S.I. No. 24/2010 - Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Kingdom of Bahrain) Order 2010.

1. Each of the Contracting States shall notify to the other the completion of the procedure required by its law for the bringing into force of this Convention.

2. This Convention shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the later of these notifications and shall thereupon have effect

(

a

) in Bahrain

(i) as respects income tax and capital gains tax, for any year of assessment beginning on or after the first day of January in the calendar year in which this Convention enters into force;

(ii) as respects corporation tax, for any financial year beginning on or after the first day of January in the calendar year in which this Convention enters into force; and

(

b

) in Ireland

(i) as respects the income tax, income levy and capital gains tax, for any year of assessment beginning on or after the first day of January in the calendar year in which this Convention enters into force;

(ii) as respects corporation tax, for any financial year beginning on or after the first day of January in the calendar year in which this Convention enters into force.

ARTICLE 28

TERMINATION

This Convention shall remain in force until terminated by a Contracting State. Either Contracting State may terminate the Convention at any time after five years from the date on which the Convention enters into force provided that at least six months prior written notice of termination has been given through diplomatic channels.

In such event, the Convention shall cease to have effect

(

a

) in Bahrain

(i) as respects income tax and capital gains tax, for any year of assessment beginning on or after the first day of January next following the date on which the period specified in the said notice of termination expires;

(ii) as respects corporation tax, for any financial year beginning on or after the first day of January next following the date on which the period specified in the said notice of termination expires; and

(

b

) in Ireland

(i) as respects the income tax, income levy and capital gains tax, for any year of assessment beginning on or after the first day of January next following the date on which the period specified in the said notice of termination expires;

(ii) as respects corporation tax, for any financial year beginning on or after the first day of January next following the date on which the period specified in the said notice of termination expires.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention.

Done in duplicate at Dublin this 29th day of October, 2009, in the Arabic and English languages both texts being equally authentic. In the case of any divergence, the English text shall prevail.

For the Government ofFor the Government of the

IrelandKingdom of Bahrain

Martin ManserghAhmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa

PROTOCOL

At the moment of signing the Convention between Ireland and the Kingdom of Bahrain for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital gains, the undersigned have agreed that the following provisions shall form an integral part of the Convention

With respect to Articles 4 and 10

A company which is incorporated, or has its place of effective management, in Bahrain shall be regarded as resident for the purposes of tax in Bahrain by virtue of the law of Bahrain

(

a

) in applying sections 153 and 172D(3)(

b

)(i) of the Irish Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, and

(

b

) to enable a certificate to be given by the tax authority of Bahrain for the purposes of subparagraph (

f

) of paragraph 9 of Schedule 2A of that Act.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorised thereto, have signed this Protocol.

Done in duplicate at Dublin this 29th day of October, 2009, in the Arabic and English languages both texts being equally authentic. In the case of any divergence, the English text shall prevail.

For the Government ofFor the Government of the

IrelandKingdom of Bahrain

Martin ManserghAhmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

26 January 2010.

MARY COUGHLAN,

Tanaiste.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order gives the force of law to the Convention with Bahrain which is set out in the Schedule. The effect of the Convention is summarised below.

In many cases, the Convention awards a taxation right over items of income and gains to the country of residence of the recipient only. Examples include dividend, interest and royalty income, business profits and gains on movable property, provided neither arises through a permanent establishment or fixed base in the country of source, and profits from the operation (including leasing) of ships and aircraft engaged in international traffic. In other cases such as services rendered to the Government or either country, the Convention awards a taxation right to the state of source only.

Where both countries continue to have taxing rights, for example on business profits arising through a permanent establishment which a person resident in one country has in the other country, or in the case of capital gains arising from the disposal of immovable property, the Convention provides that the country of residence of the recipient of the income or gain will give credit against its tax on the income or gains for the tax paid in the other country on the same income or gains.

The Convention also provides for safeguarding nationals and enterprises of one country against discriminatory taxation in the other country, for consultation between the competent authorities of the two countries for the purpose of resolving any doubts or difficulties arising as to the interpretation or application of the Convention and for the exchange of such information between these authorities as is necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Convention or of the domestic law of either country in relation to the taxes covered by the Convention.

The Convention will enter into force when each country notifies the other of the completion of its procedures for bringing the Convention into force. It will thereupon have effect in both countries for tax periods beginning in that year.

3. In no case shall the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 be construed so as to impose on a Contracting State the obligation

(

a

) to carry out administrative measures at variance with the laws and administrative practice of that or of the other Contracting State;

(

b

) to supply information which is not obtainable under the laws or in the normal course of the administration of that or of the other Contracting State;

(

c

) to supply information which would disclose any trade, business, industrial, commercial or professional secret or trade process, or information the disclosure of which would be contrary to public policy (ordre public).

4. If information is requested by a Contracting State in accordance with this Article, the other Contracting State shall use its information gathering measures to obtain the requested information, even though that other State may not need such information for its own tax purposes. The obligation contained in the preceding sentence is subject to the limitations of paragraph 3 but in no case shall such limitations be construed to permit a Contracting State to decline to supply information solely because it has no domestic interest in such information.

5. In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 3 be construed to permit a Contracting State to decline to supply information solely because the information is held by a bank, other financial institution, nominee or person acting in an agency or a fiduciary capacity or because it relates to ownership interests in a person.

ARTICLE 26

MEMBERS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND CONSULAR POSTS

Nothing in this Convention shall affect the fiscal privileges of members of diplomatic missions or consular posts under the general rules of international law or under the provisions of special agreements.

ARTICLE 27

ENTRY INTO FORCE

6. The provisions of paragraph 5 shall not affect the right of a Contracting State to levy, according to its law, a tax on gains from the alienation of any property derived by an individual who is a resident of the other Contracting State and has been a resident of the first-mentioned State at any time during the five years immediately preceding the alienation of the property.

ARTICLE 14

INCOME FROM EMPLOYMENT

7. Where profits include items of income or gains which are dealt with separately in other Articles of this Convention, then the provisions of those Articles shall not be affected by the provisions of this Article.

ARTICLE 8

SHIPPING AND AIR TRANSPORT

S.I. No. 24 of 2010

DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF (TAXES ON INCOME AND CAPITAL GAINS) (KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN) ORDER 2010

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

5

th February

, 2010.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 826(1) (as substituted by

section 35

of the

Finance Act 2007

(No. 11 of 2007)) of the

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

(No. 39 of 1997) that where the Government by order declare that arrangements specified in the order have been made with the government of any territory outside the State in relation to affording relief from double taxation in respect of income tax, corporation tax in respect of income and chargeable gains, capital gains tax or any taxes of a similar character imposed by the laws of the State or by the laws of that territory and, in the case of taxes of any kind or description imposed by the laws of the State or the laws of that territory, in relation to exchanging information for the purposes of the prevention and detection of tax evasion or granting relief from taxation under the laws of that territory to persons who are resident in the State for the purposes of tax, and that it is expedient that those arrangements should have the force of law, and that the order so made is referred to in Part 1 of Schedule 24A of the

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

, then, subject to section 826 of that Act, the arrangements shall, notwithstanding any enactment, have the force of law as if such order were an Act of the Oireachtas on and from the date of the insertion of a reference to the order into Part 1 of Schedule 24A

AND WHEREAS it is further enacted by section 826(6) of the

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

that where such an order is proposed to be made, a draft of the order shall be laid before Dáil Éireann and the order shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by Dáil Éireann

AND WHEREAS a draft of the following Order has been laid before Dáil Éireann and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by Dáil Éireann

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 826(1) (as substituted by

section 35

of the

Finance Act 2007

(No. 11 of 2007)) of the

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

(No. 39 of 1997) hereby order as follows