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Germany – Canada · Source editionArticle 18 Pensions, Annuities and Similar Payments

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(1)

(1) Periodic or non-periodic pensions and other similar allowances derived by a resident of a Contracting State shall be tax- able only in that State. However, such pen- sions and allowances may also be taxed in the other Contracting State if: a) they are derived from sources in that other Contracting State; b) contributions to the pension fund or plan were deductible for the purposes of taxation in that other State or if the pension was funded by that other State, a “Land”, a political subdivision, a local authority or a governmental in- strumentality thereof; and c) they are not paid in respect of services rendered or activities exercised outside that other State by a person when this person was not a resident of that other State.

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(2)

(2) Annuities derived by a resident of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State unless they are derived from sources within the other Contracting State. If they are so derived, such annuities may be taxed in that other State. The term “annuities” means stated sums payable periodically at stated times, during life or during a specified or ascertainable period of time, under an obligation to make the payments in return for adequate and full consideration in money or money’s worth but does not include any annuity the cost of which was deductible for the purposes of taxation in the Contracting State in which it was acquired.

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(3)

(3) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement: a) war pensions and allowances (including pensions and allowances paid to war veterans or paid as a consequence of damages or injuries suffered as a con- sequence of war) received from Cana- da and paid to a resident of the Federal Republic of Germany shall be taxable only in Canada; b) periodic or non-periodic payments received by a resident of Canada from the Federal Republic of Germany, or a “Land” or a governmental instrumental- ity thereof as compensation for an injury or damage sustained as a result of hostilities or past political persecu- tion shall be taxable only in the Federal Republic of Germany; c) benefits under the social security legis- lation in a Contracting State paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State, but the amount of any such benefits that would be excluded from taxable in- come in the first-mentioned State if the recipient were a resident thereof shall be exempt from taxation in that other State; d) alimony or similar allowances arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resi- dent of the other Contracting State shall be taxable only in that other State.

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Source, edition and limits
Source edition
de-canada-2002-base | BGBl. 2002 II S. 670 | signed 2001-04-19 | published 2002-03-27 | Signed: 2001-04-19 | Gazette publication: 2002-03-27
Source form
official-publication PDF with native text layer; reader is a machine transcription
Source scope
original implementing law, multilingual base treaty and accompanying protocol; not a current consolidated text
Retrieved
2026-09-30
Text and language scope
The original prints German, English and French treaty and integral protocol texts in three columns. All three authentic treaty-language transcriptions are supplied here; R3 omitted French. This is NOT a full-language accuracy/completeness certification. Physical PDF page 38 is a separate German-only competent-authority agreement dated 19/20 April 2001, not an amendment or translated treaty text. No English/French version of that supplement is supplied or invented. Signature 2001-04-19 differs from edition ID/publication year 2002. No qualified human wording review, legal review, current-law or publication approval. 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-canada-2002-base/. PDF page links identify pages, not verified paragraph correspondence.
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Pending human wording, completeness, source-authority, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No legal review performed.
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Original source edition; not a verified current-law consolidation. Unknown as current law. Signed 2001-04-19; consent law 2002-03-23; gazette publication 2002-03-27. Edition ID year is not a signature date. Treaty entry into force: 2002-03-28. Roster general application: 2001-01-01 (not a universal tax-specific rule). Cached official article entry statements (may refer to multiple instruments): 28. März 2002. 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.
Protocols and later instruments
Printed signature protocol retained separately and not merged into articles. Roster future-instrument/negotiation entry (NOT proof of operative amendment): Kanada 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.
Text language and status
en · authentic-language-transcription · machine-transcription
Citation
BGBl. 2002 II S. 670
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BGBl. 2002 II S. 670 | de-canada-2002-base | de-canada-2002-base | BGBl. 2002 II S. 670 | signed 2001-04-19 | published 2002-03-27 | Signed: 2001-04-19 | Gazette publication: 2002-03-27 | Article 18 | en | Pending human wording, completeness, source-authority, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No legal review performed. | /library/treaties/de-canada-2002-base/en/articles/article-18/

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