(1) Salaries, wages and other similar remuneration, paid by a
Contracting State, a “Land”, a political subdivision or a local
authority of a “Land” or a Contracting State or some other legal
entity under public law of that State to an individual in respect of
services rendered to that State, “Land”, political subdivision or
local authority or some other legal entity under public law shall be
taxable only in that State. However, such salaries, wages and
other similar remuneration shall be taxable only in the other Con-
tracting State if the services are rendered in that State and the
individual is a resident of that State who
a) is a national of that State or
b) did not become a resident of that State solely for the purpose
of rendering the services.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, pensions
and other similar remuneration paid by, or out of funds created
by, a Contracting State, a “Land” or a political subdivision or a
local authority of a “Land” or a Contracting State or some other
legal entity under public law of that State to an individual in
respect of services rendered to that State, “Land”, subdivision
or authority or legal entity under public law shall be taxable only
in that State. However, such pensions and other similar
remuneration shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State
if the individual is a resident of, and a national of, that State.
(3) The provisions of Articles 14, 15, 16, and 17 shall apply to
salaries, wages, pensions, and other similar remuneration in
respect of services rendered in connection with a business
carried on by a Contracting State, a “Land”, a political sub -
division or a local authority of a “Land” or a Contracting State or
some other legal entity under public law of that State.
(4) The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall also apply to
salaries, wages, pensions, and other similar remuneration paid
to an individual in respect of services rendered to the Goethe In-
stitute, the German Academic Exchange Service (“Deutscher
Akademischer Austauschdienst”), or to other comparable institu-
tions mutually agreed by the competent authorities of the Con-
tracting States.
de-united-kingdom-2010-base | BGBl. 2010 II S. 1333 | Signed: 2010-03-30 | Gazette publication: 2010-11-23
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BGBl. 2010 II S. 1333 | de-united-kingdom-2010-base | de-united-kingdom-2010-base | BGBl. 2010 II S. 1333 | Signed: 2010-03-30 | Gazette publication: 2010-11-23 | Article 18 | en | Pending human wording, completeness, source-authority, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No legal review performed. | /library/treaties/de-united-kingdom-2010-base/en/articles/article-18/
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Source edition
de-united-kingdom-2010-base | BGBl. 2010 II S. 1333 | Signed: 2010-03-30 | Gazette publication: 2010-11-23
Source form
official-publication PDF with native text layer; reader is a machine transcription
Source scope
original implementing law, bilingual base treaty and accompanying protocol; not a current consolidated text
Retrieved
2026-09-30
Text and language scope
German and English versions are present in the source and are identified by the signing clause. 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-united-kingdom-2010-base/. PDF page links identify pages, not verified paragraph correspondence.
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. No current-law consolidation, effective-period determination, MLI application, or complete amendment-chain verification has been performed. Original publication year is not a current applicability date. 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
The protocol printed with this agreement is separately preserved in source supplements; it has not been merged into treaty articles. Subsequent protocols, amendments, MLI effects, replacements and suspensions are unresolved. This is not a consolidated current-law 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. Known related/later instruments NOT included in this source (agent triage, not exhaustive): amending-protocol; signature date: 2014-03-17; entry into force: 2015-12-29; general application from: 2016-01-01; limit: Exact tax-specific application remains for protocol review. / amending-protocol; signature date: 2021-01-12; entry into force: 2021-12-17; general application from: 2022-01-01; limit: Exact tax-specific application remains for protocol review.
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