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Germany – United States · Source editionArticle 30 Members of Diplomatic Missions and Consular Posts

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(1)

1. Nothing in this Convention shall affect the fiscal privileges of diplomatic agents or consular officers under the general rules of international law or under the provisions of special agree- ments.

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(2)

2. To the extent that, due to such privileges, income or capi- tal is not taxed in the receiving State, the sending State shall have the right to tax such income or capital.

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(3)

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 4 (Residence), an individual who is a member of a diplomatic mission or a consular post of a Contracting State that is situated in the other Contracting State or in a third State shall be deemed for the purposes of this Convention to be a resident of the sending State if: a) in accordance with international law he is not liable to tax in the receiving State in respect of income from sources out- side that State or on capital situated outside that State, and b) he is liable in the sending State to the same obligations in relation to tax on his total income or on capital as are residents of that State.

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(4)

4. This Convention shall not apply to international organiza- tions, to organs or officials thereof, or to persons who are members of a diplomatic mission, consular post, or permanent mission of a third State, being present in a Contracting State and not liable in either Contracting State to the same obligations in respect of taxes on income or on capital as are residents.

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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
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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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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 30 | en | Pending qualified human review; no wording, completeness, legal alignment or indexing approval. | /library/treaties/de-united-states-2008-consolidated/en/articles/article-30/

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