Direct Tax Avoidance Agreements

                                                                                                               Trinidad and Tobago

Article 20 : Students and apprentices

1. A student or business apprentice who is or was a resident of a Contracting State 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, loans 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 from employment in that other Sate for an amount not exceeding the amount which is exempt from tax under the laws of that other Contracting sate for any fiscal year, provided that such employment is directly related to his studies or is undertaken for the purpose of his maintenance.

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

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