Malaysia (tax/treaty)

INCOME FROM DEBT-CLAIMS 1. Income from debt-claims arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State. 2. However, such income from debt-claims may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which it arises, and according to the laws of that State, but if the beneficial owner of the income from debt-claims is a resident of the other Contracting State, the tax so charged shall not exceed 5percent of the gross amount of the income from debt- claims. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, income from debt-claims arising in a Contracting State shall be exempt from tax in that State if: a. the payer of the income from debt-claims is the Government of that Contracting State, a political subdivision, a statutory body or a local authority thereof; or b. the income from debt-claims is paid to the Government of the other Contracting State, a political subdivision, a statutory body, a local authority or any institutions, agency or instrumentality wholly owned by that Government, political subdivision, statutory body or local authority. 4. The term "income from debt-claims" as used in this Article means income from debt- claims of every kind, whether or not secured by mortgage and whether or not carrying a right to participate in the debtor's profits, and in particular, income from government securities and income from bonds or debentures, including premiums attaching to such securities, bonds or debentures. Penalty charges for late payment shall not be regarded as income from debt-claims for the purpose of this Article. 5. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the income from debt-claims, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State in which the income from debt-claimsarises, through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the debt-claim in respect of which the income is paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or a fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply. 6. Income from debt-claims shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is a resident of that State. Where, however, the person paying the income from debt-claims, whether he 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 indebtedness on which the income from debt-claims is paid was incurred, and such income from debt-claims is borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base, then such income from debt-claims shall be deemed to arise in the State in which the permanent establishment or fixed base is situated. 7. 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 income from debt-claims, having regard to the debt-claim for which it is 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.