19/10/2012 - The OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs (CFA) invites public comments on revised proposals concerning the interpretation and application of Article 5 (permanent establishment) in the OECD Model Tax Convention.

On 12 October 2011, the OECD released a discussion draft on the Interpretation and Application of Article 5 (Permanent Establishment) of the OECD Model Tax Convention.

This revised version of the discussion draft was prepared on the basis of the discussion of the comments that were received on the October 2011 discussion draft, including the discussion at a public consultation meeting held on 7 September 2012. It includes a number of changes (which are underlined in the revised draft) that were made to the proposals included in the October 2011 discussion draft.

The CFA intends to ask Working Party 1 on Tax Conventions and Related Questions to finalise these proposals for inclusion in the next update to the OECD Model Tax Convention, which is currently scheduled for 2014. It therefore invites interested parties to send their comments on this discussion draft before 31 January 2013. These additional comments, which should focus on the drafting of the recommendations rather than on their substance (on which comments have already been received), will be examined at the February 2013 meeting of the Working Party. 

 

Comments on this revised discussion draft should be sent electronically (in Word format) by email to [email protected] and should be addressed to:

Tax Treaties, Transfer Pricing and Financial Transactions Division

OECD/CTPA

 

Unless otherwise requested at the time of submission, comments submitted in response to this invitation will be posted on the OECD website.

This revised discussion draft is released for the purpose of inviting comments from interested parties. It does not necessarily reflect the final views of the OECD and its member countries.