CONVENTION BETWEEN
Art. 4Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA)
RESIDENT
1. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “resident of a Contracting State” means:
a) any person who, under the law of that State is liable to taxes in that State by reason of his
domicile, residence, place of incorporation, place of management or any other criterion
of a similar nature, and also include that State and any administrative subdivision or local
authorities thereof;
b) a legal person organized under the laws of a Contracting State and that is not liable to tax
or generally exempt from tax in that State and is established and maintained in that State
either:
i) for a religious, charitable, educational, scientific, or other similar purpose; or
ii) to provide pensions or other similar benefits to employees.
This term, however, does not include any person who is liable to tax in that State in respect only
of income from sources in that State or capital situated therein.
2. Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article an individual is a resident of
both Contracting States, then his status shall be determined as follows:
a) he shall be deemed to be a resident only of the Contracting State in which he has a
permanent home available to him; if he has a permanent home available to him in both
Contracting States, he shall be deemed to be a resident only of the Contracting State with
which his personal and economic relations are closer (centre of vital interests);
b) if the Contracting State in which he has his centre of vital interests cannot be determined,
or if he has not a permanent home available to him in either Contracting State, he shall be
deemed to be a resident only of the Contracting State in which he has an habitual abode;
c) if he has an habitual abode in both Contracting States or in neither of them, he shall be
deemed to be a resident only of the Contracting State of which he is a national;
d) If he is a national of both Contracting States or of neither of them, the competent authorities
of the Contracting States shall settle the question by mutual agreement.
3. Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article, a person other than an
individual is a resident of both Contracting States, and then it shall be deemed to be a resident
only of the Contracting State in which its place of effective management is situated.
The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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