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Ottawa, May 2, 1997
1997-041

Entry Into Force of the Tax Convention Between Canada and Ukraine

Related document:

•  Text of Convention.

Finance Minister Paul Martin today announced that the Government of Canada notified the Government of Ukraine on April 29, 1997, that the necessary procedures in Canada for the bringing into force of the Convention between Canada and Ukraine for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital signed at Kyiv on March 4, 1996, have been completed. The Government of Ukraine has already notified the Government of Canada on July 31, 1996, that it had completed its own procedures. Article 29 of the Convention provides that it shall enter into force on the date of the later of these notifications.

The Convention therefore entered into force on April 29, 1997 and its provisions will have effect:

(a) in respect of tax withheld at the source on amounts paid or credited to non-residents on or after June 28,1997; and

(b) in respect of other taxes for taxable years beginning on or after the first day of January 1998.

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Jean-Marc Déry
Tax Legislation Division
(613) 992-1862