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Article 23. Capital
1. Capital represented by immovable property referred to in article 6, owned by a resident of a Contracting State and situated in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other State.
2. Capital represented by movable property forming part of the business property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State or by movable property pertaining to a fixed base available to a resident of a Contracting State in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing independent personal services may be taxed in that other State.
3. Capital represented by ships and aircraft operated in international traffic, and movable property pertaining to the operation of such ships and aircraft, shall be taxable only in the Contracting State in which the place of effective management of the enterprise is situated.
4. All other elements of capital of a resident of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State.
Article 24. Elimination of double taxation
1. It is agreed that double taxation shall be avoided in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article.
2. If a resident of Italy owns items of income which are taxable in Denmark, Italy, in determining its income taxes specified in article 2 of this Convention, may include in the basis upon which such taxes are imposed the said items of income, unless specific provisions of this Convention otherwise provide.
In such a case, Italy shall deduct from the taxes so calculated the income tax paid in Denmark, but in an amount not exceeding that proportion of the aforesaid Italian tax which such items of income bear to the entire income.
However, no deduction will be granted if the item of income is subjected in Italy to a final withholding tax by request of the recipient of the said income in accordance with the Italian law.
3. (a) Where a resident of Denmark derives income or owns capital which, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention may be taxed in Italy, Denmark shall allow:
- (1) As a deduction from the tax on the income of that resident, an amount equal to the income tax paid in Italy;
- (2) As a deduction from the tax on the capital of that resident, an amount equal to the capital tax paid in Italy.
(b) Such deduction in either case shall not, however, exceed that part of the income tax or capital tax, as computed before the deduction is given, which is attributable, as the case may be, to the income or the capital which may be taxed in Italy.
4. Where a resident of a Contracting State derives income or owns capital which, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State, the first-mentioned State may include this income or capital in the tax base, but shall allow as a deduction from the income tax or capital tax that part of the income tax or capital tax, which is attributable,Vol. 1332, 1-22348