of the board of directors of a company which is a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.             ARTICLE 17          Entertainers and Sportsmen   1. 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, which income would not be liable to tax in that other Contracting State under the provisions of Articles 7, (Business Profits), 14 (Independent Personal Services) and 15 (Dependent Personal Services) may be taxed in that other State except where the amount of the gross receipts derived by such entertainer or sportsman from such activities, including expenses reimbursed to him or borne on his behalf, does not exceed seven thousand five hundred United States dollars ($7,500) or its equivalent in South African rand for the taxable year concerned.   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 (Business Profits), 14 (Independent Personal Services) and 15 (Dependent Personal Services), be taxed in the Contracting State in which the activities of the entertainer or sportsman are exercised, unless it is established that neither the entertainer or sportsman nor persons related to such entertainer or sportsman participate directly or indirectly in the profits of that other person in any manner, including the receipt of deferred remuneration, bonuses, fees, dividends, partnership distributions or other distributions.   3. Income referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this Article, derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of activities exercised in the other Contracting State, shall not be taxed in that other State if the visit of the entertainers or sportsmen to that other State is supported wholly or mainly from the public funds of the Government of the first-mentioned State or of a political subdivision or local authority thereof.   4. The Contracting States may, through the exchange of diplomatic notes, agree to increase the amount referred to in paragraph 1 to reflect economic or monetary developments.

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