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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2025 No. 1301
CAPITAL GAINS TAX
CORPORATION TAX
INCOME TAX
The Double Taxation Relief and International
Tax Enforcement (Andorra) Order 2025
Made - - - - 10th December 2025
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of December 2025
Present,
The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
A draft of this Order was laid before the House of Commons in accordance with section 173(7) of
the Finance Act 2006(1) and section 5(2) of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act
2010(2) and approved by resolution of that House.
Accordingly, His Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Him by section 173(1) to (3) of the
Finance Act 2006 and section 2 of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010(3),
by and with the advice of His Privy Council, orders as follows—
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement
(Andorra) Order 2025.
Double taxation and international tax enforcement arrangements to have effect
2. It is declared that—
(a) the arrangements specified in the Convention and Notes Verbale set out in the Schedule
to this Order have been made with the Principality of Andorra,
(1) 2006 c. 25.
(2) 2010 c. 8.
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(b) those arrangements have been made with a view to affording relief from double taxation
in relation to income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax, and taxes of a similar
character imposed by the laws of the Principality of Andorra, and relate to international
tax enforcement, and
(c) it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
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SCHEDULE Article 2
CONVENTION
BETWEEN
THE UNITED
KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
AND
THE PRINCIPALITY OF ANDORRA
FOR THE ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAXATION WITH
RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND ON CAPITAL AND
THE PREVENTION OF TAX EVASION AND AVOIDANCE
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Principality of Andorra;
Desiring to further develop their economic relationship and to enhance their cooperation in tax
matters;
Intending to conclude a Convention for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on
income and on capital without creating opportunities for non-taxation or reduced taxation through
tax evasion or avoidance (including through treaty-shopping arrangements aimed at obtaining reliefs
provided in this Convention for the indirect benefit of residents of third States);
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
PERSONS COVERED
1. This Convention shall apply to persons who are residents of one or both of the Contracting
States.
2. For the purposes of this Convention, income or gains derived by or through an entity or
arrangement that is treated as wholly or partly fiscally transparent under the tax law of either
Contracting State shall be considered to be income or gains of a resident of a Contracting State but
only to the extent that the income or gain is treated, for purposes of taxation by that State, as the
income or gain of a resident of that State.
3. This Convention shall not affect the taxation, by a Contracting State, of its residents except
with respect to the benefits granted under paragraph 3 of Article 7, paragraph 2 of Article 9 and
Articles 18, 19, 22, 23, 24 and 26.
Article 2
TAXES COVERED
1. This Convention shall apply to taxes on income and on capital imposed on behalf of a
Contracting State or of its political subdivisions or local authorities, irrespective of the manner in
which they are levied.
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2. There shall be regarded as taxes on income and on capital all taxes imposed on total income,
on total capital or on elements of income, or of capital including taxes on gains from the alienation of
movable or immovable property, taxes on the total amounts of wages or salaries paid by enterprises,
as well as taxes on capital appreciation.
3. The existing taxes to which the Convention shall apply are in particular:
(a) in Andorra:
(i)Corporate income tax (impost sobre societats);
(ii)Personal income tax (impost sobre la renda de les persones físiques);
(iii)Tax on income for fiscal non-residents (impost sobre la renda dels no residents
fiscals);
(iv)Tax payable on the increase in value in immovable property (impost sobre les plus
vàlues en les transmissions patrimonials immobiliàries);
(hereinafter referred to as “Andorran tax”);
(b) in the United Kingdom:
(i)income tax;
(ii)corporation tax; and
(iii)capital gains tax;
(hereinafter referred to as “United Kingdom tax”).
4. The Convention shall apply also to any identical or substantially similar taxes that are imposed
after the date of signature of the Convention in addition to, or in place of, the existing taxes. The
competent authorities of the Contracting States shall notify each other of any significant changes
that have been made in their taxation laws.
Article 3
GENERAL DEFINITIONS
1. For the purposes of this Convention, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the term “Andorra” means the Principality of Andorra and, when used in a geographical
sense, means the territory of the Principality of Andorra;
(b) the term “United Kingdom” means Great Britain and Northern Ireland but, when used in
a geographical sense, means the territory and territorial sea of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and the areas beyond that territorial sea over which Great Britain and Northern
Ireland exercise sovereign rights or jurisdiction in accordance with both domestic law and
international law;
(c) the term “person” includes an individual, a company and any other body of persons;
(d) the term “company” means any body corporate or any entity that is treated as a body
corporate for tax purposes;
(e) the term “enterprise” applies to the carrying on of any business;
(f) the terms “enterprise of a Contracting State” and “enterprise of the other Contracting State”
mean respectively an enterprise carried on by a resident of a Contracting State and an
enterprise carried on by a resident of the other Contracting State;
(g) the term “international traffic” means any transport by a ship or aircraft, except when the
ship or aircraft is operated solely between places in a Contracting State and the enterprise
that operates the ship or aircraft is not an enterprise of that State;
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(h) the term “competent authority” means:
(i)in Andorra, the Minister in charge of Finance or his authorised representative;
(ii)in the United Kingdom, the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
or their authorised representative;
(i) the term “national” means:
(i)in relation to Andorra any individual possessing the nationality of that Contracting
State; and any legal person, partnership or association deriving its status as such
from the laws in force in that Contracting State;
(ii)in relation to the United Kingdom, any British citizen, or any British subject not
possessing the citizenship of any other Commonwealth country or territory, provided
he has the right of abode in the United Kingdom; and any legal person, partnership or
association deriving its status as such from the laws in force in the United Kingdom;
(j) the term “business” includes the performance of professional services and of other
activities of an independent character;
(k) the term “recognised pension fund” of a Contracting State means an entity or arrangement
established in that State that is treated as a separate person under the taxation laws of that
State and:
(i)that is established and operated exclusively or almost exclusively to administer or
provide retirement benefits and ancillary or incidental benefits to individuals and
that is regulated as such by that State or one of its political subdivisions or local
authorities; or
(ii)that is established and operated exclusively or almost exclusively to invest funds for
the benefit of entities or arrangements referred to in subdivision (i).
Where an arrangement established in a State would constitute a pension fund under subdivision (i)
or (ii) if it were treated as a separate person under taxation law of that State, it shall be considered,
for the purposes of this Convention, as a separate person treated as such under the taxation law of
that State and all the assets and income to which the arrangement applies shall be treated as assets
held and income derived by that separate person and not by another person.
2. As regards the application of the Convention at any time by a Contracting State, any term
not defined therein shall, unless the context otherwise requires or the competent authorities agree
to a different meaning pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, have the meaning that it has at that
time under the law of that State for the purposes of the taxes to which the Convention applies, any
meaning under the applicable tax laws of that State prevailing over a meaning given to the term
under other laws of that State.
Article 4
RESIDENT
1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term “resident of a Contracting State” means any
person who, under the laws of that State, is liable to tax therein by reason of his domicile, residence,
place of management, place of incorporation or any other criterion of a similar nature, and also
includes that State and any political subdivision or local authority thereof. This term, however, does
not include any person who is liable to tax in that State in respect only of income or capital gains
from sources in that State or capital situated therein.
2. The term “resident of a Contracting State” includes
(a) a recognised pension fund established in that State; and
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(b) an organisation that is established and is operated exclusively for religious, charitable,
scientific, cultural, or educational purposes (or for more than one of those purposes) and
that is a resident of that State according to its laws, notwithstanding that all or part of its
income or gains may be exempt from tax under the domestic law of that State.
3. Where, by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 an individual is a resident of both
Contracting States, then his status shall be determined as follows:
(a) he shall be deemed to be a resident only of the State in which he has a permanent home
available to him; if he has a permanent home available to him in both States, he shall be
deemed to be a resident only of the State with which his personal and economic relations
are closer (centre of vital interests);
(b) if the State in which he has his centre of vital interests cannot be determined, or if he does
not have a permanent home available to him in either State, he shall be deemed to be a
resident only of the State in which he has an habitual abode;
(c) if he has an habitual abode in both States or in neither of them, he shall be deemed to be
a resident only of the State of which he is a national;
(d) if he is a national of both States or of neither of them, the competent authorities of the
Contracting States shall settle the question by mutual agreement.
4. Where, by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 a person other than an individual is a resident
of both Contracting States, the competent authorities of the Contracting States shall endeavour to
determine by mutual agreement the Contracting State of which such person shall be deemed to be a
resident for the purposes of the Convention, having regard to its place of effective management, the
place where it is incorporated or otherwise constituted and any other relevant factors. In the absence
of such agreement, such person shall not be entitled to any relief or exemption from tax provided by
this Convention, except to the extent and in such manner as may be agreed upon by the competent
authorities of the Contracting States.
Article 5
PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT
1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term “permanent establishment” means a fixed place
of business through which the business of an enterprise is wholly or partly carried on.
2. The term “permanent establishment” includes especially:
(a) a place of management;
(b) a branch;
(c) an office;
(d) a factory;
(e) a workshop;
(f) a mine, an oil or gas well, a quarry or any other place of extraction of natural resources; and
(g) an agricultural, pastoral or forestry exploitation.
3. A building site or construction or installation project constitutes a permanent establishment
only if it lasts more than twelve months.
4. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, the term “permanent establishment”
shall be deemed not to include:
(a) the use of facilities solely for the purpose of storage, display or delivery of goods or
merchandise belonging to the enterprise;
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(b) the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for
the purpose of storage, display or delivery;
(c) the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for
the purpose of processing by another enterprise;
(d) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the purpose of purchasing goods
or merchandise, or of collecting information, for the enterprise;
(e) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the purpose of carrying on, for the
enterprise, any other activity of a preparatory or auxiliary character;
(f) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for any combination of activities
mentioned in sub-paragraphs a) to e), provided that the overall activity of the fixed place
of business resulting from this combination is of a preparatory or auxiliary character.
5. Paragraph 4 shall not apply to a fixed place of business that is used or maintained by an
enterprise if the same enterprise or a closely related enterprise carries on business activities at the
same place or at another place in the same Contracting State and
(a) that place or other place constitutes a permanent establishment for the enterprise or the
closely related enterprise under the provisions of this Article, or
(b) the overall activity resulting from the combination of the activities carried on by the two
enterprises at the same place, or by the same enterprise or closely related enterprises at the
two places, is not of a preparatory or auxiliary character,
provided that the business activities carried on by the two enterprises at the same place, or by the
same enterprise or closely related enterprises at the two places, constitute complementary functions
that are part of a cohesive business operation.
6. For the purposes of paragraph 5, an enterprise is closely related to an enterprise if, based on
all the relevant facts and circumstances, one has control of the other or both are under the control of
the same persons or enterprises. In any case, an enterprise shall be considered to be closely related
to an enterprise if one possesses directly or indirectly more than 50 per cent of the beneficial interest
in the other (or, in the case of a company, more than 50 per cent of the aggregate vote and value of
the company’s shares or of the beneficial equity interest in the company) or if a person or another
enterprise possesses directly or indirectly more than 50 per cent of the beneficial interest (or, in the
case of a company, more than 50 per cent of the aggregate vote and value of the company’s shares
or of the beneficial equity interest in the company) in the two enterprises.
7. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, where a person - other than an agent
of an independent status to whom paragraph 8 applies - is acting on behalf of an enterprise and has,
and habitually exercises, in a Contracting State an authority to conclude contracts on behalf of the
enterprise, that enterprise shall be deemed to have a permanent establishment in that State in respect
of any activities which that person undertakes for the enterprise, unless the activities of such person
are limited to those mentioned in paragraph 4 which, if exercised through a fixed place of business,
would not make this fixed place of business a permanent establishment under the provisions of that
paragraph.
8. An enterprise shall not be deemed to have a permanent establishment in a Contracting State
merely because it carries on business in that State through a broker, general commission agent or any
other agent of an independent status, provided that such persons are acting in the ordinary course
of their business.
9. The fact that a company which is a resident of a Contracting State controls or is controlled by
a company which is a resident of the other Contracting State, or which carries on business in that
other State (whether through a permanent establishment or otherwise), shall not of itself constitute
either company a permanent establishment of the other.
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Article 6
INCOME FROM IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
1. Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from immovable property (including
income from agriculture or forestry) situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that
other State.
2. The term “immovable property” shall have the meaning which it has under the law of
the Contracting State in which the property in question is situated. The term shall in any case
include property accessory to immovable property, livestock and equipment used in agriculture and
forestry, rights to which the provisions of general law respecting landed property apply, usufruct of
immovable property and rights to variable or fixed payments as consideration for the working of,
or the right to work, mineral deposits, sources and other natural resources; ships, and aircraft shall
not be regarded as immovable property.
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply to income derived from the direct use, letting, or
use in any other form of immovable property.
4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 shall also apply to the income from immovable property
of an enterprise.
Article 7
BUSINESS PROFITS
1. Profits of an enterprise of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State unless the
enterprise carries on business in the other Contracting State through a permanent establishment
situated therein. If the enterprise carries on business as aforesaid, the profits that are attributable
to the permanent establishment in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 may be taxed in
that other State.
2. For the purposes of this Article and Article 22, the profits that are attributable in each
Contracting State to the permanent establishment referred to in paragraph 1 are the profits it might
be expected to make, in particular in its dealings with other parts of the enterprise, if it were a
separate and independent enterprise engaged in the same or similar activities under the same or
similar conditions, taking into account the functions performed, assets used and risks assumed by
the enterprise through the permanent establishment and through the other parts of the enterprise.
3. Where, in accordance with paragraph 2, a Contracting State adjusts the profits that are
attributable to a permanent establishment of an enterprise of one of the Contracting States and taxes
accordingly profits of the enterprise that have been charged to tax in the other State, the other State
shall, to the extent necessary to eliminate double taxation on these profits, make an appropriate
adjustment to the amount of the tax charged on those profits. In determining such adjustment, the
competent authorities of the Contracting States shall if necessary consult each other.
4. Where profits include items of income or gains which are dealt with separately in other Articles
of this Convention, then the provisions of those Articles shall not be affected by the provisions of
this Article.
Article 8
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AND AIR TRANSPORT
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1. Profits of an enterprise of a Contracting State from the operation of ships or aircraft in
international traffic shall be taxable only in that State.
2. For the purposes of this Article, profits from the operation of ships or aircraft in international
traffic include:
(a) profits from the rental on a bareboat basis of ships or aircraft; and
(b) profits from the use, maintenance or rental of containers (including trailers and related
equipment for the transport of containers) used for the transport of goods or merchandise;
where such rental or such use, maintenance or rental, as the case may be, is incidental to the operation
of ships or aircraft in international traffic.
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall also apply to profits from the participation in a pool, a
joint business or an international operating agency.
Article 9
ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES
1. Where
(a) an enterprise of a Contracting State participates directly or indirectly in the management,
control or capital of an enterprise of the other Contracting State, or
(b) the same persons participate directly or indirectly in the management, control or capital of
an enterprise of a Contracting State and an enterprise of the other Contracting State,
and in either case conditions are made or imposed between the two enterprises in their commercial or
financial relations which differ from those which would be made between independent enterprises,
then any profits which would, but for those conditions, have accrued to one of the enterprises, but,
by reason of those conditions, have not so accrued, may be included in the profits of that enterprise
and taxed accordingly.
2. Where a Contracting State includes in the profits of an enterprise of that State - and taxes
accordingly - profits on which an enterprise of the other Contracting State has been charged to tax
in that other State and the profits so included are profits which would have accrued to the enterprise
of the first-mentioned State if the conditions made between the two enterprises had been those
which would have been made between independent enterprises, then that other State shall make an
appropriate adjustment to the amount of the tax charged therein on those profits. In determining such
adjustment, due regard shall be had to the other provisions of this Convention and the competent
authorities of the Contracting States shall if necessary consult each other.
Article 10
DIVIDENDS
1. Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting State to a resident of the
other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.
2. However, dividends paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting State may also be
taxed in that State and according to the laws of that State, but if the beneficial owner of the dividends
is a resident of the other Contracting State:
(a) except as provided in sub-paragraph b), such dividends shall be exempt from tax in the
Contracting State of which the company paying the dividends is a resident;
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(b) where dividends are paid out of income (including gains) derived directly or indirectly
from immovable property within the meaning of Article 6 by an investment vehicle which
distributes most of this income annually and whose income from such immovable property
is exempted from tax, the tax charged by the Contracting State of which the company
paying the dividends is a resident shall not exceed 15 per cent of the gross amount of
the dividends other than where the beneficial owner of the dividends is a pension fund
established in the other Contracting State, where the exemption provided in sub-paragraph
a) shall apply.
This paragraph shall not affect the taxation of the company in respect of the profits out of which
the dividends are paid.
3. The term “dividends” as used in this Article means income from shares, “jouissance” shares
or “jouissance” rights, mining shares, founders’ shares or other rights, not being debt-claims,
participating in profits, as well as any other item which is treated as income from shares by the laws
of the State of which the company making the distribution is a resident.
4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the dividends,
being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State of which the
company paying the dividends is a resident through a permanent establishment situated therein and
the holding in respect of which the dividends are paid is effectively connected with such permanent
establishment. In such case the provisions of Article 7 shall apply.
5. Where a company which is a resident of a Contracting State derives profits or income from
the other Contracting State, that other State may not impose any tax on the dividends paid by the
company, except insofar as such dividends are paid to a resident of that other State or insofar as
the holding in respect of which the dividends are paid is effectively connected with a permanent
establishment situated in that other State, nor subject the company’s undistributed profits to a tax on
undistributed profits, even if the dividends paid or the undistributed profits consist wholly or partly
of profits or income arising in that other State.
Article 11
INTEREST
1. Interest arising in a Contracting State and beneficially owned by a resident of the other
Contracting State shall be taxable only in that other State.
2. The term “interest” as used in this Article means income from debt-claims of every kind,
whether or not secured by mortgage and whether or not carrying a right to participate in the debtor’s
profits, and in particular, income from government securities and income from bonds or debentures,
including premiums and prizes attached to such securities, bonds or debentures. The term shall not
include any item which is treated as a dividend under the provisions of Article 10.
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the interest, being
a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State in which the
interest arises through a permanent establishment situated therein and the debt-claim in respect of
which the interest is paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment. In such case
the provisions of Article 7 shall apply.
4. Interest shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is a resident of that State.
Where, however, the person paying the interest, whether he is a resident of a Contracting State or not,
has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment in connection with which the indebtedness on
which the interest is paid was incurred, and such interest is borne by such permanent establishment,
then such interest shall be deemed to arise in the State in which the permanent establishment is
situated.
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5. Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or
between both of them and some other person, the amount of the interest having regard to the debt-
claim for which it is paid exceeds, the amount which would have been agreed upon by the payer and
the beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply
only to the last-mentioned amount. In such case, the excess part of the payments shall remain taxable
according to the laws of each Contracting State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this
Convention.
Article 12
ROYALTIES
1. Royalties arising in a Contracting State and beneficially owned by a resident of the other
Contracting State shall be taxable only in that other State.
2. The term “royalties” as used in this Article means payments of any kind received as a
consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of literary, artistic or scientific work
including cinematograph films, any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan, secret formula or
process, or for information (know-how) concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience.
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the royalties, being
a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State in which the
royalties arise through a permanent establishment situated therein and the right or property in respect
of which the royalties are paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment. In such
case the provisions of Article 7 shall apply.
4. Royalties shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is a resident of that
State. Where, however, the person paying the royalties, whether he is a resident of a Contracting State
or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment in connection with which the obligation
to pay the royalties was incurred, and such royalties are borne by such permanent establishment,
then royalties shall be deemed to arise in the State where the permanent establishment is situated.
5. Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or
between both of them and some other person, the amount of the royalties having regard to the use,
right or information for which they are paid exceeds the amount which would have been agreed
upon by the payer and the beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this
Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned amount. In such case, the excess part of the payments
shall remain taxable according to the laws of each Contracting State, due regard being had to the
other provisions of this Convention.
Article 13
CAPITAL GAINS
1. Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of immovable property
referred to in Article 6 and situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.
2. Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of shares or comparable
interests, such as interests in a partnership or trust, may be taxed in the other Contracting State if, at
any time during the 365 days preceding the alienation, these shares or comparable interests derived
more than 50 per cent of their value directly or indirectly from immovable property, as defined in
Article 6, situated in that other State.
3. Gains from the alienation of movable property forming part of the business property of a
permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting
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State, including such gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or with the
whole enterprise), may be taxed in that other State.
4. Gains that an enterprise of a Contracting State that operates ships or aircraft in international
traffic derives from the alienation of such ships or aircraft, or of movable property pertaining to the
operation of such ships or aircraft, shall be taxable only in that State.
5. Gains from the alienation of any property other than that referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and
4 shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident.
Article 14
INCOME FROM EMPLOYMENT
1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 15, 17, and 18, salaries, wages and other similar
remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment shall be
taxable only in that State unless the employment is exercised in the other Contracting State. If the
employment is so exercised, such remuneration as is derived therefrom may be taxed in that other
State.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, remuneration derived by a resident of a
Contracting State in respect of an employment exercised in the other Contracting State shall be
taxable only in the first-mentioned State if:
(a) the recipient is present in the other State for a period or periods not exceeding in the
aggregate 183 days in any twelve month period commencing or ending in the fiscal year
concerned; and
(b) the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, an employer who is not a resident of the other
State; and
(c) the remuneration is not borne by a permanent establishment which the employer has in
the other State.
3. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, remuneration derived by a resident
of a Contracting State in respect of an employment, as a member of the regular complement of a
ship or aircraft, that is exercised aboard a ship or aircraft operated in international traffic, other than
aboard a ship or aircraft operated solely within the other Contracting State, shall be taxable only in
the first-mentioned State.
Article 15
DIRECTORS’ FEES
Directors’ fees and other similar payments derived by a resident of a Contracting State in his capacity
as a member of the board of directors of a company which is a resident of the other Contracting
State may be taxed in that other State.
Article 16
ENTERTAINERS AND SPORTSPERSONS
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 14, income derived by a resident of a Contracting
State as an entertainer, such as a theatre, motion picture, radio or television artiste, or a musician, or
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as a sportsperson, from that resident’s personal activities as such exercised in the other Contracting
State, may be taxed in that other State.
2. Where income in respect of personal activities exercised by an entertainer or a sportsperson
acting as such accrues not to the entertainer or sportsperson but to another person, that income may,
notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7 and 14, be taxed in the Contracting State in which the
activities of the entertainer or sportsperson are exercised.
3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to income derived from activities
exercised in a Contracting State by entertainers or sportspersons if the visit to that State is wholly
or mainly supported by public funds of the other Contracting State or political subdivisions or local
authorities thereof. In such a case, the income is taxable only in the Contracting State in which the
entertainer or the sportsperson is a resident.
Article 17
PENSIONS
Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 18, pensions and other similar remuneration paid
to a resident of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State.
Article 18
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
(a) (1) (a) Salaries, wages and other similar remuneration paid by a Contracting State or
a political subdivision or a local authority thereof to an individual in respect of services
rendered to that State or subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in that State.
(b) However, such salaries, wages and other similar remuneration shall be taxable only in the
other Contracting State if the services are rendered in that State and the individual is a
resident of that State who:
(i)is a national of that State; or
(ii)did not become a resident of that State solely for the purpose of rendering the
services;
and is subject to tax in that State on such salaries, wages, and other similar remuneration.(4)
(a) (2) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, pensions and other similar
remuneration paid by, or out of funds created by, a Contracting State or a political
subdivision or a local authority thereof to an individual in respect of services rendered to
that State or subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in that State.
(b) However, such pensions and other similar remuneration shall be taxable only in the other
Contracting State if the individual is a resident of, and a national of, that State.
(3) The provisions of Articles 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall apply to salaries, wages, pensions, and
other similar remuneration in respect of services rendered in connection with a business carried on
by a Contracting State or a political subdivision or a local authority thereof.
Article 19
(4) As corrected by the Notes Verbale between His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy in Madrid and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Principality of Andorra dated 11 June 2025 and 12 June 2025.
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STUDENTS
Payments which a student or business apprentice who is or was immediately before visiting a
Contracting State a resident of the other Contracting State and who is present in the first-mentioned
State solely for the purpose of his education or training receives for the purpose of his maintenance,
education or training shall not be taxed in that State, provided that such payments arise from sources
outside that State.
Article 20
OTHER INCOME
1. Items of income beneficially owned by a resident of a Contracting State, wherever arising, not
dealt with in the foregoing Articles of this Convention shall be taxable only in that State.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, where an amount of income is paid to a resident
of a Contracting State out of income received by trustees or personal representatives administering
the estates of deceased persons and those trustees or personal representatives are residents of the
other Contracting State, that amount shall be treated as arising from the same sources, and in the
same proportions, as the income received by the trustees or personal representatives out of which
that amount is paid. Any tax paid by the trustees or personal representatives in respect of the income
paid to the beneficiary shall be treated as if it had been paid by the beneficiary.
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income, other than income from immovable
property as defined in paragraph 2 of Article 6, if the beneficial owner of such income, being a
resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State through a permanent
establishment situated therein and the right or property in respect of which the income is paid is
effectively connected with such permanent establishment. In such case the provisions of Article 7
shall apply.
4. Where, by reason of a special relationship between the resident referred to in paragraph 1 and
some other person, or between both of them and some third person, the amount of the income referred
to in that paragraph exceeds the amount (if any) which would have been agreed upon between them in
the absence of such a relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned
amount. In such a case, the excess part of the income shall remain taxable according to the laws of
each Contracting State, due regard being had to the other applicable provisions of this Convention.
Article 21
CAPITAL
1. Capital represented by immovable property referred to in Article 6, owned by a resident of a
Contracting State and situated in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other State.
2. Capital represented by movable property forming part of the business property of a permanent
establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State may be
taxed in that other State.
3. Capital of an enterprise of a Contracting State that operates ships or aircraft in international
traffic represented by such ships or aircraft, and by movable property pertaining to the operation of
such ships or aircraft, shall be taxable only in that State.
4. All other elements of capital of a resident of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that
State.
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Article 22
ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAXATION
1. Subject to the provisions of the law of Andorra regarding the elimination of double taxation
which shall not affect the general principle hereof, double taxation shall be eliminated as follows:
(a) Where a resident of Andorra derives income or owns capital which, in accordance with
the provisions of this Convention, may be taxed in the United Kingdom, Andorra shall
allow as a deduction from the tax of that resident an amount equal to the tax paid in the
United Kingdom.
Such deduction shall not, however, exceed that part of the Andorran tax, as computed
before the deduction is given, which is attributable to the income derived from, or the
capital owned in the United Kingdom.
(b) Where a resident of Andorra derives income or owns capital which, in accordance with
the provisions of this Convention, is exempt from tax in Andorra, Andorra may in order
to calculate the amount of tax on the remaining income or capital of the resident, take into
account the income or capital that has been exempted.
2. Subject to the provisions of the law of the United Kingdom regarding the allowance as a credit
against United Kingdom tax of tax payable in a territory outside the United Kingdom or, as the
case may be, regarding the exemption from United Kingdom tax of a dividend arising in a territory
outside the United Kingdom or of the profits of a permanent establishment situated in a territory
outside the United Kingdom (which shall not affect the general principle hereof):
(a) Andorran tax payable under the laws of Andorra and in accordance with this Convention,
whether directly or by deduction, on profits, income or chargeable gains from sources
within Andorra (excluding in the case of a dividend tax payable in respect of the profits
out of which the dividend is paid) shall be allowed as a credit against any United Kingdom
tax computed by reference to the same profits, income or chargeable gains by reference
to which the Andorran tax is computed;
(b) a dividend which is paid by a company which is a resident of Andorra to a company which
is a resident of the United Kingdom shall be exempted from United Kingdom tax when
the exemption is applicable and the conditions for exemption under the law of the United
Kingdom are met;
(c) the profits of a permanent establishment in Andorra of a company which is a resident of
the United Kingdom shall be exempted from United Kingdom tax when the exemption is
applicable and the conditions for exemption under the law of the United Kingdom are met;
(d) in the case of a dividend not exempted from tax under sub-paragraph b) above which is
paid by a company which is a resident of Andorra to a company which is a resident of
the United Kingdom and which controls directly or indirectly at least 10 per cent of the
voting power in the company paying the dividend, the credit mentioned in sub-paragraph
a) above shall also take into account the Andorran tax payable by the company in respect
of its profits out of which such dividend is paid.
For the purposes of this paragraph, profits, income and gains owned by a resident of the United
Kingdom which may be taxed in Andorra in accordance with this Convention shall be deemed to
arise from sources in Andorra.
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply where the United Kingdom tax payable is in
accordance with the provisions of this Convention solely because the income referred to in that
paragraph is also income, profits or chargeable gains derived by a resident of the United Kingdom.
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4. The provisions of paragraph 2 shall not apply where the Andorran tax payable is in accordance
with the provisions of this Convention solely because the income, profits or chargeable gains referred
to in that paragraph is also income derived by a resident of Andorra.
Article 23
NON-DISCRIMINATION
1. Nationals of a Contracting State shall not be subjected in the other Contracting State to
any taxation or any requirement connected therewith which is other or more burdensome than the
taxation and connected requirements to which nationals of that other State in the same circumstances,
in particular with respect to residence, are or may be subjected.
2. The taxation on a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in
the other Contracting State shall not be less favourably levied in that other State than the taxation
levied on enterprises of that other State carrying on the same activities.
3. Except where the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 9, paragraph 5 of Article 11, paragraph
5 of Article 12 or paragraph 4 of Article 20 apply, interest, royalties and other disbursements paid by
an enterprise of a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State shall, for the purpose
of determining the taxable profits of such enterprise, be deductible under the same conditions as if
they had been paid to a resident of the first-mentioned State. Similarly, any debts of an enterprise of
a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State shall, for the purpose of determining
the taxable capital of such enterprise, be deductible under the same conditions as if they had been
contracted to a resident of the first-mentioned State.
4. Enterprises of a Contracting State, the capital of which is wholly or partly owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by one or more residents of the other Contracting State, shall not be subjected
in the first-mentioned State to any taxation or any requirement connected therewith which is other or
more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which other similar enterprises
of the first-mentioned State are or may be subjected.
5. Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed as obliging either Contracting State to
grant to individuals not resident in that State any of the personal allowances, reliefs and reductions
for tax purposes which are granted to individuals so resident or to its nationals.
6. The provisions of this Article shall apply to the taxes referred to in Article 2 of this Convention.
Article 24
MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE
1. Where a person considers that the actions of one or both of the Contracting States result or
will result for him in taxation not in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, he may,
irrespective of the remedies provided by the domestic law of those States, present his case to the
competent authority of either Contracting State. The case must be presented within three years from
the first notification of the action resulting in taxation not in accordance with the provisions of the
Convention.
2. The competent authority shall endeavour, if the objection appears to it to be justified and if
it is not itself able to arrive at a satisfactory solution, to resolve the case by mutual agreement with
the competent authority of the other Contracting State, with a view to the avoidance of taxation
which is not in accordance with the Convention. Any agreement reached shall be implemented
notwithstanding any time limits in the domestic law of the Contracting States.
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3. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall endeavour to resolve by mutual
agreement any difficulties or doubts arising as to the interpretation or application of the Convention.
They may also consult together for the elimination of double taxation in cases not provided for in
the Convention.
4. The competent authorities of the Contracting States may communicate with each other directly
for the purpose of reaching an agreement in the sense of the preceding paragraphs.
5. Where,
(a) under paragraph 1, a person has presented a case to the competent authority of a
Contracting State on the basis that the actions of one or both of the Contracting States
have resulted for that person in taxation not in accordance with the provisions of this
Convention, and
(b) the competent authorities are unable to reach an agreement to resolve that case pursuant
to paragraph 2 within two years from the date when all the information required by the
competent authorities in order to address the case has been provided to both competent
authorities,
any unresolved issues arising from the case shall be submitted to arbitration if the person so requests
in writing. These unresolved issues shall not, however, be submitted to arbitration if a decision
on these issues has already been rendered by a court or administrative tribunal of either State.
Unless a person directly affected by the case does not accept the mutual agreement that implements
the arbitration decision, that decision shall be binding on both Contracting States and shall be
implemented notwithstanding any time limits in the domestic laws of these States. The competent
authorities of the Contracting States shall by mutual agreement settle the mode of application of
this paragraph.
Article 25
EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
1. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall exchange such information as is
foreseeably relevant for carrying out the provisions of this Convention or to the administration
or enforcement of the domestic laws concerning taxes of every kind and description imposed on
behalf of the Contracting States, or of their political subdivisions or local authorities, insofar as the
taxation thereunder is not contrary to the Convention. The exchange of information is not restricted
by Articles 1 and 2.
2. Any information received under paragraph 1 by a Contracting State shall be treated as secret
in the same manner as information obtained under the domestic laws of that State and shall be
disclosed only to persons or authorities (including courts and administrative bodies) concerned with
the assessment or collection of, the enforcement or prosecution in respect of, the determination of
appeals in relation to, the taxes referred to in paragraph 1, or the oversight of the above. Such persons
or authorities shall use the information only for such purposes. They may disclose the information
in public court proceedings or in judicial decisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, information
received by a Contracting State may be used for other purposes when such information may be used
for such other purposes under the laws of both States and the competent authority of the supplying
State authorises such use.
3. In no case shall the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 be construed so as to impose on a
Contracting State the obligation:
(a) to carry out administrative measures at variance with the laws and administrative practice
of that or of the other Contracting State;
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(b) to supply information which is not obtainable under the laws or in the normal course of
the administration of that or of the other Contracting State;
(c) to supply information which would disclose any trade, business, industrial, commercial
or professional secret or trade process, or information the disclosure of which would be
contrary to public policy (ordre public).
4. If information is requested by a Contracting State in accordance with this Article, the other
Contracting State shall use its information gathering measures to obtain the requested information,
even though that other State may not need such information for its own tax purposes. The obligation
contained in the preceding sentence is subject to the limitations of paragraph 3 but in no case shall
such limitations be construed to permit a Contracting State to decline to supply information solely
because it has no domestic interest in such information.
5. In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 3 be construed to permit a Contracting State
to decline to supply information solely because the information is held by a bank, other financial
institution, nominee or person acting in an agency or a fiduciary capacity or because it relates to
ownership interests in a person.
Article 26
MEMBERS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
AND CONSULAR POSTS
Nothing in this Convention shall affect the fiscal privileges of members of diplomatic missions
or consular posts under the general rules of international law or under the provisions of special
agreements.
Article 27
ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS
1. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Convention, a benefit under this Convention
shall not be granted in respect of an item of income, capital or a capital gain if it is reasonable to
conclude, having regard to all relevant facts and circumstances, that obtaining that benefit was one
of the principal purposes of any arrangement or transaction that resulted directly or indirectly in
that benefit, unless it is established that granting that benefit in these circumstances would be in
accordance with the object and purpose of the relevant provisions of this Convention. In the event
that a Contracting State denies benefits under paragraph 1 the competent authority of that State will
consult with the competent authority of the other State.
2. Where a benefit under this Convention is denied to a person under paragraph 1, the competent
authority of the Contracting State that would otherwise have granted this benefit shall nevertheless
treat that person as being entitled to this benefit, or to different benefits with respect to a specific item
of income, capital or a capital gain, if such competent authority, upon request from that person and
after consideration of the relevant facts and circumstances, determines that such benefits would have
been granted to that person in the absence of the transaction or arrangement referred to in paragraph
1. The competent authority of the Contracting State to which the request has been made will consult
with the competent authority of the other State before rejecting a request made under this paragraph
by a resident of that other State.
3. Where, pursuant to any provisions of this Convention, a Contracting State reduces the rate of
tax on, or exempts from tax, income of a resident of the other Contracting State and under the laws
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in force in that other Contracting State the resident is subjected to tax by that other Contracting State
only on that part of such income which is remitted to or received in that other Contracting State, then
the reduction or exemption shall apply only to so much of such income as is remitted to or received
in that other Contracting State.
Article 28
ENTRY INTO FORCE
1. Each of the Contracting States shall notify the other in writing, through diplomatic channels,
of the completion of the procedures required by its law for the bringing into force of this Convention.
This Convention shall enter into force on the date of the later of these notifications and shall
thereupon have effect:
(a) in Andorra:
(i)in respect of taxes withheld at source, to income derived on or after 1 January of the
year next following the year in which the Convention enters into force;
(ii)in respect of other taxes on income, and taxes on capital, to taxes chargeable for any
taxable year beginning on or after 1 January of the year next following the year in
which the Convention enters into force.
(b) in the United Kingdom:
(i)in respect of taxes withheld at source, for amounts paid or credited on or after the first
day of the second month next following the date on which this Convention enters
into force;
(ii)in respect of income tax and capital gains tax, for any year of assessment beginning
on or after 6th April next following the date on which this Convention enters into
force;
(iii)in respect of corporation tax, for any financial year beginning on or after 1st April
next following the date on which this Convention enters into force.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, the provisions of Article 24(5) (arbitration)
shall not have effect until the States notify each other through diplomatic channels that this specific
provision may commence. The provision shall enter into force on the date of the later of these
notifications.
3. Notwithstanding the entry into force of the Convention, requests for information under Article
25 (Exchange of information) may be made:
(a) In the case of Andorra:
(i)in respect to tax matters involving intentional conduct which is liable to prosecution
under the criminal laws of the requesting Party, to taxable periods beginning on or
after the first day of January of 2013, or where there is no taxable period, to all taxes
arising on or after the first day of January of 2013; and
(ii)in respect to other cases, to taxable periods beginning on or after the first day of
January of 2017 or, where there is no taxable period, for all taxes arising on or after
the first day of January of 2017.
(b) In the case of the United Kingdom without regard to the taxable period to which the matter
relates.
Article 29
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TERMINATION
1. This Convention shall remain in force until terminated by a Contracting State. Either
Contracting State may terminate the Convention, through diplomatic channels, by giving notice of
termination at least six months before the end of any calendar year beginning after the expiry of
five years from the date of entry into force of the Convention. In such event, the Convention shall
cease to have effect:
(a) in Andorra:
(i)in respect of taxes withheld at source, to income derived on or after the first day of
January of the year following the year in which notice is given
(ii)in respect of other taxes on income, to taxes chargeable for any taxable year,
beginning on or after the first day of January immediately following the year in
which the notice is given.
(b) in the United Kingdom:
(i)in respect of taxes withheld at source, for amounts paid or credited after the date that
is six months after the date on which notice of termination was given;
(ii)in respect of income tax and capital gains tax, for any year of assessment beginning
on or after 6th April next following the date on which the notice is given;
(iii)in respect of corporation tax, for any financial year beginning on or after 1st April
next following the date on which the notice is given.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorised thereto by their respective
Governments, have signed this Convention.
Done in duplicate in two originals at London this 20th day of February 2025 in the English and
Catalan languages, both texts being equally authoritative. In case of divergence on the interpretation,
the English text shall prevail.
For the United Kingdom of For the Principality of
Great Britain and Northern Andorra:
Ireland:
James Murray Noëlia Souque Caldato
Notes Verbale
Note No: 03/2025
His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Principality of Andorra and has the honour to refer to the Convention between the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Principality of Andorra for the Elimination of Double
Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital and the Prevention of Tax Evasion and
Avoidance done at London on 20 February 2025 (“the Convention”).
The Embassy has further the honour to refer to the recent discussions between our two Governments
regarding a clerical error discovered in Article 18 (1) of the English language text of the signed
Convention and proposes that Article 18(1), which currently reads:
Article 18
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
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(b) (1) (b) Salaries, wages and other similar remuneration paid by a Contracting State or
a political subdivision or a local authority thereof to an individual in respect of services
rendered to that State or subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in that State.
(c) However, such salaries, wages and other similar remuneration shall be taxable only in the
other Contracting State if the services are rendered in that State and the individual is a
resident of that State who:
(i)is a national of that State; or
(ii)did not become a resident of that State solely for the purpose of rendering the
services;
be corrected to:
Article 18
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
(a) (1) (a) Salaries, wages and other similar remuneration paid by a Contracting State or
a political subdivision or a local authority thereof to an individual in respect of services
rendered to that State or subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in that State.
(b) However, such salaries, wages and other similar remuneration shall be taxable only in the
other Contracting State if the services are rendered in that State and the individual is a
resident of that State who:
(i)is a national of that State; or
(ii)did not become a resident of that State solely for the purpose of rendering the
services;
If the aforementioned proposal is acceptable to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Principality
of Andorra, then the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will make the correction to
the English language text of the signed Convention.
His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Principality of Andorra the assurances of its highest consideration.
British Embassy Madrid
11 June 2025
Govern d’Andorra
Ministeri d’Afers Exteriors
NV GB. 09/25
NOTE VERBALE
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Andorra presents its compliments to His
Britannic Majesty’s Embassy and has the honour to refer to the Note No: 03/2025, dated 11 June
2025 in which His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy proposes the correction of the Convention between
the Principality of Andorra and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the
Elimination of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital and the Prevention
of Tax Evasion and Avoidance done at London on 20 February 2025 (“the Convention”), which
reads as follows:
His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Principality of Andorra and has the honour to refer to the Convention between the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Principality of Andorra for the Elimination of Double
Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital and the Prevention of Tax Evasion and
Avoidance done at London on 20 February 2025 (“the Convention”).
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The Embassy has further the honour to refer to the recent discussions between our two Governments
regarding a clerical error discovered in Article 18 (1) of the English language text of the signed
Convention and proposes that Article 18(1), which currently reads:
Article 18
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
(b) (1) (b) S alaries, wages and other similar remuneration paid by a Contracting State or
a political subdivision or a local authority thereof to an individual in respect of services
rendered to that State or subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in that State.
(c) However, such salaries, wages and other similar remuneration shall be taxable only in
the other Contracting State if the services are rendered in that State and the individual is
a resident of that State who:
(i)is a national of that State; or
(ii)did not become a resident of that State solely for the purpose of rendering the
services;
be corrected to:
Article 18
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
(a) (1) (a) S alaries, wages and other similar remuneration paid by a Contracting State or
a political subdivision or a local authority thereof to an individual in respect of services
rendered to that State or subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in that State.
(b) However, such salaries, wages and other similar remuneration shall be taxable only in
the other Contracting State if the services are rendered in that State and the individual is
a resident of that State who:
(i)is a national of that State; or
(ii)did not become a resident of that State solely for the purpose of rendering the
services;
If the aforementioned proposal is acceptable to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Principality
of Andorra, then the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will make the correction to
the English language text of the signed Convention.
His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Principality of Andorra the assurances of its highest consideration.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Andorra has the further honour to accept the
proposals and confirms that His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy proposing Note and this replying Note
Verbale shall constitute an agreement correcting the Convention between our two Governments.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Andorra avails itself of this opportunity to
renew to His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy the assurances of its highest consideration.
Andorra la Vella, 12 June 2025
BRITISH EMBASSY
MADRID
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Schedule to this Order contains a Convention (“the Arrangements”) between the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Principality of Andorra for the elimination
of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and on capital gains, the prevention of tax evasion
and avoidance, and assisting international tax enforcement.
The Schedule also contains Note No: 03/2025 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of
Andorra, dated 11 June 2025 in which His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy proposes the correction of
the Convention and the replying Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Principality
of Andorra, dated 12 June 2025, which together constitute an agreement correcting the Convention.
The text of the Convention appended has therefore been corrected.
This Order brings the Arrangements into effect.
Article 1 provides for citation and Article 2 makes a declaration as to the effect and contents of the
Arrangements.
The Arrangements aim to eliminate the double taxation of income and gains arising in one country
and paid to the residents of the other country. This is done by allocating the taxing rights that each
country has under its domestic law over the same income and gains, and by providing relief from
double taxation. There are also specific measures which combat discriminatory tax treatment and
provide for assistance in international tax enforcement.
The Arrangements will enter into force on the date of the later of the notification by each country of
the completion of its domestic procedures and will take effect in each territory in accordance with
Article 28 of the Convention.
The date of entry into force will, in due course, be published in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast
Gazettes.
A Tax Information and Impact Note has not been produced for the Order as it gives effect to a double
taxation agreement. Double taxation agreements impose no obligations on taxpayers, rather they
seek to eliminate double taxation and fiscal evasion.
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