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Germany – Australia · Source editionArticle 18 Government Service

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(1)

(1) a) Salaries, wages and other similar remuneration, other than a pension, paid by a Contracting State or, in the case of the Federal Republic of Germany, by its States (Länder), or a political subdivision or local authority thereof to an individual in respect of services rendered to that State or subdivision or local authority shall be taxable only in that State. b) However, such salaries, wages and other similar remunera- tion shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State if the services are rendered in that State and the individual is a resident of that State who: i) is a national of that State; or ii) did not become a resident of that State solely for the purpose of rendering the services.

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(2)

(2) a) Any pension paid by, or out of funds created by, a Contract- ing State or a political subdivision or a local authority thereof to an individual in respect of services rendered to that State or subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in that State. b) However, such pensions 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)

(3) The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall also apply to salaries, wages and pensions paid to an individual in respect of services rendered to the Deutsche Bundesbank (Federal Central Bank) and the Association of Chambers of Industry and Com- merce for the promotion of Foreign Economic Relations through the Network of Foreign Chambers of Commerce, or to other comparable institutions mutually agreed in an Exchange of Notes between the Contracting States.

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(4)

(4) The provisions of Articles 14, 15, 16 or 17, as the case may be, shall apply to salaries, wages and other similar remuneration, or to pensions, in respect of services rendered in connection with any business carried on by a Contracting State or, in the case of the Federal Republic of Germany, by its States (Länder), or a political subdivision or a local authority thereof.

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Source, edition and limits
Source edition
de-australia-2016-base | BGBl. 2016 II S. 1114 | Signed: 2015-11-12 | Gazette publication: 2016-10-17
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Source scope
original implementing law, bilingual base treaty and accompanying protocol; not a current consolidated text
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2026-09-30
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German and English versions are present in the source and are identified by the signing clause. Unreviewed coordinate-based machine transcription of this original source edition only. Printed line breaks, hyphens and uncertain token spacing are retained, not silently corrected. Treaty preamble, closing formula, protocol and shared signatures are separate retained assets, not part of the last article. Full supplements: /review/de-australia-2016-base/. PDF page links identify pages, not verified paragraph correspondence.
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BGBl. 2016 II S. 1114
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BGBl. 2016 II S. 1114 | de-australia-2016-base | de-australia-2016-base | BGBl. 2016 II S. 1114 | Signed: 2015-11-12 | Gazette publication: 2016-10-17 | Article 18 | en | Pending human wording, completeness, source-authority, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No legal review performed. | /library/treaties/de-australia-2016-base/en/articles/article-18/

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