India (tax/treaty)
Art. 17Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by General Secretariat of Zakat/Tax/Customs Committees (gstc.gov.sa)
ARTISTES AND SPORTSPERSONS
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 14 and 15, income derived by a resident of
a Contracting State as an entertainer, such as a theatre, motion picture, radio or
television artiste, or a musician, or as a sportsperson, from his personal activities as
such exercised in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other State.
2. Where income in respect of personal activities exercised by an entertainer or a
sportsperson in his capacity as such accrues not to the entertainer or sportsperson
himself but to another person, that income may, notwithstanding the provisions of
Articles 7, 14 and 15, be taxed in the Contracting State in which the activities of the
entertainer or sportsperson are exercised.
3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, shall not apply to income from activities
performed in a Contracting State by entertainers or sportspersons if the activities are
substantially supported by public funds of one or both of the Contracting States or of
political subdivisions or local authorities thereof or takes place under a cultural
agreement or arrangement between the Governments of the Contracting States. In
such a case, the income shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the
entertainer or sportsperson is a resident.
The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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