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  1. Proclamation Giving Notice of the Entry into Force on June 26, 2015 of the Annexed Supplementary Convention intended to replace the Convention between Canada and New Zealand for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income - SI/2016-44

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    • 1 The taxes to which the Convention shall apply are:

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        In the case of Canada, the taxes imposed by the Government of Canada under the Income Tax Act (hereinafter referred to as “Canadian tax”);

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    • 1 For the purposes of this Convention, the terms resident of Canada and resident of New Zealand mean respectively any person who is resident in Canada for the purposes of Canadian tax and any person who is resident in New Zealand for the purposes of New Zealand tax.

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    • 7 Nothing in this Convention shall be construed as preventing Canada from imposing a tax on the earnings attributable to permanent establishments in Canada of a company which is a resident of New Zealand, in addition to the tax which would be chargeable on the earnings of a company which is a resident of Canada, provided that the rate of any additional tax so imposed shall not exceed 5 per cent of the amount of such earnings which have not been subjected to such additional tax in previous taxation years. For the purpose of this paragraph, the term earnings means profits attributable to such permanent establishments in Canada (including gains from the alienation of property forming part of the business property, referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 13, of such permanent establishments) in accordance with Article 7 in a year and previous years after deducting therefrom:

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        five hundred thousand Canadian dollars ($500,000), less any amount deducted:

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    • 2 However, such royalties may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which they arise, and according to the laws of that State, but if the beneficial owner of the royalties is a resident of the other Contracting State, the tax so charged shall not exceed:

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          copyright royalties and other like payments in respect of the production or reproduction of any literary, dramatic, musical or other artistic work (excluding royalties in respect of motion picture films and royalties in respect of works on film, videotape or other means of reproduction for use in connection with television broadcasting); or
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          royalties for the use of, or the right to use, computer software or any patent or for information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience (but not including any such royalty provided in connection with a rental or franchise agreement);
    • 3 The term royalties as used in this Article means payments of any kind received as consideration for:

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        information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience;

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    • 1 In the case of Canada, double taxation shall be avoided as follows:

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        subject to the existing provisions of the law of Canada regarding the deduction from tax payable in Canada of tax paid in a territory outside Canada and to any subsequent modification of those provisions - which shall not affect the general principle hereof - and unless a greater deduction or relief is provided under the laws of Canada, tax payable in New Zealand on profits, income or gains arising in New Zealand shall be deducted from any Canadian tax payable in respect of such profits, income or gains;
    • 2 Subject to the provisions of the laws of New Zealand which relate to the allowance of a credit against New Zealand tax of tax paid in a country outside New Zealand (which shall not affect the general principle of this Article), Canadian tax paid under the laws of Canada and consistent with this Convention, in respect of income derived by a resident of New Zealand from sources in Canada (excluding, in the case of a dividend, tax paid in respect of the profits out of which the dividend is paid) shall be allowed as a credit against New Zealand tax payable in respect of that income.

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    • 1 Each of the Contracting States shall notify the other Contracting State, through diplomatic channels, of the completion of the necessary domestic procedures for this Convention to enter into force in New Zealand and in Canada. This Convention shall enter into force on the date of the later of these notifications and its provisions shall have effect:

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        • (ii) 
          in respect of other Canadian tax, for taxation years beginning on or after the first day of January in the calendar year following that in which this Convention enters into force.

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    • 1 This Convention shall continue in effect indefinitely but either Contracting State may, on or before June 30 of any calendar year after the year of the entry into force, give to the other Contracting State a notice of termination in writing through the diplomatic channels. In such event, the Convention shall cease to have effect:

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        • (ii) 
          in respect of other Canadian tax, for taxation years beginning after the end of that calendar year.

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