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Germany – United States · Source editionArticle 18 Pensions, Annuities, Alimony, Child Support, and Social Security

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(1)

1. Subject to the provisions of Article 19 (Government Service), pensions and other similar remuneration derived and beneficially owned by a resident of a Contracting State in consideration of past employment shall be taxable only in that State.

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(2)

2. Subject to the provisions of Article 19 (Government Service), annuities derived and beneficially owned by a resident of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State. The term “annuities” as used in this paragraph means a stated sum paid periodically at stated times during a specified number of years, under an obligation to make the payments in return for adequate and full consideration (other than services rendered).

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(3)

3. Alimony paid by a resident of a Contracting State and deductible therein to a resident of the other Contracting State shall be taxable only in that other State. The term “alimony” as used in this Article means periodic payments (made pursuant to a written separation agreement or a decree of divorce, separate maintenance, or compulsory support) that are taxable to the recipient under the laws of the State of which he is a resident.

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(4)

4. Non-deductible alimony, and periodic payments for the support of a minor child (made pursuant to a written separation agreement or a decree of divorce, separate maintenance, or compulsory support), paid by a resident of a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State shall be taxable only in the first-mentioned State.

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(5)

5. Social security benefits paid under the social security legislation of a Contracting State and other public pensions (not dealt with in Article 19 (Government Service)) paid by a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State shall be taxable only in that other Contracting State. In applying the preceding sentence, that other Contracting State shall treat such benefit or pension as though it were a social security benefit paid under the social security legislation of that other Contracting State.

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Source edition
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.
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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
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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 18 | en | Pending qualified human review; no wording, completeness, legal alignment or indexing approval. | /library/treaties/de-united-states-2008-consolidated/en/articles/article-18/

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