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Art. 4Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA)
Dual Resident Entities
1. Where by reason of the provisions of a Covered Tax Agreement a person other than an
individual is a resident of more than one Contracting Jurisdiction, the competent authorities
of the Contracting Jurisdictions shall endeavor to determine by mutual agreement the
Contracting Jurisdiction of which such person shall be deemed to be a resident for the
purposes of the Covered Tax Agreement, having regard to its place of effective management,
the place where it is incorporated or otherwise constituted and any other relevant factors. In
the absence of such agreement, such person shall not be entitled to any relief or exemption
from tax provided by the Covered Tax Agreement except to the extent and in such manner
as may be agreed upon by the competent authorities of the Contracting Jurisdictions.
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply in place of or in the absence of provisions of a Covered Tax Agreement
that provide rules for determining whether a person other than an individual shall be treated
as a resident of one of the Contracting Jurisdictions in cases in which that person would
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otherwise be treated as a resident of more than one Contracting Jurisdiction. Paragraph 1
shall not apply, however, to provisions of a Covered Tax Agreement specifically addressing
the residence of companies participating in dual-listed company arrangements.
3. A Party may reserve the right:
a) for the entirety of this Article not to apply to its Covered Tax Agreements;
b) for the entirety of this Article not to apply to its Covered Tax Agreements that already
address cases where a person other than an individual is a resident of more than one
Contracting Jurisdiction by requiring the competent authorities of the Contracting
Jurisdictions to endeavor to reach mutual agreement on a single Contracting Jurisdiction
of residence;
c) for the entirety of this Article not to apply to its Covered Tax Agreements that already
address cases where a person other than an individual is a resident of more than one
Contracting Jurisdiction by denying treaty benefits without requiring the competent
authorities of the Contracting Jurisdictions to endeavor to reach mutual agreement on a
single Contracting Jurisdiction of residence;
d) for the entirety of this Article not to apply to its Covered Tax Agreements that already
address cases where a person other than an individual is a resident of more than one
Contracting Jurisdiction by requiring the competent authorities of the Contracting
Jurisdictions to endeavor to reach mutual agreement on a single Contracting Jurisdiction
of residence, and that set out the treatment of that person under the Covered Tax
Agreement where such an agreement cannot be reached;
e) to replace the last sentence of paragraph 1 with the following text for the purposes of
its Covered Tax Agreements: “In the absence of such agreement, such person shall not be
entitled to any relief or exemption from tax provided by the Covered Tax Agreement.”;
f) for the entirety of this Article not to apply to its Covered Tax Agreements with Parties
that have made the reservation described in subparagraph (e).
4. Each Party that has not made a reservation described in subparagraph (a) of paragraph
3 shall notify the Depositary of whether each of its Covered Tax Agreements contains a
provision described in paragraph 2 that is not subject to a reservation under subparagraphs
(b) through
(d) of paragraph 3, and if so, the article and paragraph number of each such provision.
Where all Contracting Jurisdictions have made such a notification with respect to a
provision of a Covered Tax Agreement, that provision shall be replaced by the provisions
of paragraph 1. In other cases, paragraph 1 shall supersede the provisions of the Covered
Tax Agreement only to the extent that those provisions are incompatible with paragraph 1.
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The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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