1. This Agreement shall apply to taxes on income and on
capital imposed on behalf of a Contracting State, of a Land or a
political subdivision or local authority thereof, irrespective of the
manner in which they are levied.
2. There shall be regarded as taxes on income and on capital
all taxes imposed on total income, on total capital, or on
elements of income or of capital, including taxes on gains from
the alienation of movable or immovable property and taxes on
capital appreciation.
3. The existing taxes to which this Agreement shall apply are in
particular:
a) in the Federal Republic of Germany:
the income tax (Einkommensteuer),
the corporation tax (Körperschaftsteuer),
the capital tax (Vermögensteuer), and
the trade tax (Gewerbesteuer),
including the supplements levied thereon
(hereinafter referred to as “German tax”);
b) in Malta
the income tax
(hereinafter referred to as “Malta tax”).
4. The Agreement shall apply also to any identical or substan-
tially similar taxes which are imposed after the date of signature
of the Agreement in addition to, or in place of, the existing taxes.
The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall – if
necessary for the application of the Agreement – notify each
other of changes which have been made in their respective
taxation laws.
Citation to select or copy
Germany / Malta; BGBl. 2001 II S. 1297; edition de-malta-2001-base | BGBl. 2001 II S. 1297 | Signed: 2001-03-08 | Gazette publication: 2001-12-17; article 2; English; unreviewed source text, current applicability unverified; /editions/de-malta-2001-base/en/articles/article-2/
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de-malta-2001-base | BGBl. 2001 II S. 1297 | Signed: 2001-03-08 | Gazette publication: 2001-12-17
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