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Germany – Turkey · Source editionArticle 18 Pensions

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(1)

(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 19, pensions and other similar remuneration paid to a resident of a Contracting State in consideration of past employment or annu- ities shall be taxable only in that State.

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(2)

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, pensions and other similar remuneration or annuities including payments from the statutory social insurance may also be taxed in the Con- tracting State in which they arise and according to the laws of that State, but these payments amounting to 10.000 Euro (in- cluding pension allowance) per year shall be exempted in that State. If such payments exceed the aforementioned amount, only the exceeding part shall be subject to tax and the tax so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the gross amount according to the first sentence.

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(3)

(3) The term “annuities” means certain amounts payable peri- odically at stated times, for life or for 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.

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Source edition
de-turkey-2012-base | BGBl. 2012 II S. 526 | Signed: 2011-09-19 | Gazette publication: 2012-05-30
Source form
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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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Text language and status
en · authentic-language-transcription · machine-transcription
Citation
BGBl. 2012 II S. 526
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BGBl. 2012 II S. 526 | de-turkey-2012-base | de-turkey-2012-base | BGBl. 2012 II S. 526 | Signed: 2011-09-19 | Gazette publication: 2012-05-30 | Article 18 | en | Pending human wording, completeness, source-authority, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No legal review performed. | /library/treaties/de-turkey-2012-base/en/articles/article-18/

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BGBl. 2012 II S. 526

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