(1) Subject to the provisions of Articles 16 to 19, salaries,
wages and other similar remuneration derived by a resident of a
Contracting State in respect of an employment shall be taxable
only in that State unless the employment is exercised in the
other Contracting State. If the employment is so exercised,
such remuneration as is derived therefrom may be taxed in that
other State.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, remuner-
ation derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of
an employment exercised in the other Contracting State shall
be taxable only in the first-mentioned State if:
a) the recipient is present in the other State for a period or peri-
ods not exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in any twelve
month period commencing or ending in the fiscal year con-
cerned, and
b) the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, an employer
who is not a resident of the other State, and
c) the remuneration is not borne by a permanent establish-
ment which the employer has in the other State.
(3) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article,
remuneration derived in respect of an employment exercised
aboard a ship or aircraft operated in international traffic, may be
taxed in the Contracting State in which the place of effective
management of the enterprise which operates the ship or air-
craft is situated.
de-ghana-2006-base | BGBl. 2006 II S. 1018 | Signed: 2004-08-12 | Gazette publication: 2006-12-07
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de-ghana-2006-base | BGBl. 2006 II S. 1018 | Signed: 2004-08-12 | Gazette publication: 2006-12-07
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