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Country pairs / United Kingdom / Ireland

United Kingdom / Ireland · United Kingdom–Ireland 1976 Convention: official MLI synthesis

Article 21 · Elimination of Double Taxation

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Unreviewed · applicability unverifiedOfficial MLI synthesis
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(1) Subject to the provisions of the law of the Republic of Ireland regarding the allowance as a credit against Irish tax of tax payable in a territory outside the Republic of Ireland (which shall not affect the general principle hereof)—
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(a) United Kingdom tax payable under the laws of the United Kingdom and in accordance with this Convention, whether directly or by deduction, on profits, income or chargeable gains from sources within the United Kingdom (excluding in the case of a dividend tax payable in respect of the profits out of which the dividend is paid) shall be allowed as a credit against any Irish tax computed by reference to the same profits, income or chargeable gains by reference to which the United Kingdom tax is computed.
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(b) In the case of a dividend paid by a company which is a resident of the United Kingdom to a company which is a resident of the Republic of Ireland and which controls directly or indirectly 10 per cent or more of the voting power in the company paying the dividend, the credit shall take into account (in addition to any United Kingdom tax creditable under the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph) the United Kingdom tax payable by the company in respect of the profits out of which such dividend is paid.
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(2) Subject to the provisions of the law of the United Kingdom regarding the allowance as a credit against United Kingdom tax of tax payable in a territory outside the United Kingdom (which shall not affect the general principle hereof)—
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(a) Irish tax payable under the laws of the Republic of Ireland and in accordance with this Convention, whether directly or by deduction, on profits, income or chargeable gains from sources within the Republic of Ireland (excluding in the case of a dividend tax payable in respect of the profits out of which the dividend is paid) shall be allowed as a credit against any United Kingdom tax computed by reference to the same profits, income or chargeable gains by reference to which the Irish tax is computed.
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(b) In the case of a dividend paid by a company which is a resident of the Republic of Ireland to a company which is a resident of the United Kingdom and which controls directly or indirectly 10 per cent or more of the voting power in the company paying the dividend, the credit shall take into account (in addition to any Irish tax creditable under the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph) the Irish tax payable by the company in respect of the profits out of which such dividend is paid.
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(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article profits, income and capital gains owned by a resident of a Contracting State which may be taxed in the other Contracting State in accordance with this Convention shall be deemed to arise from sources in that other Contracting State.
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(4) [REPLACED by paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the MLI3 ] [Where profits on which an enterprise of a Contracting State has been charged to tax in that State are also included in the profits of an enterprise of the other State and the profits so included are profits which would have accrued to that enterprise of the other State if the conditions made between the enterprises had been those which would have been made between independent enterprises dealing at arm’s length, the amount included in the profits of both enterprises shall be treated for the purposes of this Article as income from a source in the other State of the enterprise of the first mentioned State and relief shall be given accordingly under the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of this Article].
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United Kingdom / Ireland; HMRC, Synthesised text of the Multilateral Instrument and the 1976 UK-Ireland Double Taxation Convention; edition Official MLI synthesis, including 1976, 1994 and 1998 Protocol amendments; HMRC updated 13 August 2019; article 21; English; unreviewed source text, current applicability unverified; /editions/gb-ie-1976-hmrc-mli-synthesis-html-v1/en/articles/article-21/

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HMRC, Synthesised text of the Multilateral Instrument and the 1976 UK-Ireland Double Taxation Convention

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