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Country pairs / Costa Rica / Germany

Costa Rica / Germany · 2014 source edition

Article 19 Government Service

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(1) a) Salaries, wages and other similar remuneration, other than a pension, paid by a Contracting State, a Land, a political sub- division or a local authority thereof or some other legal entity under public law of that State to an individual in respect of services rendered to that State, Land, political subdivision or local authority or some other legal entity under public law shall be taxable only in that State. b) However, such remuneration shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State if the services are rendered in that State and if the individual is a resident of that State and i) is a national of that State or ii) did not become a resident of that State solely for the pur- pose of rendering the services.
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(2) a) Any pension paid by, or out of funds created by, a Contract- ing State, a Land, a political subdivision or a local authority thereof or some other legal entity under public law of that State to an individual in respect of services rendered to that State, Land, political subdivision or local authority or some other legal entity under public law shall be taxable only in that State. b) However, such pension shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State if the individual is a resident of, and a national of, that State.
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(3) The provisions of Articles 15, 16, 17 or 18 shall apply to remuneration and pensions in respect of services rendered in connection with a business carried on by a Contracting State, a Land, a political subdivision or a local authority thereof or some other legal entity under public law of that State.
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(4) The provisions of paragraph 1 shall likewise apply in re- spect of remuneration paid, under a development assistance programme of a Contracting State, a Land, a political subdivision or a local authority thereof, out of funds exclusively supplied by that State, Land, political subdivision or local authority, to a spe- cialist or volunteer seconded to the other Contracting State with the consent of that other State.
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(5) The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall likewise apply in respect of remuneration paid by or for the Goethe Institute or the German Academic Exchange Service (“Deutscher Akademis- cher Austauschdienst”) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Cor- responding treatment of the remuneration of other comparable institutions of the Contracting States may be arranged by the competent authorities by mutual agreement. If such remuner - ation is not taxed in the State where the institution was founded, the provisions of Article 15 shall apply.
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Costa Rica / Germany; BGBl. 2014 II S. 917; edition de-costa-rica-2014-base | BGBl. 2014 II S. 917 | signed 2014-02-13 | published 2014-11-26 | Signed: 2014-02-13 | Gazette publication: 2014-11-26; article 19; English; unreviewed source text, current applicability unverified; /editions/de-costa-rica-2014-base/en/articles/article-19/

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BGBl. 2014 II S. 917

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de-costa-rica-2014-base | BGBl. 2014 II S. 917 | signed 2014-02-13 | published 2014-11-26 | Signed: 2014-02-13 | Gazette publication: 2014-11-26
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Original source edition; not a verified current-law consolidation. Unknown as current law. Signed 2014-02-13; consent law 2014-11-20; gazette publication 2014-11-26. Edition ID year is not a signature date. Treaty entry into force: 2016-08-10. Roster general application: 2017-01-01 (not a universal tax-specific rule). Cached official article entry statements (may refer to multiple instruments): 10. August 2016. Evidence is the retained 2026-10-01 agent audit of source PDF, 2026-01-01 roster and cached official HTML, not a fresh current-law determination. Bounded agent triage, no qualified wording/alignment/legal review. No exhaustive verification of all later 2026 developments. Matching digest proves retained source identity, not legal force.

Printed signature protocol retained separately and not merged into articles. Roster future-instrument/negotiation entry (NOT proof of operative amendment): Costa Rica R-P V. P = Paraphierung (initialled), NOT signature; U = signed, ratification pending; V = negotiation. R-P protocol/R-A replacement. MLI application and complete later amendments, replacements or suspensions are NOT verified. No developments after the retained roster snapshot are certified. This is NOT a current consolidated instrument. Source-triage warnings: Bounded agent triage, no qualified wording/alignment/legal review. No exhaustive verification of all later 2026 developments. Matching digest proves retained source identity, not legal force.

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