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- This Convention shall apply to taxes on income and on property imposed on behalf of a Contracting State or of its political subdivisions or local authorities, irrespective of the manner in which they are levied.
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- There shall be regarded as taxes on income and on property all taxes imposed on total income, on value of property, or on elements of income or of property, including taxes on gains from the alienation of movable or immovable property, taxes on the total amounts of wages or salaries paid by enterprises, as well as taxes on capital appreciation.
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- The existing taxes to which the Convention shall apply are in particular:
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- a)in the Netherlands:
- –the income tax (de inkomstenbelasting);
- –the wages tax (de loonbelasting);
- –the company tax (de vennootschapsbelasting) including the Government share in the net profits of the exploitation of natural resources levied pursuant to the Mining Act (de Mijnbouwwet); and
- –the dividend tax (de dividendbelasting); (hereinafter referred to as “Netherlands tax”);
- b)in Ukraine:
- –the individual income tax; and
- –the tax on income of enterprises; (hereinafter referred to as “Ukraine tax”).
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- The Convention shall apply also to any identical or substantially similar taxes which are imposed by either Contracting State after the date of signature of the Convention in addition to, or in place of, the existing taxes. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall notify each other of any substantial changes which have been made in their respective taxation laws.
