The Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Ukraine) Order 1993

Article 2 Taxes covered

(1) This Convention shall apply to taxes on income and on capital gains imposed on behalf of a Contracting State or of its political subdivisions or local authorities, irrespective of the manner in which they are levied.

(2) There shall be regarded as taxes on income and on capital gains all taxes imposed on total income or on elements of income including taxes on gains from the alienation of movable or immovable property and taxes on the total amounts of wages or salaries paid by enterprises.

(3) The taxes which are the subject of this Convention are:

(a) in the case of the United Kingdom:

(i) the income tax;

(ii) the corporation tax; and

(iii) the capital gains tax;

(hereinafter referred to as “United Kingdom tax”);

(b) in the case of Ukraine:

(i) the tax on profit (income) of enterprises (podatok na pributok (dokhody) pidpriemstv), and

(ii) the income tax on citizens of Ukraine, foreign citizens and stateless persons (pributkovy podatok z gromadyan Ukrainy, inozemnikh gromadyan ta ocib bez gromadyanstva);

(hereinafter referred to as “Ukraine tax”).

(4) This Convention shall also apply to any identical or substantially similar taxes which are imposed by either Contracting State after the date of signature of this Convention in addition to, or in place of, the taxes of that Contracting State referred to in paragraph (3) of this Article. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall notify each other of any substantial changes which have been made in their respective taxation laws.