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(ii)<br />

did not become a resident of that State solely for the purpose of rendering the<br />

services.<br />

2. (a) Any pension paid by, or out of funds created by, a Contracting State or a political<br />

subdivision, a local authority or a statutory body thereof to an individual in respect of services<br />

rendered to that State or subdivision, authority or body shall be taxable only in that State.<br />

(b) However, such pension shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State if the<br />

individual is a resident of, and a national of, that State.<br />

3. The provisions of Articles 15, 16 and 18 shall apply to salaries, wages and other similar<br />

remuneration, and to pensions, in respect of services rendered in connection with a<br />

business carried on by a Contracting State or a political subdivision or a local authority<br />

or a statutory body thereof.<br />

Article 20 - Students<br />

Payments which a student or business trainee or apprentice who is or was immediately before<br />

visiting a Contracting State a resident of the other Contracting State and who is present in the<br />

first-mentioned State solely for the purpose of his education or training receives for the purpose<br />

of his maintenance, education or training shall not be taxed in that State, provided that such<br />

payments arise from sources outside that State.<br />

Article 21 - Other Income<br />

1. Items of income of a resident of a Contracting State, wherever arising, not dealt with in<br />

the foregoing Articles of this Agreement, shall be taxable only in that State.<br />

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income, other than income from<br />

immovable property as defined in paragraph 2 of Article 6, if the recipient of such<br />

income, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other<br />

Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in<br />

that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the<br />

right or property in respect of which the income is paid is effectively connected with<br />

such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 or<br />

Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.<br />

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, items of income of a resident<br />

of a Contracting State not dealt with in the foregoing articles of this Agreement and<br />

arising in the other Contracting State may also be taxed in that other State.<br />

Article 22 - Elimination of Double Taxation<br />

1. In <strong>Ukraine</strong>, double taxation shall be avoided as follows:<br />

Where a resident of <strong>Ukraine</strong> derives income which, in accordance with the provisions<br />

of this Agreement, may be taxed in Singapore, <strong>Ukraine</strong> shall allow as a deduction<br />

from the tax on the income of that resident, an amount equal to the income tax paid<br />

in Singapore. Such deduction shall not, however, exceed that part of the income tax<br />

as computed before the deduction is given, which is attributable to the income which<br />

may be taxed in <strong>Ukraine</strong>.<br />

Where in accordance with any provision of the Agreement income derived by a<br />

resident of <strong>Ukraine</strong> is exempt from tax in <strong>Ukraine</strong>, <strong>Ukraine</strong> may nevertheless, in<br />

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