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DT13180 | DT: Mauritius: double taxation agreement, Article 31: Termination

From HM Revenue & Customs · Double Taxation Relief Manual

  1. This Convention shall remain in force until terminated by one of the Contracting States. Either Contracting State may terminate the Convention, through the diplomatic channel, by giving notice of termination at least six months before the end of any calendar year after the year 1986. In such event, the Convention shall cease to have effect:

  1. in the United Kingdom:

(i) in respect of income tax and capital gains tax, for any year of assessment beginning on or after 6 April in the calendar year next following that in which the notice is given;  
  
(ii) in respect of corporation tax, for any financial year beginning on or after 1 April in the calendar year next following that in which the notice is given;

  1. in Mauritius:

(i) in respect of income tax for any year of assessment beginning on or after 1 July in the calendar year next following that in which the notice is given;  
  
(ii) in respect of capital gains tax (morcellement) for any financial year beginning on or after 1 July in the calendar year next following that in which the notice is given.

  1. The termination of this Convention shall not have the effect of reviving the Arrangement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income which was made in 1947 between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Mauritius.