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Germany – Malaysia · Source editionArticle 15 Dependent Personal Services

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(1)

(1) Subject to the provisions of Articles 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, salaries, wages and other similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employ- ment 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.

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(2)

(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 periods not exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in any twelve month period commencing or ending in the fiscal year concerned; 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 or a fixed base which the employer has in the other State.

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(3)

(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.

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Source, edition and limits
Source edition
de-malaysia-2010-base | BGBl. 2010 II S. 1310 | Signed: 2010-02-23 | Gazette publication: 2010-11-23
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official-publication PDF with native text layer; reader is a machine transcription
Source scope
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Retrieved
2026-09-30
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en · authentic-language-transcription · machine-transcription
Citation
BGBl. 2010 II S. 1310
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BGBl. 2010 II S. 1310 | de-malaysia-2010-base | de-malaysia-2010-base | BGBl. 2010 II S. 1310 | Signed: 2010-02-23 | Gazette publication: 2010-11-23 | Article 15 | en | Pending human wording, completeness, source-authority, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No legal review performed. | /library/treaties/de-malaysia-2010-base/en/articles/article-15/

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BGBl. 2010 II S. 1310

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