Direct Tax Avoidance Agreements

Thailand

Article 20

STUDENTS

1.      A student who   is or was a resident of one of the Contracting  States  immediately before visiting the other Contracting State and who is present in that other Contracting State solely for the purpose of his education or training, shall besides grants and scholarships be exempt from tax in that other State on:

(a)      payments made to him by persons residing outside that other State for the purposes of his maintenance, education or training; and

(b)      remuneration which he derives from an employment which he exercises in the other Contracting State if the employment is directly related to his studies.

2.      The benefits of this Article shall extend only for such period of time as may be reasonable or customarily required to complete the education or training undertaken, but in no event shall any individual have the benefits of this Article, for more than six consecutive years from the date of his first arrival for the purposes of education or training in that other State.