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ARTICLE 6

U.S. Income Tax Treaty — Canada Income Tax Treaty and Protocols - 1980 · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States

  1. The reference in paragraph 2 of Article XI (Interest) of the Convention to “15 per cent” shall be deleted and replaced by a reference to “10 per cent”.

  2. Paragraph 3(d) of Article XI (Interest) of the Convention shall be deleted and replaced by the following:

“(d) The interest is beneficially owned by a resident of the other Contracting State and is paid with respect to indebtedness arising as a consequence of the sale on credit by a resident of

that other State of any equipment, merchandise or services except where the sale or indebtedness was between related persons; or”

  1. A new paragraph 9 shall be added to Article XI (Interest) of the Convention as follows: “9. The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not apply to an excess inclusion with respect to a residual interest in a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit to which Section 860 G of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as it may be amended from time to time without changing the general principle thereof, applies.”

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