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TERRITORIALITY PRINCIPLE [4 records]

Record 1 2004-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Principle by which income is taxed in the country where it arises.

OBS

Under this principle, the income of foreign branches is usually not taken into account in calculating a company’s tax liability exemption method.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Principe selon lequel le revenu est imposé dans le pays où il est produit.

OBS

Selon ce principe, le revenu de succursales étrangères n'entre pas ordinairement en ligne de compte dans le calcul de l'imposition de la société (méthode de l'exemption).

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
OBS

(FIDEV 2-71, p. 38) Income should be taxed in the country in which it has its source : income from real property in the country where the property is situated, business has been carried on, salaries and wages where the work was performed, and dividends and interest in the country in which they were paid V. territoriality principle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

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Record 4 1983-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
OBS

(i.e. protection of an invention in a State only where the competent national authority has granted a patent for it)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel

Spanish

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