A4 نسخة نهائية للاتفاقية المتعددة الاطراف MLI English REV4B.indd
Art. 9Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA)
Capital Gains from Alienation of Shares or Interests of Entities Deriving their Value
Principally from Immovable Property
1. Provisions of a Covered Tax Agreement providing that gains derived by a resident of a
Contracting Jurisdiction from the alienation of shares or other rights of participation in an
entity may be taxed in the other Contracting Jurisdiction provided that these shares or rights
derived more than a certain part of their value from immovable property (real property)
situated in that other Contracting Jurisdiction (or provided that more than a certain part of
the property of the entity consists of such immovable property (real property)):
a) shall apply if the relevant value threshold is met at any time during the 365 days preceding
the alienation; and
b) shall apply to shares or comparable interests, such as interests in a partnership or trust (to
the extent that such shares or interests are not already covered) in addition to any shares
or rights already covered by the provisions.
2. The period provided in subparagraph a) of paragraph 1 shall apply in place of or in the
absence of a time period for determining whether the relevant value threshold in provisions
of a Covered Tax Agreement described in paragraph 1 was met.
3. A Party may also choose to apply paragraph 4 with respect to its Covered Tax Agreements.
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4. For purposes of a Covered Tax Agreement, gains derived by a resident of a Contracting
Jurisdiction from the alienation of shares or comparable interests, such as interests in a
partnership or trust, may be taxed in the other Contracting Jurisdiction if, at any time during
the 365 days preceding the alienation, these shares or comparable interests derived more
than 50 per cent of their value directly or indirectly from immovable property (real property)
situated in that other Contracting Jurisdiction.
5. Paragraph 4 shall apply in place of or in the absence of provisions of a Covered Tax
Agreement providing that gains derived by a resident of a Contracting Jurisdiction from the
alienation of shares or other rights of participation in an entity may be taxed in the other
Contracting Jurisdiction provided that these shares or rights derived more than a certain part
of their value from immovable property (real property) situated in that other Contracting
Jurisdiction, or provided that more than a certain part of the property of the entity consists
of such immovable property (real property).
6. A Party may reserve the right:
a) for paragraph 1 not to apply to its Covered Tax Agreements;
b) for subparagraph a) of paragraph 1 not to apply to its Covered Tax Agreements;
c) for subparagraph b) of paragraph 1 not to apply to its Covered Tax Agreements;
d) for subparagraph a) of paragraph 1 not to apply to its Covered Tax Agreements that
already contain a provision of the type described in paragraph 1 that includes a period
for determining whether the relevant value threshold was met;
e) for subparagraph b) of paragraph 1 not to apply to its Covered Tax Agreements that
already contain a provision of the type described in paragraph 1 that applies to the
alienation of interests other than shares;
f) for paragraph 4 not to apply to its Covered Tax Agreements that already contain the
provisions described in paragraph 5.
7. Each Party that has not made the reservation described in subparagraph a) of paragraph
6 shall notify the Depositary of whether each of its Covered Tax Agreements contains a
provision described in paragraph 1, and if so, the article and paragraph number of each such
provision.
Paragraph 1 shall apply with respect to a provision of a Covered Tax Agreement only where
all Contracting Jurisdictions have made a notification with respect to that provision.
8. Each Party that chooses to apply paragraph 4 shall notify the Depositary of its choice.
Paragraph 4 shall apply to a Covered Tax Agreement only where all Contracting Jurisdictions
have made such a notification. In such case, paragraph 1 shall not apply with respect to that
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Covered Tax Agreement. In the case of a Party that has not made the reservation described
in subparagraph f) of paragraph 6 and has made the reservation described in subparagraph
a) of paragraph 6, such notification shall also include the list of its Covered Tax Agreements
which contain a provision described in paragraph 5, as well as the article and paragraph
number of each such provision. Where all Contracting Jurisdictions have made a notification
with respect to a provision of a Covered Tax Agreement under this paragraph or paragraph
7, that provision shall be replaced by the provisions of paragraph 4. In other cases, paragraph
4 shall supersede the provisions of the Covered Tax Agreement only to the extent that those
provisions are incompatible with paragraph 4.
The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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