Department of the Treasury Technical Explanation of the Protocol Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia

Download or read book Department of the Treasury Technical Explanation of the Protocol Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia written by United States United States Government and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a technical explanation of the Protocol between the United States and Australia, signed on September 27, 2001, (the "Protocol") amending the Convention between the United States of America and Australia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on August 6, 1982 (the "Convention"). Negotiations took into account the U.S. Treasury Department's current tax treaty policy, the Treasury Department's Model Income Tax Convention (the "U.S. Model"), published on September 20, 1996, and the Australian Model Tax Convention. Negotiations also took into account the Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital, published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as updated in April 2000 (the "OECD Model"), and recent tax treaties concluded by both countries.