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Updated - German Law Ratifying Protocol to Tax Treaty with Finland in Force

08 January 2021

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Treaty Development

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Finland-Germany

The German law providing for the ratification of the amending protocol to the 2016 income tax treaty between Finland and Germany entered into force on 3 November 2020. The protocol, signed 18 November 2019, includes the following changes: The title and preamble are replaced in line with OECD BEPS Standards; Article 25 (Application of the Convention in Special Cases) is replaced with a new Article 25 (Prevention of Treaty Abuse), which includes the provision that a benefit under the treaty will not be granted in respect of an item of income if it is reasonable to conclude that obtaining that...