Taxation (Exchange
of Information with Third Countries) (Amendment No. 2)
(Jersey) Regulations 2009
Made 24th March 2009
Coming into force 31st
March 2009
THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 2(1) of the Taxation (Implementation) (Jersey)
Law 2004[1] and paragraph 1.8.5 of the
Strategic Plan 2006–2011 approved by the States on 28th June 2006 and
following the decision of the States, taken on the day these Regulations are
made, to adopt Projet 20 of 2009, have made the following
Regulations –
1 Amendment
of the Schedule
In the Schedule to the Taxation (Exchange of Information with Third
Countries) (Jersey) Regulations 2008[2] there shall be
inserted –
(a) before
the matter relating to Germany the following matter –
“Denmark
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The Kingdom of Denmark including any area outside the territorial
sea of Denmark which in accordance with international law has been or may
hereafter be designated under Danish laws as an area within which Denmark may
exercise sovereign rights with respect to the exploration and exploitation of
the natural resources of the seabed or its subsoil and the superjacent waters
and with respect to other activities for the exploration and economic
exploitation of the area; but excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland
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(a) Income
tax to the State (indkomstskatten til staten)
(b) Income
tax to the municipalities (den kommunale indkomstskat)
(c) Value
added tax (merværdiafgift)
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The Faroes
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The landmass of the Faroes and their territorial waters and any
area outside the territorial waters where the Faroes, according to Faroese
legislation and in accordance with international law, may exercise rights
with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources
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(a) Taxes
on income or profit
(b) Value
added tax (VAT)
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Finland
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The territory of the Republic of Finland and any area adjacent to
the territorial waters of the Republic of Finland within which, under the
laws of Finland and in accordance with international law, the rights of
Finland with respect to the exploration for and exploitation of the natural
resources of the seabed and its subsoil and of the superjacent waters may be
exercised
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(a) State
income taxes (valtion tuloverot; de statliga inkomstskatterna)
(b) Corporate
income tax (yhteisöjen tulovero; inkomstskatten för samfund)
(c) Communal
tax (kunnallisvero; kommunalskatten)
(d) Church
tax (kirkollisvero; kyrkoskatten)
(e) Tax
withheld at source from interest (korkotulon lähdevero; källskatten
på ränteinkomst)
(f) Tax
withheld at source from non-residents’ income; (rajoitetusti
verovelvollisen lähdevero; källskatten för begränsat
skattskyldig)
(g) Withholding
tax for foreign employees (ulkomailta tulevan palkansaajan lähdevero;
källskatten för löntagare från utlandet)
(h) Value
added tax (arvonlisävero; mervärdesskatt)”;
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(b) after the matter relating to Germany the
following matter –
“Greenland
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The landmass of Greenland
and its territorial waters and any area outside the territorial waters where
Denmark or Greenland, according to domestic legislation and in accordance
with international law, may exercise its rights with respect to the seabed
and subsoil and their natural resources
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(a) Home rule tax (nuna
tamakkerlugu akileraarut)
(b) Special home rule tax
(nuna tamakkerlugu akileraarut immikkut ittoq)
(c) Municipal
tax (kommuninut akileraarut)
(d) Intermunicipal
tax (kommuninut immikkut akileraarut)
(e) Company tax
(selskabit akileraarutaat)
(f) Dividend tax
(iluanaarutisianit akileraarut)
(g) Royalty tax
(atuisinnaanermut akileraarutit)
(h) Labour market tax
(sulisoqarnermut akitsuut)
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Iceland
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The territory of Iceland
including its territorial sea and any area beyond the territorial sea within
which Iceland, in accordance with international law, exercises jurisdiction
or sovereign rights with respect to the seabed, its subsoil and its
superjacent waters, and their natural resources
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(a) Income taxes to the
state (tekjuskattar ríkissjóðs)
(b) Income tax to the
municipalities (útsvar til sveitarfélaganna)
(c) Value added tax
(virðisaukaskattur)”;
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(c) after the matter relating to the Netherlands
the following matter –
“Norway
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The Kingdom of Norway including
the land territory, the internal waters, the territorial sea and the area
beyond the territorial sea where the Kingdom of Norway, according to
Norwegian legislation and in accordance with international law, may exercise
her rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural
resources; excluding Svalbard, Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies
(“biland”)
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(a) Tax on general income
(“skatt på alminnelig inntekt”)
(b) Tax on personal
income (“skatt på personinntekt”)
(c) Special tax on petroleum
income (“særlig skatt på petroleumsinntekt”)
(d) Resource rent tax on
income from production of hydroelectric power (“grunnrenteskatt
på inntekt fra produksjon av vannkraft”)
(e) Withholding tax on
dividends (“kildeskatt på utbytter”)
(f) Tax on remuneration
to non-resident artistes (“skatt på honorar til utenlandske
artister m.v.”), etc.
(g) Value added tax
(“merverdiavgift”)
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Sweden
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The Kingdom of Sweden
including the national territory and the territorial sea of Sweden as well as
other maritime areas over which Sweden in accordance with international law
exercises sovereign rights or jurisdiction
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(a) National income tax
(den statliga inkomstskatten)
(b) Withholding tax on
dividends (kupongskatten)
(c) Income tax on
non-residents (den särskilda inkomstskatten för utomlands bosatta)
(d) Income tax on
non-resident artistes and athletes (den särskilda inkomstskatten
för utomlands bosatta artister m.fl.)
(e) Municipal income tax
(den kommunala inkomstskatten)
(f) Yield tax on
pension funds (avkastningsskatten på pensionsmedel)
(g) Value added tax
(mervärdesskatten)”.
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2 Citation
and commencement
(1) These
Regulations may be cited as the Taxation (Exchange of Information with Third
Countries) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2009.
(2) These
Regulations come into force 7 days after they are made.
a.h. harris
Deputy Greffier of the States