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Tax Convention (the “Convention”) in the following situation. We apologize for the delay in responding to your request. 1. ... Your position is based upon the fact that without a permanent establishment in Canada, B Co. is exempt from the provisions of Article VII of the Convention which taxes business income earned in Canada and B Co. would not qualify as an Artiste or Athlete for the purposes of Article XVI of the Convention. As such, B Co would be exempt from tax in Canada under the provisions of the Convention. ...

Tax Convention Canada-U.S. Tax Treaty:Art. XVIII, XXII XXXX E. Wayne Hood Tel. (613) 993-7295 November 27, 1984 XXXX This is in reply to your letter of September 11 concerning the Convention Between Canada and The United States Of America With Respect To Taxes On Income And On Capital (the Convention). ... The Income Tax Act imposes a withholding tax of 25% (which is not reduced by the Convention). 4. ... Article XVIII of the Convention also exempts these payments from Canadian income tax. ...

-Canada convention will enter into force shortly, we are seeking your views in a few situations of concern to us. 1. ... As the 1980 Convention has no provision analagous to paragraph 5 of Article XI of the 1942 Convention, will you please advise us of the date upon which the statutory authority for Canada's Income Tax Regulation 203 will cease to exist. Paragraph 6 of Article XXX of the 1980 Convention appears to suggest it could be at different times for different taxpayers. 5. ...

Plus précisément vous désirez savoir si l'expression "une convention y relative" employée au paragraphe 256(1.1) de la Loi peut englober une convention entre actionnaires. ... Nous sommes d'avis que l'expression "une convention y relative" employée au paragraphe 256(1.1) de la Loi pourrait englober une convention unanime des actionnaires régie par la Loi sur les compagnies. Dans un tel cas, une convention unanime des actionnaires qui aurait pour effet de restreindre le pouvoir des administrateurs dans la déclaration du dividende de sorte qu'il soit déclaré par ceux-ci selon un taux fixe conformément aux termes de ladite convention pourrait faire que les exigences de l'alinéa 256(1.1)c) de la Loi sont rencontrées dans la mesure où il est démontré que le taux indiqué dans la convention est un pourcentage déterminé qui ne fluctue pas. ...

Tax Convention (Convention)? (3) As Articles V and XIV of the Canada-U.S. Income Tax Convention (U.S. Treaty) are substantially similar to Article V and XIV of the Convention would your replies to Opinion #1 and #2 above be the same if XXXX and his Corporation were U.S. residents? ... Since the words of Articles V and XIV of the Convention are substantially similar to the related articles in the U.S. ...

Income Tax Convention (Convention). We have reviewed the proposed draft legislation as set out in Bill C-64 which received first reading on June 9, 1987. ... Such withholding tax would be subject to any relief granted to a non-resident by virtue of a provision contained in a tax convention or agreement with another country. As you are aware, there have been no tax cases under the Convention to provide us with guidelines as to what constitutes a "retirement plan" for purposes of paragraph 3 of Article XVIII of the Convention. ...

Questions: 1)      Quelle est la position du Ministère face au gain réputé réalisé par Canco en tenant compte de la convention fiscale entre le Canada et les États-Unis? Plus précisément, est-ce que le Ministère considère que le gain est exempté en vertu du paragraphe 4 de l'article XIII de la Convention? ... Réponse du ministère du Revenu 1)      En formulant notre réponse nous avons présumé que Canco ne tire pas la valeur de ses actions principalement de biens immeubles situés au Canada aux fins du paragraphe 3 de l'article XIII de la Convention fiscale entre le Canada et les États-Unis (ci-après la "Convention") ou par l'aliénation de biens meubles selon l'alinéa 2 de l'article XIII de la Convention.       ...

However, such income may be exempt from Canadian tax under the provisions of the Convention when paragraph 2 of Article 8 of the Convention applies. ... The term "international traffic" is not defined by the Convention. Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the Convention, unless the context otherwise requires, any term not otherwise defined shall have the meaning which it has under the laws of the Contracting State applying the Convention. ...

Tax Convention Article V(9)(a) We are replying to your letter dated March 30, 2011 regarding paragraph 9(a) of Article V of the Canada-U.S Tax Convention ("Convention"). ... Absent paragraph 9 of Article V of the Convention, the income from services provided by the Taxpayer are not earned through a permanent establishment in Canada. ... However you note that the services performed in Period 2 meet all the requisites of paragraph 9(a) of Article V of the Convention. ...

Income Tax Convention (1978)? Position: No. Reasons: We have previously taken the position that such an amount would constitute a payment in settlement of all future entitlements in respect of the $XXXXXXXXXX and, as such, would not meet the definition of pension in paragraph 3 of Article XVII of the Convention. ... Income Tax Convention (1978) (the "Convention"). The individual argued that the $XXXXXXXXXX qualified under paragraph 1 of Article XVII of the Convention because it did not represent a payment under a superannuation, pension or retirement plan in settlement of all future entitlements under the DPSP. ... Comments In our opinion, the lump-sum withdrawal of $XXXXXXXXXX from the DPSP represents a settlement of all future entitlements in respect of the $XXXXXXXXXX previously held in the DPSP as contemplated by paragraph 3 of Article XVII of the Convention, and is, therefore, not a "pension" for purposes of paragraph 1 of Article XVII of the Convention. ...