AGREEMENT BETWEEN
Art. 12Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA)
ROYALTIES
1. Royalties arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may
be taxed in that other Contracting State.
2. However, royalties arising in a Contracting State may also be taxed in that Contracting State
according to the laws of that Contracting State, but if the beneficial owner of the royalties is a
resident of the other Contracting State, the tax so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the
gross amount of the royalties.
3. The term “royalties” as used in this Article means payments of any kind received as a
consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright (including rights related to literary,
artistic or scientific work, broadcasting and cinematograph films, or films or tapes used for radio
or television broadcasting), any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan, secret formula or
process, or for the use of, or the right to use, industrial, commercial or scientific equipment, or
for information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience (know-how).
4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the
royalties, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting
State in which the royalties arise, through a permanent establishment situated therein, or
performs in that other Contracting State independent personal services from a fixed base
situated therein, and the right or property in respect of which the royalties are paid is effectively
connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case, the provisions of
Article 7 or Article 14 of this Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply.
5. Royalties shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is a resident of that
Contracting State. Where, however, the person paying the royalties, whether the payer is a
resident of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment or
a fixed base in connection with which the liability to pay the royalties was incurred, and such
royalties are borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base, then such royalties shall
be deemed to arise in the Contracting State in which the permanent establishment or fixed
base is situated.
6. Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or
between both of them and some other person, the amount of the royalties, having regard to
the use, right or information for which they are paid, exceeds the amount which would have
been agreed upon by the payer and the beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship,
the provisions of this Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned amount. In such case, the
excess part of the payments shall remain taxable according to the laws of each Contracting
State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this Agreement.
The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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