TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 06-807 

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DOUBLE TAXATION 

Taxes on Income 

 Convention Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and BANGLADESH 

Signed at Dhaka September 26, 2004 

 with 

Exchange of Notes 

 
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued 

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent 

 evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof 

or authentication thereof.” 
 BANLADESH 

 Double Taxation: Taxes on Income 

Convention signed at Dhaka September 26, 2004; 

Transmitted by the President of the United States of America 

 to the Senate October 27, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 109-5, 

 109th Congress, 1st Session); 

Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 

 March 14, 2006 (Senate Executive Report No. 109-10, 

 109th Congress, 2d Session); 

Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate 

 March 31, 2006; 

Ratified by the President June 15, 2006; 

Ratified by Bangladesh August 3, 2006; 

Ratifications exchanged at Washington August 7, 2006; 

Entered into force August 7, 2006. 

With exchange of notes. 
CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

OF BANGLADESH FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE

PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME

The Government of the United States of America and the

Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh desiring to

conclude a convention for the avoidance of double taxation and

the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on

income, have agreed as follows:
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ARTICLE 1

Personal Scope 

1. Except as otherwise provided in this Convention, this

Convention shall apply to persons who are residents of one or

both of the Contracting States.

2. a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Convention

except paragraph 3 of this Article, a Contracting State may

tax its residents (as determined under Article 4 (Fiscal

Domicile)), and by reason of citizenship may tax its

citizens, as if this Convention had not come into effect.

b) For this purpose, the term "citizen" shall include

a former citizen or long-term resident whose loss of such

status had as one of its principal purposes the avoidance

of tax (as defined under the laws of the Contracting State

of which the person was a citizen or long-term resident),

but only for a period of 10 years following such loss. The

term "long-term resident" shall mean any individual who is

a lawful permanent resident of a Contracting State in 8 or

more income years or taxable years during the preceding 15

income years or taxable years. In determining whether the

threshold in the preceding sentence is met, there shall not

count any year in which the individual is treated as a

resident of the other Contracting State under this

Convention, or as a resident of any country other than the

first-mentioned Contracting State under the provisions of

any other tax treaty of that State, and, in either case,

the individual does not waive the benefits of such treaty

applicable to residents of the other country.

3. The provisions of paragraph 2 shall not affect:

a) the benefits conferred by a Contracting State under

paragraph 2 of Article 9 (Associated Enterprises),

paragraphs 2 and 5 of Article 19 (Pensions, Et Cetera),

Articles 23 (Relief From Double Taxation), 24

(Nondiscrimination), and 25 (Mutual Agreement Procedure);

and

b) the benefits conferred by a Contracting State under

Articles 20 (Government Service), 21 (Teachers, Students

and Trainees) and 27 (Effect of Convention on Diplomatic

Agents and Consular Officers, Domestic Laws, And Other

Treaties), upon individuals who are neither citizens of,

nor have immigrant status in, that State.
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ARTICLE 2

Taxes Covered

1. This Convention shall apply to taxes on income imposed

by a Contracting State.

2. The existing taxes to which this Convention shall apply

are:

a) In the United States: the Federal income taxes

imposed by the Internal Revenue Code;

b) In Bangladesh: the income tax (including surcharges

calculated by reference to income taxes).

3. The Convention shall apply also to any identical or

substantially similar taxes which are imposed by a Contracting

State after the date of signature of this Convention in addition

to, or in place of, the existing taxes. The competent

authorities of the Contracting States shall notify each other of

any changes that have been made in their respective taxation or

other laws that significantly affect their obligations under

this Convention.

ARTICLE 3

General Definitions 

1. For the purposes of this Convention, unless the context

otherwise requires:

a) the term "person" includes an individual, a

partnership, a company, an estate, a trust, and any other

body of persons;

b) the term "company" means any body corporate or any

entity which is treated as a body corporate for tax

purposes according to the laws of the Contracting State in

which it is organized or has its place of effective

management;

c) the terms "enterprise of a Contracting State" and

"enterprise of the other Contracting State" mean

respectively an enterprise carried on by a resident of a

Contracting State and an enterprise carried on by a

resident of the other Contracting State;

d) the term "international traffic" means any

transport by a ship or aircraft, except where such

transport is solely between places in a Contracting State;

e) the term "competent authority" means:

i) in the United States: the Secretary of the

Treasury or his delegate, and
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ii) in Bangladesh: the National Board of Revenue

or its authorized representative;

f) the term "United States" means the United States of

America, and includes the states thereof and the District

of Columbia; such term also includes the territorial sea

thereof and the sea bed and subsoil of the submarine areas

adjacent to that territorial sea, over which the United

States exercises sovereign rights in accordance with

international law; the term, however, does not include

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam or any other United

States possession or territory;

g) the term "Bangladesh" means the People's Republic

of Bangladesh; such term also includes the territorial sea

thereof and the sea bed and subsoil of the submarine areas

adjacent to that territorial sea, over which Bangladesh

exercises sovereign rights in accordance with international

law;

h) The term "national" means:

i) in relation to the United States, all

individuals possessing the citizenship of the United

States of America and all legal persons, partnerships

and associations deriving their status as such from

the laws in force in the United States; and

ii) in relation to Bangladesh, all individuals

possessing the nationality of Bangladesh and all legal

persons, partnerships and associations deriving their

status as such from the laws in force in Bangladesh.

2. As regards the application of this Convention by a

Contracting State, any term not defined herein shall, unless the

context otherwise requires, or the competent authorities agree

to a common meaning pursuant to the provisions of Article 25

(Mutual Agreement Procedure), have the meaning which it has at

that time under the laws of that State concerning the taxes to

which this Convention applies, any meaning under the applicable

tax laws of that State prevailing over a meaning given to the

term under other laws of that State.

ARTICLE 4

Fiscal Domicile 

1. For purposes of this Convention, the term "resident of a

Contracting State" means any person who, under the laws of that

State, is liable to tax therein by reason of his domicile,
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residence, citizenship, place of management, place of

incorporation, or any other criterion of a similar nature, and

also includes that State and any political subdivision or local

authority thereof, provided, however, that:

a) This term does not include any person who is liable

to tax in that State in respect only of income from sources

in that State;

b) An item of income derived through an entity that is

a partnership, trust or estate under the laws of either

Contracting State shall be considered to be derived by a

resident of a Contracting State to the extent that the item

is treated for purposes of the taxation law of such

Contracting State as the income of a resident, either in

its hands or in the hands of its partners or beneficiaries;

c) A legal person organized under the laws of a

Contracting State and that is generally exempt from tax in

that State and is established and maintained in that State

either:

i) exclusively for a religious, charitable,

educational, scientific, or other similar purpose; or

ii) to provide pensions or other similar benefits

to employees pursuant to a plan

is to be treated for purposes of this paragraph as a resident of that Contracting State.

2. Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 an

individual is a resident of both Contracting States, then his

status shall be determined as follows:

a) The individual shall be deemed to be a resident of

the State in which he has a permanent home available; if

such individual has a permanent home available in both

States, or in neither State, he shall be deemed tc be a

resident of the State with which his personal and economic

relations are closer (center of vital interests);

b) If the State in which the individual's center of

vital interest cannot be determined, he shall be deemed to

be a resident of the State in which he has an habitual

abode;

c) If the individual has an habitual abode in both

States or in neither of them, he shall be deemed to be a

resident of the State of which he is a national; or

d) If the individual is a national of both States or

of neither of them, the competent authorities of the
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Contracting States shall settle the question by mutual

agreement.

3. Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 a

company is a resident of both Contracting States, then if it is

created or organized under the laws of a Contracting State or a

political subdivision thereof, it shall be treated as a resident

of that State.

4. Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 a

person other than an individual or a company is a resident of

both Contracting States, the competent authorities of the

Contracting States shall endeavor to settle the question by

mutual agreement and to determine the mode of application of the

Convention to such person.

ARTICLE 5

Permanent Establishment 

1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "permanent

establishment" means a fixed place of business through which the

business of an enterprise is wholly or partly carried on.

2. The term "permanent establishment" shall include

especially:

a) a place of management;

b) a branch;

c) an office;

d) a factory;

e) a workshop;

f) a store or other sales outlet;

g) a warehouse, in relation to a person providing

storage facilities for others; and

h) a mine, an oil or gas well, a quarry, or any other

place of extraction of natural resources.

3. A building site or construction or installation project,

or an installation or drilling rig used for the exploration or

development of natural resources, constitutes a permanent

establishment only if it lasts more than 183 days.

4. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this

Article, the term "permanent establishment" shall be deemed not

to include:

a) the use of facilities solely for the purpose of

storage or display of goods or merchandise belonging to the

enterprise;
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b) the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise

belonging to the enterprise solely for the purpose of

storage or display;

c) the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise

belonging to the enterprise solely for the purpose of

processing by another enterprise;

d) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely

for the purpose of purchasing goods or merchandise, or of

collecting information, for the enterprise;

e) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely

for the purpose of carrying on, for the enterprise, any

other activity of a preparatory or auxiliary character;

f) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely

for any combination of activities mentioned in

subparagraphs a) to e), provided that the overall activity

of the fixed place of business resulting from this

combination is of a preparatory or auxiliary character.

5. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this

Article, the term "permanent establishment" shall be deemed not

to include the use of facilities or the maintenance of a stock

of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise for the

purpose of occasional delivery of such goods or merchandise.

6. A person acting in a Contracting State on behalf of an

enterprise of the other Contracting State--other than an agent

of an independent status to whom paragraph 7 of this Article

applies--shall be deemed to be a permanent establishment in the

first-mentioned State if:

a) he has, and habitually exercises, in the firstmentioned State, a general authority to conclude contracts

on behalf of the enterprise, unless his activities are

limited to those described in either paragraph 4 or

paragraph 5; or

b) he has no such authority, but habitually maintains

in the first-mentioned State a stock of goods or

merchandise belonging to the enterprise from which he

regularly fills orders or makes deliveries on behalf of the

enterprise, and additional activities conducted in that

State on behalf of the enterprise have contributed to the

conclusion of the sale of such goods or merchandise.

7. An enterprise shall not be deemed to have a permanent

establishment in a Contracting State merely because it carries

on business in that State through a broker, general commission
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agent or any other agent of an independent status, provided that

such persons are acting in the ordinary course of their

business.

8. The fact that a company which is a resident of a

Contracting State controls or is controlled by a company which

is a resident of the other Contracting State, or which carries

on business in that other State (whether through a permanent

establishment or otherwise), shall not of itself constitute

either company a permanent establishment of the other.

ARTICLE 6

Income From Immovable Property 

1. Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from

immovable property (real property), including income from

agriculture or forestry, situated in the other Contracting State

may be taxed in that other State.

2. The term "immovable property" shall have the meaning

which it has under the law of the Contracting State in which the

property in question is situated. The term shall in any case

include property accessory to immovable property, livestock and

equipment used in agriculture, forestry and fishery, rights to

which the provisions of general law respecting landed property

apply, usufruct of immovable property and rights to variable or

fixed payments as consideration for the working of, or the right

to work, mineral deposits, sources and other natural resources;

ships, boats and aircraft shall not be regarded as immovable

property.

3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply to income

derived from the direct use, letting, or use in any other form

of immovable property.

4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 shall also apply to

the income from immovable property of an enterprise and to

income from immovable property used for the performance of

independent personal services.

ARTICLE 7

Business Profits 

1. The business profits of an enterprise of a Contracting

State shall be taxable only in that State unless the enterprise

carries on business in the other Contracting State through a

permanent establishment situated therein. If the enterprise

carries on business as aforesaid, the business profits of the
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enterprise may be taxed in that other State but only so much of

them as is attributable to that permanent establishment.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, where an

enterprise of a Contracting State carries on business in the

other Contracting State through a permanent establishment

situated therein, there shall in each Contracting State be

attributed to that permanent establishment the business profits

which it might be expected to make if it were a distinct and

independent enterprise engaged in the same or similar activities

under the same or similar conditions.

3. In determining the business profits of a permanent

establishment, there shall be allowed as deductions those

expenses which are incurred for the purposes of the permanent

establishment, including a reasonable allocation of executive

and general administrative expenses, research and development

expenses, interest, and other expenses incurred for the purposes

of the enterprise as a whole or the part thereof which includes

the permanent establishment, whether incurred in the State in

which the permanent establishment is situated or elsewhere.

4. No business profits shall be attributed to a permanent

establishment by reason of the mere purchase by that permanent

establishment of goods or merchandise for the enterprise.

5. For the purposes of the preceding paragraphs, the

business profits to be attributed to the permanent establishment

shall be determined by the same method year by year unless there

is good and sufficient reason to the contrary.

6. Where business profits include items of income which are

dealt with separately in other Articles of this Convention, then

the provisions of those Articles shall not be affected by the

provisions of this Article.

7. For the purposes of this Convention, "business profits"

means income derived from any trade or business whether carried

on by an individual, company, enterprise or any other person, or

group of persons, including the rental of tangible personal

(movable) property and performance of personal services by an

enterprise.

8. For the implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this

Article, paragraph 5 of Article 10 (Dividends), paragraph 4 of

Article 11 (Interest), paragraph 4 of Article 12 (Royalties),

paragraph 2 of Article 13 (Capital Gains), Article 15

(Independent Personal Services) and paragraph 2 of Article 22

(Other Income), any income, gain, or expense attributable to a
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permanent establishment or fixed base during its existence is

taxable or deductible in the Contracting State where such

permanent establishment is situated, even if the payments are

deferred until such permanent establishment or fixed base has

ceased to exist.

ARTICLE 8

Shipping and Air Transport

1. Profits of an enterprise of a Contracting State from the

operation in international traffic of ships or aircraft shall be

taxable only in that State.

2. For purposes of this Article, profits from the operation

in international traffic of ships or aircraft include profits

derived from the rental on a full or bareboat basis of ships or

aircraft if operated in international traffic by the lessee or

if such rental profits are incidental to other profits described

in paragraph 1.

3. Profits of an enterprise of a Contracting State from the

rental or maintenance of containers (including trailers, barges

and related equipment for the transport of containers) used in

international traffic shall be taxable only in that State.

4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 shall also apply to

profits derived from the participation in a pool, a joint

business or an international operating agency.

ARTICLE 9

Associated Enterprises 

1. Where

a) an enterprise of a Contracting State participates

directly or indirectly in the management, control or

capital of an enterprise of the other Contracting State, or

b) the same persons participate directly or indirectly

in the management, control or capital of an enterprise of a

Contracting State and an enterprise of the other

Contracting State,

and in either case conditions are made or imposed between the

two enterprises in their commercial or financial relations which

differ from those which would be made between independent

enterprises, then any profits which would, but for those

conditions, have not so accrued, may be included in the profits

of that enterprise and taxed accordingly.
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2. Where a Contracting State includes in the profits of an

enterprise of that State, and taxes accordingly, profits on

which an enterprise of the other Contracting State has been

charged to tax in that other State, and the profits so included

are profits which would have accrued to the enterprise of the

first-mentioned State if the conditions made between the two

enterprises had been those which would have been made between

independent enterprises, then that other State shall make an

appropriate adjustment to the amount of the tax charged therein

on those profits. In determining such adjustment, due regard

shall be had to the other provisions of this Convention and the

competent authorities of the Contracting States shall if

necessary consult each other.

3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not limit any

provisions of the law of either Contracting State which permit

the distribution, apportionment or allocation of income,

deductions, credits, or allowances between persons owned or

controlled directly or indirectly by the same interests when

necessary in order to prevent evasion of taxes or clearly to

reflect the income of any of such persons.

ARTICLE 10

Dividends 

1. Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of a

Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State

may be taxed by both Contracting States.

2. However, if the beneficial owner of the dividends is a

resident of the other Contracting State, the tax charged in the

first-mentioned Contracting State shall not exceed:

a) 10 percent of the gross amount of the dividends if

the beneficial owner is a company which owns, directly or

indirectly, at least 10 percent of the voting stock of the

company paying the dividends;

b) 15 percent of the gross amount of the dividends in

all other cases.

The provisions of this paragraph shall not affect the taxation

of the company in respect of the profits out of which the

dividends are paid.

3. Subparagraph a) of paragraph 2 shall not apply in the

case of dividends paid by a United States Regulated Investment

Company (RIC) or a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). In the

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case of dividends from a RIC, subparagraph b) of paragraph 2
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shall apply. In the case of dividends paid by a REIT,

subparagraph b) shall apply instead of the rate of tax

applicable under domestic law only if:

a) the beneficial owner of the dividends is an

individual holding an interest of no more than 10 percent

in the REIT;

b) the dividends are paid with respect to a class of

stock that is publicly traded and the beneficial owner of

the dividends is a person holding an interest of no more

than 5 percent in any class of the REIT's stock; or

c) the beneficial owner of the dividends is a person

that holds an interest of no more than 10 percent in the

REIT and the REIT is diversified.

4. The term "dividends" as used in this Conventior means

income from shares or other rights, not being debt-claims,

participating in profits, as well as income from other corporate

rights which is subjected to the same taxation treatment as

income from shares by the taxation law of the State of which the

company making the distribution is a resident, and income from

arrangements, including debt obligations, carrying the right to

participate in profits, to the extent so characterized under the

laws of the Contracting State in which the income arises.

5. The provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall not apply

if the beneficial owner of the dividends, being a resident of a

Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting

State, of which the company paying the dividends is a resident,

through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs

in that other State independent personal services from a fixed

base situated therein, and the holding in respect of which the

dividends are paid is effectively connected with such permanent

establishment or fixed base. In such a case, the provisions of

Article 7 (Business Profits) or Article 15 (Independent Personal

Services), as the case may be, shall apply.

ARTICLE 11

Interest 

1. Interest derived by a resident of one of the Contracting

States from sources within the other Contracting State may be

taxed by both Contracting States.

2. Interest derived and beneficially owned by a resident of

one of the Contracting States from sources within the other

Contracting State shall not be taxed by the other Contracting
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State at a rate in excess of 10 percent of the gross amount of

such interest.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2:

a) Interest derived by one of the Contracting States,

or an instrumentality thereof (including the Bangladesh

Bank, the Federal Reserve Banks of the United States, the

Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Overseas

Private Investment Corporation of the United States, and

such other institutions of either Contracting State as the

competent authorities of both Contracting States may

determine by mutual agreement) from sources in the other

Contracting State shall be exempt from tax by that other

Contracting State. Interest on a debt obligation

guaranteed or insured by one of the Contracting States, or

an instrumentality thereof, shall be exempt from tax by

that State;

b) Interest derived and beneficially owned by a bank

or other financial institution (including an insurance

company) that is a resident of a Contracting State from

sources within the other Contracting State shall not be

taxed by the other Contracting State at a rate in excess of

5 percent of the gross amount of the interest; and

c) Interest derived and beneficially owned by a

resident of a Contracting State from sources within the

other Contracting State in connection with the sale on

credit to an enterprise of the other Contracting State of

any industrial, commercial or scientific equipment or of

any merchandise, shall not be taxed by the other

Contracting State at a rate in excess of 5 percent of the

gross amount of the interest.

4. The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not apply if

the beneficial owner of interest from sources within one of the

Contracting States, being a resident of the other Contracting

State, carries on business in the first-mentioned Contracting

State 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 interest is paid is effectively connected with such

permanent establishment or fixed base. In such a case, the

provisions of Article 7 (Business Profits) or Article 15

(Independent Personal Services), as the case may be, shall

apply.
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5. Where an amount is paid to a related person and would be

treated as interest but for the fact that it exceeds an amount

which would have been paid to an unrelated person, the

provisions of this Article shall apply only to so much of the

amount as would have been paid to an unrelated person. In such

a case, the excess amount may be taxed by each Contracting State

according to its own laws, including the provisions of this

Convention where applicable.

6. The term "interest" as used in this Convention 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 and prizes attaching to such securities, bonds or

debentures, and including an excess inclusion with respect to a

residual interest in a real estate mortgage investment conduit,

as well as income assimilated to income from money lent by the

taxation law of the Contracting State in which the income

arises, including interest on deferred payment sales. However,

the term "interest" does not include income dealt with in

Article 10 (Dividends).

7. The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not apply to:

a) an excess inclusion with respect to a residual

interest in a real estate mortgage investment conduit; such

an interest may be taxed in the Contracting State where the

excess inclusion arises according to the laws of that

State; or

b) interest that is contingent interest of a type that

does not qualify as portfolio interest under United States

law, and to equivalent amounts under Bangladesh law; such

interest may be taxed at a rate not exceeding the rate

prescribed in subparagraph b) of paragraph 2 of Article 10

(Dividends).

8. Interest shall be deemed to arise from sources within a

Contracting State when the payer is a resident of that State.

Where, however, the person paying the interest, whether he is a

resident of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting

State a permanent establishment or a fixed base and such

interest is borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base,

then such interest shall be deemed to arise from sources within

the State in which the permanent establishment or fixed base is

situated.
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ARTICLE 12

Royalties 

1. Royalties derived by a resident of one of the

Contracting States from sources within the other Contracting

State may be taxed by both Contracting States.

2. Royalties derived and beneficially owned by a resident

of one of the Contracting States from sources within the other

Contracting State shall not be taxed by that other Contracting

State at a rate in excess of 10 percent of the gross amount of

such 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 of literary, artistic or

scientific work including cinematographic films or tapes used

for radio or television broadcasting, and any patent, trademark,

design or model, plan, secret formula or process, or other like

right or property, or for information concerning industrial,

commercial or scientific experience. The term "royalties" also

includes gains derived from the alienation of any such right or

property which are contingent on the productivity, use, or

disposition thereof. However, the term "royalties" does not

include any payments in consideration for the working of, or the

right to work, mineral deposits, sources and other natural

resources.

4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if

the recipient of the royalties from sources within one of the

Contracting States, being a resident of the other Contracting

State, carries on business in the first-mentioned Contracting

State through a permanent establishment situated therein, or

performs in that other 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 a case

the provisions of Article 7 (Business Profits) or Article 15

(Independent Personal Services), as the case may be, shall

apply.

5. Where an amount is paid to a related person and would be

treated as a royalty but for the fact that it exceeds an amount

which would have been paid to an unrelated person, the

provisions of this Article shall apply only to so much of the

amount as would have been paid to an unrelated person. In such

case, the excess amount may be taxed by each Contracting State

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according to its own laws, including the provisions of this

Convention where applicable.

6. Royalties shall be deemed to arise from sources within a

Contracting State when they are in consideration for the use of,

or the right to use, in that State, property or information

concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience.

ARTICLE 13

Capital Gains 

1. a) Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State

from the alienation of immovable property situated in the

other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State;

b) For purposes of this paragraph the term "immovable

property" means property referred to in Article 6 (Income

From Immovable Property). When the United States is the

other Contracting State described in subparagraph a), the

term includes a United States real property interest. When

Bangladesh is the other Contracting State described in

subparagraph a), the term includes shares of the capital

stock of a company the property of which consists

principally of immovable property situated in Bangladesh.

2. Gains from the alienation of movable property forming

part of the business property of a permanent establishment which

an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other

Contracting State or of movable property pertaining to a fixed

base available to a resident of a Contracting State in the other

Contracting State for the purpose of performing independent

personal services, including such gains from the alienation of

such a permanent establishment, alone or with the whole

enterprise, or of such fixed base, may be taxed in that other

State.

3. Gains derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State

from the alienation of ships, aircraft or containers operated in

international traffic shall be taxable only in that State, and

gains described in Article 12 (Royalties) shall be taxable only

in accordance with the provisions of Article 12.

4. Gains from the alienation of any property, other than

that referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, shall be taxable only

in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident.

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ARTICLE 14

Branch Tax 

1. A company which is a resident of a Contracting State may

be subject in the other Contracting State to a tax in addition

to the tax allowable under the other provisions of this

Convention.

2. Such tax, however, may be imposed only on:

a) in the case of the United States:

i) the "dividend equivalent amount" of the

business profits that are effectively connected (or

treated as effectively connected) with the conduct of

a trade or business in the United States and are

either attributable to a permanent establishment in

the United States or subject to tax in the United

States on a net basis under Article 6 (Income From

Immovable Property) or Article 13 (Capital Gains) of

this Convention; and

ii) the excess, if any, of interest deductible in

the United States in computing the profits of the

company that are subject to tax in the United States

and are either attributable to a permanent

establishment in the United States or subject to tax

in the United States on a net basis under Article 6

(Income From Immovable Property) or Article 13

(Capital Gains) of this Convention over the interest

paid by or from the permanent establishment or trade

or business in the United States.

b) in the case of Bangladesh, an amount sufficient to

provide that a branch in Bangladesh of a United States

company (or a company of the United States otherwise

taxable on net income in Bangladesh) is taxed in a manner

comparable to a similarly situated Bangladesh company and

its United States shareholder.

3. The taxes described in the preceding paragraphs shall

not be imposed at a rate exceeding:

a) the rate specified in paragraph 2a) of Article 10

(Dividends) for the taxes described in paragraphs 2a)i) and

2b) of this Article; and

b) the appropriate rate specified in paragraphs 2 or 3

of Article 11 (Interest) for the tax described in

subparagraph 2(a)(ii).
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ARTICLE 15

Independent Personal Services 

Income derived by an individual who is a resident of a

Contracting State from the performance of personal services in

an independent capacity shall be taxable only in that State

unless such services are performed in the other Contracting

State and

a) the individual is present in that other State for a

period or periods exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in

any 12-month period commencing or ending in the income year

or taxable year concerned; or

b) the individual has a fixed base regularly available

to him in that other State for the purpose of performing

his activities, but only so much of the income as is

attributable to that fixed base may be taxed in such other

State.

ARTICLE 16

Dependent Personal Services 

1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 18 (Entertainers

and Athletes), 19 (Pensions, Et Cetera), 20 (Government Service)

and 21 (Teachers, Students and Trainees), salaries, wages and

other remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State

in respect of an employment shall be taxable only in that State

unless the employment is exercised in the other Contracting

State. If the employment is so exercised, such remuneration as

is derived therefrom may be taxed in that other State.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1,

remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in

respect of an employment exercised in the other Contracting

State shall be taxable only in the first-mentioned State if:

a) the recipient is present in the other State for a

period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate 183 days

in any 12-month period commencing or ending in the income

year or taxable year concerned;

b) the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, an

employer who is not a resident of the other State; and

c) the remuneration is not borne by a permanent

establishment or a fixed base which the employer has in the

other State.

3. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this
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Article, remuneration described in paragraph 1 derived in

respect of an employment as a member of the regular complement

of a ship or aircraft operated by an enterprise of a Contracting

State in international traffic may be taxed only in that

Contracting State.

4. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article and

Article 15 (Independent Personal Services), where a director's

fee is paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting

State to an individual who is a resident of the other

Contracting State and is a shareholder of the company, and such

fee is in excess of the amount which would have been paid for

such services to an individual who is not a shareholder of the

company, such excess amount may be taxed by the first-mentioned

Contracting State at a rate not in excess of 15 percent.

ARTICLE 17

Limitation on Benefits 

1. A person which is a resident of a Contracting State and

derives income from the other Contracting State shall be

entitled, in that other Contracting State, to all the benefits

of this Convention only if such person is:

a) an individual;

b) a Contracting State or a political subdivision or

local authority thereof;

c) a person, if:

i) more than 50 percent of the beneficial

interest in such person (or in the case of a company,

more than 50 percent of the number of shares of each

class of the company's shares) is owned, directly or

indirectly, by persons entitled to benefits of this

Convention under subparagraphs a), b), d), e) or f) of

this paragraph or who are citizens of the United

States; and

ii) not more than 50 percent of the gross income

of such person is used, directly or indirectly, to

make deductible payments (including payments of

interest or royalties) to persons who are not entitled

to benefits of this Convention under subparagraph a),

b), d), e) or f) of this paragraph and are not

citizens of the United States;

d) a company in whose principal class of shares there
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is substantial and regular trading on a recognized stock

exchange;

e) a company in which at least 50 percent of each

class of shares in the company is owned directly or

indirectly by five or fewer companies entitled to benefits

under subparagraph d), provided that in the case of

indirect ownership, each intermediate owner is a person

entitled to the benefits of the Convention under this

paragraph; or

f) an entity which is a not-for-profit organization as

described in subparagraph c) of paragraph 1 of Article 4

(Fiscal Domicile), provided that, with respect to entities

described in clause ii) of that paragraph, more than half

of the beneficiaries, members or participants, if any, in

such organization are persons that are entitled, under this

Article, to the benefits of the Convention.

2. a) A resident of a Contracting State will be

entitled to benefits of the Convention with respect to an

item of income derived from the other State, regardless of

whether the resident is qualified for benefits under

paragraph 1 of this Article, if the resident is engaged in

the active conduct of a trade or business in the firstmentioned State (other than the business of making or

managing investments for the resident's own account, unless

these activities are banking, insurance or securities

activities carried on by a bank, insurance company or

registered securities dealer) and the income derived from

the other Contracting State is derived in connection with,

or is incidental to, that trade or business.

b) If the resident or any of its associated

enterprises has an ownership interest in the activity in

the other Contracting State from which the item of income

is derived, the rule of subparagraph a) shall apply only if

the trade or business in the first-mentioned State is

substantial in relation to the activity in the other State.

Whether a trade or business is substantial for purposes of

this paragraph will be determined on the basis of all the

facts and circumstances.

c) Income is derived "in connection with" a trade or

business when the activity in the other State generating

the income is a line of business that forms a part of or is

complementary to the trade or business. Income is

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"incidental to" a trade or business when it facilitates the

conduct of the trade or business in the other State.

3. A person that is not entitled to the benefits of the

Convention pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 or 2 may,

nevertheless, be granted the benefits of the Convention if the

competent authority of the Contracting State in which the income

in question arises so determines.

4. For purposes of subparagraph d) of paragraph 1, the term

"a recognized stock exchange" means:

a) the NASDAQ System owned by the National Association

of Securities Dealers, Inc. and any stock exchange

registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

as a national securities exchange for purposes of the U.S.

Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

b) the stock exchanges regulated by the Bangladesh

Securities and Exchange Commission; and

c) any other stock exchange agreed upon by the

competent authorities of the Contracting States.

5. The competent authorities of the Contracting States may

consult together with a view to developing procedures for the

application of the provisions of this Article. The competent

authorities shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article

26 (Exchange of Information and Administrative Assistance),

exchange such information as is necessary for carrying out the

provisions of this Article and safeguarding, in cases

envisioned therein, the application of their domestic law.

ARTICLE 18

Entertainers and Athletes 

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 15

(Independent Personal Services) and 16 (Dependent Personal

Services), income derived by public entertainers such as

theater, motion picture, radio or television artistes, and

musicians, and by athletes, from their personal activities as

such may be taxed in the Contracting State in which these

activities are exercised provided that such income exceeds in

the aggregate 10,000 United States dollars or its equivalent in

Bangladesh taka during the income year or taxable year.

However, such income shall not be taxable in such Contracting

State if the income is derived from activities exercised in that

Contracting State by a resident of the other Contracting State
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as an entertainer or athlete and the visit to the firstmentioned State is wholly or mainly supported by public funds of

the other State or a political subdivision or local authority

thereof.

2. Where income in respect of activities exercised by an

entertainer or an athlete in his capacity as such accrues not to

that entertainer or athlete but to another person, that income

may, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7 (Business

Profits), 15 (Independent Personal Services), and 16 (Dependent

Personal Services), be taxed in the Contracting State in which

the activities of the entertainer or athlete are exercised. For

purposes of the preceding sentence, income of an entertainer or

athlete shall be deemed not to accrue to another person if it is

established that neither the entertainer or athlete, nor persons

related thereto, participate directly or indirectly in the

profits of such other person in any manner, including the

receipt of deferred remuneration, bonuses, fees, dividends,

partnership distributions or other distributions.

ARTICLE 19

Pensions, Et Cetera 

1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 20

(Government Service), pensions and other similar remuneration

beneficially derived by a resident of a Contracting State,

whether paid periodically or as a single sum, in consideration

of past employment shall be taxable only in that State.

2. Social security payments and other public pensions paid

by a Contracting State to an individual who is a resident of the

other Contracting State or a citizen of the United States shall

be taxable only in the first-mentioned Contracting State.

3. Annuities beneficially derived by a resident of a

Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State. The term

"annuities" as used in this paragraph means a stated sum paid

periodically at stated times during life or during a specified

number of years, under an obligation to make the payments in

return for adequate and full consideration (other than services

rendered).

4. Alimony paid to a resident of a Contracting State by a

resident of the other Contracting State shall be exempt from tax

in the other Contracting State. The term "alimony" as used in

this paragraph means periodic payments made pursuant to a

writtep separation agreement or a decree of divorce, separate

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maintenance, or compulsory support, which payments are taxable

to the recipient under the laws of the State of which he is a

resident.

5. Periodic payments not dealt with in paragraph 4 for the

support of a minor child made pursuant to a written separation

agreement or a decree of divorce, separate maintenance, or

compulsory support, paid by a resident of one of the Contracting

States to a resident of the other Contracting State, shall be

exempt from tax in both Contracting States.

ARTICLE 20

Government Service 

1. a) Remuneration, other than a pension, paid by a

Contracting State or a political subdivision or a local

authority thereof to any individual in respect of services

rendered to that State or subdivision or authority shall be

taxable only in that State.

b) However, such remuneration shall be taxable only in

the other Contracting State if the services are rendered in

that other State and the individual is a resident of that

State who:

i) is a national of that State; or

ii) did not become a resident of that State

solely for the purpose of rendering the services.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 19

(Pensions, Et Cetera):

a) Any pension paid by, or out of funds created by, a

Contracting State or a political subdivision or local

authority thereof to an individual in respect of services

rendered to that State or subdivision or authority shall be

taxable only in that State.

b) However, such pension shall be taxable only in the

other Contracting State if the individual is a resident of,

and a national of, that State.

3. The provisions of Articles 15 (Independent Personal

Services), 16 (Dependent Personal Services), 18 (Entertainers

and Athletes), and 19 (Pensions, Et Cetera), as the case may be,

shall apply to remuneration and pensions in respect of services

rendered in connection with a business carried on by a

Contracting State or a political subdivision or a local

authority thereof.
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ARTICLE 21

Teachers, Students and Trainees 

1. An individual who visits temporarily one of the

Contracting States for the purpose of teaching or engaging in

research at a university, college or other recognized

educational institution in that Contracting State, and who was

immediately before that visit a resident of the other

Contracting State, shall be exempt from tax in the firstmentioned Contracting State on any remuneration for such

teaching or research for a period not exceeding two years from

the date he first visits that State for such purpose.

2. An individual who was a resident of a Contracting State

immediately before visiting the other Contracting State and is

temporarily present in that other State for the primary purpose

of:

a) studying at a university, college, school or other

recognized educational institution in that other State;

b) securing training as a business or technical

apprentice; or

c) studying or doing research as a recipient of a

grant allowance or award from a governmental, religious,

charitable, or educational organization;

shall, from the date of his first arrival in that other

State in connection with that visit, be exempt from tax in

that other State with respect to:

i) all remittances from abroad for purposes of

his maintenance, education or training;

ii) the grant, allowance, or award; and

iii) any remuneration for personal services

rendered in that other Contracting State with a view

to supplementing the resources available to him for

such purposes in an amount not in excess of 8,000

United States dollars or its equivalent in Bangladesh

taka for any taxable year.

In the case of an individual described in subparagraph b), this

exemption from tax shall apply for a period not exceeding two

years from the date of the individual's first arrival in the

other State.

3. This Article shall not apply to income from research if

such research is undertaken not in the public interest but

primarily for the private benefit of a specific person or

person .

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ARTICLE 22

Other Income 

1. Items of income of a resident of a Contracting State,

wherever arising, not dealt with in the foregoing Articles of

this Convention shall be taxable only in that State.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income,

other than income from immovable property as defined in

paragraph 2 of Article 6 (Income From Immovable Property) if the

recipient of such income, being a resident of a Contracting

State, carries on business in the other Contracting State

through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs

in that other State independent personal services from a fixed

base situated therein, and the right or property in respect of

which the income is paid is effectively connected with such

permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the

provisions of Article 7 (Business Profits) or Article 15

(Independent Personal Services), as the case may be, shall

apply.

3. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2, items of income of a

resident of a Contracting State not dealt with in the foregoing

Articles of this Convention and arising in the other Contracting

State may be taxed in that other State.

ARTICLE 23

Relief From Double Taxation 

1. In accordance with the provisions and subject to the

limitations of the law of the United States (as it may be

amended from time to time without changing the general principle

hereof), the United States shall allow to a resident or citizen

of the United States as a credit against the United States tax

on income the appropriate amount of tax paid or accrued to

Bangladesh by or on behalf of such citizen or resident; and, in

the case of a United States company owning at least 10 percent

of the voting stock of a company which is a resident of

Bangladesh from which the United States company receives a

dividend in any taxable year, the United States shall allow a

credit for the appropriate amount of tax paid or accrued to

Bangladesh by or on behalf of the payor with respect to the

profits out of which such dividends are paid. Such appropriate

amount shall be based upon the amount of tax paid or accrued to

Bangladesh, but the credit shall not exceed the limitations (for

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the purpose of limiting the credit to the United States tax on

income from sources outside the United States) provided by

United States law for the taxable year. For purposes of

applying the United States credit in relation to tax paid to

Bangladesh, the taxes referred to in paragraphs 2(b) and 3 of

Article 2 (Taxes Covered) shall be considered to be income

taxes.

2. In accordance with the provisions and subject to the

limitations of the law of Bangladesh (as it may be amended from

time to time without changing the general principle hereof),

Bangladesh shall allow a resident of Bangladesh as a credit

against the Bangladesh tax the appropriate amount of tax paid or

accrued to the United States by or on behalf of such resident or

citizen; and, in the case of a Bangladesh company owning at

least 10 percent of the voting stock of a company which is a

resident of the United States from which it receives a dividend

in any income year, Bangladesh shall allow a credit for the

appropriate amount of tax paid or accrued to the United States

by that company with respect to the profits out of which such

dividends are paid. Such appropriate amount shall be based upon

the amount of tax paid or accrued to the United States, but the

credit shall not exceed the limitations (for the purpose of

limiting the credit to the Bangladesh tax on income from sources

outside of Bangladesh) provided by Bangladesh law for the income

year. For purposes of applying the Bangladesh credit in

relation to tax paid to the United States, the taxes referred to

in paragraphs 2(a) and 3 of Article 2 (Taxes Covered) shall be

considered to be income taxes.

3. Where a United States citizen is a resident of

Bangladesh:

a) with respect to items of income that under the

provisions of this Convention are exempt from United States

tax or that are subject to a reduced rate of United States

tax when derived by a resident of Bangladesh who is not a

United States citizen, Bangladesh shall allow as a credit

against Bangladesh tax only the tax paid, if any, that the

United States may impose under the provisions of this

Convention, other than taxes that may be imposed solely by

reason of citizenship under the saving clause of paragraph

2 of Article 1 (Personal Scope);

b) for purposes of computing United States tax on

hose items of income referred to in subparagraph a), the
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United States shall allow as a credit against United States

tax the income tax paid to Bangladesh after the credit

referred to in subparagraph a); the credit so allowed shall

not reduce the portion of the United States tax that is

creditable against the Bangladesh tax in accordance with

subparagraph a); and

c) for the exclusive purpose of relieving double

taxation in the United States under subparagraph b), items

referred to in subparagraph a) shall be deemed to arise in

Bangladesh to the extent necessary to avoid double taxation

of such income under subparagraph b).

ARTICLE 24

Nondiscrimination 

1. Nationals of a Contracting State shall not be subjected

in the other State to any taxation or any requirement connected

therewith which is other or more burdensome than the taxation

and connected requirements to which nationals of that other

State in the same circumstances are or may be subjected. For

purposes of United States taxation, United States nationals who

are not resident in the United States are not in the same

circumstances as Bangladesh nationals who are not resident in

the United States. This provision shall, notwithstanding the

provisions of Article 1 (Personal Scope), also apply to persons

who are not residents of either Contracting State.

2. The taxation on a permanent establishment or a fixed

base which a resident or enterprise of a Contracting State has

in the other Contracting State shall not be less favorably

levied in that other State than the taxation levied on residents

or enterprises of that other State carrying on the same

activities.

3. Except where the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 9

(Associated Enterprises), paragraph 5 of Article 11 (Interest),

or paragraph 5 of Article 12 (Royalties) apply, interest,

royalties and other disbursements paid by an enterprise of a

Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State

shall, for the purpose of determining the taxable profits of

such enterprise, be deductible under the same conditions as if

they had been paid to a resident of the first-mentioned State.

The provisions of this paragraph shall not affect the

application of the law of Bangladesh requiring the deduction of

tax so 'roe, from interest, royalties and other disbursements

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as a condition for deduction. Any debts of a resident of a

Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State

shall, for the purpose of determining the taxable capital of the

first-mentioned resident, be deductible under the same

conditions as if they had been contracted to a resident of the

first-mentioned State.

4. Enterprises of a Contracting State, the capital of which

is wholly or partly owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,

by one or more residents of the other Contracting State, shall

not be subjected in the first-mentioned State to any taxation or

any requirement connected therewith which is other or more

burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which

other similar enterprises of the first-mentioned State are or

may be subjected.

5. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as obliging a

Contracting State to grant to residents of the other Contracting

State any personal allowances, reliefs and reductions for

taxation purposes which it grants to its own residents.

6. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as preventing

either Contracting State from imposing the tax described in

Article 14 (Branch Tax).

7. The provisions of this Article shall apply to taxes of

every kind and description imposed by a Contracting State or a

political subdivision or local authority thereof.

ARTICLE 25

Mutual Agreement Procedure 

1. Where a person considers that the actions of one or both

of the Contracting States result or will result for him in

taxation not in accordance with the provisions of this

Convention, he may, irrespective of the remedies proviaed by the

domestic law of those States, and the time limits prescribed in

such laws for presenting claims for a refund, present his case

to the competent authority of either Contracting State.

2. The competent authority shall endeavor, if the objection

appears to it to be justified and if it is not itself able to

arrive at a satisfactory solution, to resolve the case by mutual

agreement with the competent authority of the other Contracting

State, with a view to the avoidance of taxation which is not in

accordance with the Convention. If an agreement is reached, it

shall be implemented notwithstanding any time limits in the

dome ti aw of the Contracting States. Assessment and
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collection procedures shall be suspended during the pendency of

any mutual agreement proceeding.

3. The competent authorities of the Contracting States

shall endeavor to resolve by mutual agreement any difficulties

or doubts arising as to the interpretation or application of the

Convention. In particular the competent authorities of the

Contracting States may agree:

a) to the same attribution of income, deductions,

credits, or allowances of an enterprise of a Contracting

State to its permanent establishment situated in the other

Contracting State;

b) to the same allocation of income, deductions,

credits, or allowances between persons, including a uniform

position on the application of the requirements of

paragraph 2 of Article 24 (Nondiscrimination);

c) to the same characterization of particular items of

income;

d) to the same application of source rules with

respect to particular items of income; and

e) to a common meaning of a term.

They may also consult together for the elimination of double

taxation in cases not provided for in the Convention.

4. The competent authorities of the Contracting States may

communicate with each other directly for the purpose of reaching

an agreement in the sense of the preceding paragraphs.

5. In cases where this Convention specifies a dollar

amount, the competent authorities may agree to a higher dollar

amount.

ARTICLE 26

Exchange of Information and

Administrative Assistance 

1. The competent authorities of the Contracting States

shall exchange such information as is necessary for carrying out

the provisions of this Convention or of the domestic laws of the

Contracting States concerning taxes covered by the Convention

insofar as the taxation thereunder is not contrary to the

Convention. The exchange of information is not restricted by

Article 1 (Personal Scope). Any information received by a

Contracting State shall be treated as secret in the same manner

as information obtained under the domestic laws of that State

and s 11 be disclosed only to persons or authorities, including
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court and administrative bodies, involved in the assessment,

collection or administration of, the enforcement or prosecution

in respect of, or the determination of appeals in relation to,

the taxes covered by the Convention, or the oversight of the

above. Such persons or authorities shall use the information

only for the purposes described above. They may disclose the

information for such purposes in public court proceedings or in

judicial decisions.

2. In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 1 be

construed so as to impose on a Contracting State the obligation:

a) to carry out administrative measures at variance

with the laws and administrative practice of that or of the

other Contracting State;

b) to supply information which is not obtainable under

the laws or in the normal course of the administration of

that or of the other Contracting State;

c) to supply information which would disclose any

trade, business, industrial, commercial or professional

secret or trade process, or information the disclosure of

which would be contrary to public policy (ordre public).

3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the competent authority of

the requested State shall, in accordance with paragraph 1,

a) obtain and provide information held by financial

institutions, nominees or persons acting in an agency or

fiduciary capacity (not including information that would

reveal confidential communications between a client and an

attorney, solicitor or other legal representative, where

the client seeks legal advice), or respecting interests in

a person; and

b) obtain and provide information requested by a

Contracting State in accordance with this Article even if

it does not need, for its own tax purposes, the information

requested.

4. If specifically requested by the competent authority of

a Contracting State, the competent authority of the other

Contracting State shall provide information under this Article

in the form of depositions of witnesses and authenticated copies

of unedited original documents (including books, papers,

statements, records, accounts and writings), to the extent such

depositions and documents can be obtained under the laws and

administrative practices of that other State with respect to its

own taxes
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ARTICLE 27

Effect of Convention on Diplomatic Agents and Consular 

Officers, Domestic Laws, And Other Treaties 

1. Nothing in this Convention shall affect the fiscal

privileges of diplomatic agents or consular officers under the

general rules of international law or under the provisions of

special agreements.

2. This Convention shall not restrict in any manner any

exclusion, exemption, deduction, credit, or other allowance now

or hereafter accorded:

a) by the laws of either Contracting State, or

b) by any other agreement between the Contracting

States.

3. a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph 2b):

i) the provisions of Article 25 (Mutual Agreement

Procedure) of this Convention exclusively shall apply

to any dispute concerning whether a measure is within

the scope of this Convention, and the procedures under

this Convention exclusively shall apply to that

dispute; and

ii) unless the competent authorities determine

that a taxation measure is not within the scope of

this Convention, the nondiscrimination obligations of

this Convention exclusively shall apply with respect

to that measure, except for such national treatment or

most-favored-nation obligations as may apply to trade

in goods under the General Agreement on Tariffs and

Trade. No national treatment or most-favored-nation

obligation under any other agreement shall apply with

respect to that measure.

b) For the purpose of this paragraph, a "measure" is a

law, regulation, rule, procedure, decision, administrative

action, or any similar provision or action.

ARTICLE 28

Entry Into Force 

1. This Convention shall be subject to ratification in

accordance with the applicable procedures of each Contracting

State and instruments of ratification shall be exchanged as soon

as possible.
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2. The Convention shall enter into force upon the exchange

of instruments of ratification and its provisions shall have

effect:

a) in respect of taxes withheld at source, to amounts

paid or credited on or after the first day of the second

month next following the date on which this Convention

enters into force; and

b) in respect of other taxes, to taxable periods in

the United States and income years in Bangladesh beginning

on or after the first day of January next following the

date on which this Convention enters into force.

ARTICLE 29

Termination 

This Convention shall remain in force until terminated by

one of the Contracting States. Either Contracting State may

terminate the Convention at any time after 5 years from the date

on which this Convention enters into force, provided that at

least 6 months' prior notice of termination has been given to

the other Contracting State through diplomatic channels. In

such event, the Convention shall cease to have effect:

a) in respect of taxes withheld at source, to amounts

paid or credited on or after the first day of January next

following the expiration of the 6 month period; and

b) in respect of other taxes, to taxable periods in

the United States and income years in Bangladesh beginning

on or after the first day of January next following the

expiration of the 6 month period.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized

by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention.

Sepoxior

DONE at Dhaka, in duplicate, this pi'i, day of Au.igu3t, 2004

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FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH: