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Australia Publishes Synthesized Text of Tax Treaty with Papua New Guinea as Impacted by the BEPS MLI

21 January 2025

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Treaty Development

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Australia-Papua New Guinea

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has published the synthesized text of the tax treaty with Papua New Guinea as impacted by the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). The synthesized text was prepared on the basis of the reservations and notifications submitted to the Depositary by the respective countries. The authentic legal texts of the treaty and the MLI take precedence and remain the legal texts applicable. The MLI applies for the 1989 Australia-Papua New Guinea tax treaty: with respect to taxes withheld at source in Australia on amounts paid...