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Germany – New Zealand · Source editionArticle 4 Resident

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(1)

(1) For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “resident of a Contracting State” means any person who, under the laws of that State, is liable to tax therein by reason of his domicile, residence, place of management or any other criterion of a similar nature. But this term does not include any person who is liable to tax in that State in respect only of income from sources in that State or capital situated therein.

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(2)

(2) Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 an individual is a resident of both Contracting States, then his status shall be determined as follows: a) he shall be deemed to be a resident of the State in which he has a permanent home available to him; if he has a perm- anent home available to him in both States, he shall be deemed to be a resident of the State with which his per- sonal and economic relations are closer (centre of vital in- terests); if the State in which he has his centre of vital interests can- b = not be determined, or if he has not a permanent home avail- able to him in either State, he shall be deemed to be a resi- dent of the State in which he has an habitual! abode; ~ if he has an habitual abode in both States or in neither of Cc them, he shall be deemed to be a resident of the State of which he is a national; if he is a national of both States or of neither of them, the = d competent authorities of the Contracting States shall settle the question by mutual agreement.

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(3)

(3) Where, by reason of paragraph 1 a person other than an individual is a resident of both Contracting States, the compe- tent authorities of the Contracting States shall by mutual agreement endeavour to settle the question having regard to the place of effective management, the place where the person is incorporated or otherwise constituted and any other relevant factors.

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Source, edition and limits
Source edition
de-new-zealand-1980-base | BGBl. 1980 II S. 1222 | signed 1978-10-20 | published 1980-09-11 | Signed: 1978-10-20 | Gazette publication: 1980-09-11
Source form
unchanged official-publication scan; separate 260-dpi local OCR machine transcription, NOT original native text
Source scope
original consent-law publication and base treaty with accompanying protocol; not current consolidated law
Retrieved
2026-09-30
Text and language scope
The original closing specifies German and English, equally authentic. No third authentic language is identified by these retained originals/audit; this is not a full-language accuracy certification. All text is unreviewed OCR, including retained wrong glyphs, punctuation, hyphens and spacing. Original pages20–22 retain an exchange of notes and a supplementary letter exchange. The German supplementary request on page21 is explicitly headed (Übersetzung) in print; OCR (Ubersetzung) is retained. The German editorial placeholders (Es folgt der Text der vorstehenden Note.) appear in BOTH printed columns and remain verbatim, not silently expanded or translated. Entry into force is unresolved in the retained audit; roster general application is not entry into force. Treaty preamble, closing, protocol, signatures, implementing law and any notes are retained separately at /review/de-new-zealand-1980-base/. Exact physical-page spans and unresolved OCR at /review/de-new-zealand-1980-base/evidence/. Source-page links are page references, not verified paragraph alignment.
Review status
Pending human wording, completeness, source authority, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No legal review performed.
Currentness
Original source edition; not a verified current-law consolidation. Unknown as current law. Signed 1978-10-20; consent law 1980-09-04; gazette publication 1980-09-11. Edition ID year is not a signature date. Treaty entry into force: not resolved as a single source-bound field by the retained audit. Roster general application: 1978-01-01 (not a universal tax-specific rule). 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): Neuseeland R-P P: 31.03.2025 KR KR. 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. 1980 II S. 1222
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BGBl. 1980 II S. 1222 | de-new-zealand-1980-base | de-new-zealand-1980-base | BGBl. 1980 II S. 1222 | signed 1978-10-20 | published 1980-09-11 | Signed: 1978-10-20 | Gazette publication: 1980-09-11 | Article 4 | en | Pending human wording, completeness, source authority, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No legal review performed. | /library/treaties/de-new-zealand-1980-base/en/articles/article-4/

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BGBl. 1980 II S. 1222

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