Direct Tax Avoidance Agreements

Ukraine

Article 8 : Shipping and air transport- 1. Profits derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from operation of aircraft or ships in international traffic shall be taxable only in that State.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall also apply to profits from the participation in a pool, a joint business or an international operating agency engaged in the operation of aircraft or ships.

3. For the purposes of this Article, interest on amounts connected with the operation of aircraft or ships in international traffic shall be regarded as profits derived from the operation of such aircraft or ships; and the provisions of Article 11 (Interest) shall not apply in relations to such interest.

4. For the purposes of this Article, profits from the operation of aircraft or ships in international traffic shall mean profits derived by an enterprise from transportation by air or sea respectively of passengers, mail, livestock, goods or cargoes of every description carried on by the owners or lessees or charterers of aircraft or ships. This will also include profit from :

(a) the sale of tickets for such transportation on behalf of other enterprises;

(b) the rental on a bareboat ship or aircraft;

(c) the use, maintenance or rental of containers (including trailers and related equipment for the transport of containers) in connection with the transport of goods or merchandises in international traffic.