INTM332680 - Double Taxation applications & claims: permanent establishment and special relationship: How you recognise the ‘Special Relationship� condition

The terms of the ‘Special Relationship� condition in the DTAs are usually one of the following

  • the majority of DTAs you will be concerned with provide that no relief is available where “â€�. the amount of the interest or royalty paid exceeds for whatever reason the amount which would have been paid in the absence of such relationshipâ€�
  • in the older pre-1966 DTAs no relief is available where ‘â€� any interest or royalty exceeds a fair and reasonable consideration in respect of the indebtedness or rightsâ€�.