The Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Taiwan) Order 2002

Article 17Artistes and sportsmen

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 14 and 15 of this Agreement, income derived by a resident of a territory as an entertainer, such as a theatre, motion picture, radio or television artiste, or a musician, or as a sportsman, from his personal activities as such exercised in the other territory, may be taxed in that other territory.

(2) Where income in respect of personal activities exercised by an entertainer or a sportsman in his capacity as such accrues not to the entertainer or sportsman himself but to another person, that income may, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7, 14 and 15 of this Agreement, be taxed in the territory in which the activities of the entertainer or sportsman are exercised.

(3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article shall not apply to income derived by entertainers or sportsmen who are residents of a territory from their personal activities as entertainers or sportsmen exercised in the other territory if their visit to that other territory is wholly or substantially supported from the public funds of the first-mentioned territory. In such a case, the income shall be taxable only in the territory of which the entertainer or sportsman, as the case may be, is a resident.