1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 16 (Directors’ Fees),
17 (Artistes and Athletes), 18 (Pensions, Annuities, Alimony,
Child Support, and Social Security), 19 (Government Service),
and 20 (Visiting Professors and Teachers; Students and Train-
ees), 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,
remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in
respect or 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 the
calendar 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
establishment that the employer has in the other State.
3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article,
remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in
respect or an employment as a member of the regular
complement of a ship or aircraft operated in international traffic
may be taxed only in that State.
BGBl. 2008 II S. 611 | Included protocol entered 2007-12-28 (original publication footnote, PDF31); publication 2008-06-23; correction851 unresolved | Signed: 1989-08-29 | Gazette publication: 2008-06-23
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UNREVIEWED ORIGINAL 611-PUBLICATION ONLY. Correction BGBl.2008 II S.851 is identified but its wording/incorporation is unresolved. NOT a corrected final version or current law. Printed line breaks, hyphens and PDF word spacing retained. Article14 deletion marker and Article18A conserved. Separate preamble, protocol and publication footnotes: /review/de-united-states-2008-consolidated/. No consolidation closing or signatories invented. Page references are not verified paragraph alignment.
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Original source edition; not a verified current-law consolidation. No current-law determination, qualified human wording/completeness review, legal alignment, or indexing approval. No exhaustive later-development check. Page links identify source pages, not verified paragraph correspondence. Original 611 publication only; Correction851 unresolved. No corrected-final-version or full-language accuracy claim. 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
Includes protocol signed 2006-06-01, entry 2007-12-28 (publication footnote4, PDF31). Separate official correction BGBl.2008 II S.851 is linked in retained BMF metadata; its wording and incorporation remain unresolved. No correction applied. 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.
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BGBl. 2008 II S. 611 | de-united-states-2008-consolidated | BGBl. 2008 II S. 611 | Included protocol entered 2007-12-28 (original publication footnote, PDF31); publication 2008-06-23; correction851 unresolved | Signed: 1989-08-29 | Gazette publication: 2008-06-23 | Article 15 | en | Pending qualified human review; no wording, completeness, legal alignment or indexing approval. | /library/treaties/de-united-states-2008-consolidated/en/articles/article-15/
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BGBl. 2008 II S. 611 | Included protocol entered 2007-12-28 (original publication footnote, PDF31); publication 2008-06-23; correction851 unresolved | Signed: 1989-08-29 | Gazette publication: 2008-06-23
Source form
Original official-publication PDF with native text layer; unreviewed language-separated machine transcription of that exact publication
Source scope
Exact officially published consolidation, not a privately synthesized or certified current-law text
Retrieved
2026-09-30
Text and language scope
UNREVIEWED ORIGINAL 611-PUBLICATION ONLY. Correction BGBl.2008 II S.851 is identified but its wording/incorporation is unresolved. NOT a corrected final version or current law. Printed line breaks, hyphens and PDF word spacing retained. Article14 deletion marker and Article18A conserved. Separate preamble, protocol and publication footnotes: /review/de-united-states-2008-consolidated/. No consolidation closing or signatories invented. Page references are not verified paragraph alignment.
Review status
Pending qualified human review; no wording, completeness, legal alignment or indexing approval.
Currentness
Original source edition; not a verified current-law consolidation. No current-law determination, qualified human wording/completeness review, legal alignment, or indexing approval. No exhaustive later-development check. Page links identify source pages, not verified paragraph correspondence. Original 611 publication only; Correction851 unresolved. No corrected-final-version or full-language accuracy claim. 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
Includes protocol signed 2006-06-01, entry 2007-12-28 (publication footnote4, PDF31). Separate official correction BGBl.2008 II S.851 is linked in retained BMF metadata; its wording and incorporation remain unresolved. No correction applied. 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.
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en · authentic-language-transcription · machine-transcription