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Country pairs / United Kingdom / South Africa

United Kingdom / South Africa · United Kingdom–South Africa 2002 Convention: official MLI synthesis

Article 21 · Elimination of Double Taxation

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- 1. Subject to the provisions of the law of South Africa regarding the deduction from tax payable in South Africa of tax payable in any country other than South Africa, United Kingdom tax paid by residents of South Africa in respect of income taxable in the United Kingdom, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, shall be deducted from the taxes due according to South African fiscal law. Such deduction shall not, however, exceed an amount which bears to the total South African tax payable the same ratio as the income concerned bears to the total income.
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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) South African tax payable under the laws of South Africa and in accordance with this Convention, whether directly or by deduction, on profits, income or chargeable gains from sources within South Africa (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 South African tax is computed;
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- (b) in the case of a dividend paid by a company which is a resident of South Africa to a company which is a resident of the United Kingdom and which controls directly or indirectly at least 10 per cent of the voting power in the company paying the dividend, the credit shall take into account (in addition to any South African tax for which credit may be allowed under the provisions of sub- paragraph (a) of this paragraph) the South African 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 paragraph 2 of this Article, profits, income and capital gains owned by a resident of the United Kingdom which may be taxed in South Africa in accordance with this Convention shall be deemed to arise from sources in South Africa.
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United Kingdom / South Africa; HMRC, Synthesised text of the Multilateral Instrument and the 2002 UK-South Africa Double Taxation Convention; edition Official MLI synthesis of 2002 Convention as amended by 2010 Protocol; HMRC updated 17 June 2026; article 21; English; unreviewed source text, current applicability unverified; /editions/gb-za-2002-hmrc-mli-synthesis-html-v1/en/articles/article-21/

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HMRC, Synthesised text of the Multilateral Instrument and the 2002 UK-South Africa Double Taxation Convention

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