Surinam - Royalty

Article 12. Royalties

1. Royalties arising in one of the States and paid to a resident of the other State may be taxed in that
other State.

2. However, such royalties may be taxed in the State in which they arise, and according to the law of
that State, but the tax so charged shall not exceed:

(a) 10 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties for cinematograph films and films or video-tapes
and audio-tapes for television or radio broadcasting;

(b) 5 per cent of the gross amount of all other 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
cinematograph films and films or video-tapes and audio-tapes for television or radio 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.

4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the recipient of the royalties, being a
resident of one of the States, has in the other State in which the royalties arise a permanent
establishment with which the right or property giving rise to the royalties is effectively connected. In
such a case the provisions of article 7 shall apply.

5. Royalties shall be deemed to arise in one of the States when the payer is that State itself, a political
subdivision, a local authority or a resident of that State.
Where, however, the person paying the royalties, whether he is a resident of one of the States or not,
has in one of the States a permanent establishment in connexion with which the contract under which
the royalties are paid was concluded, and such royalties are borne by such permanent establishment,
then such royalties shall be deemed to arise in the State in which the permanent establishment is
situated.

6. Where, owing to a special relationship between the payer and the recipient or between both of
them and some other person, the amount of the royalties paid, 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 recipient in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this article shall apply
only to the last-mentioned amount. In that case, the excess part of the payments shall remain taxable
according to the law of each State, due regard being had to the other provisions of the Convention.

Protocol:

VII. Ad articles 10, 11 and 12.

Applications for the refund of taxes collected contrary to the provisions of
articles 10, 11 and 12 must be submitted to the competent authority of the State which collected the
tax within a period of five years after the end of the calendar year in which the tax was collected.