For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 14, 2002
Message to the Senate of the United States
I transmit herewith, for Senate advice and consent to ratification,
a Protocol Amending the Convention Between the Government of the United
States of America and the Government of Australia for the Avoidance of
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to
Taxes on Income, signed at Canberra on September 27, 2001 (the
"Protocol"). I also transmit, for the information of the Senate, the
report of the Department of State concerning the Protocol.
The Convention, as amended by the Protocol, would be similar to
recent tax treaties between the United States and other developed
nations. It provides maximum rates of tax to be applied to various
types of income and protection from double taxation of income. The
Convention, as amended by the Protocol, also provides for resolution of
disputes and sets forth rules making its benefits unavailable to
residents that are engaged in treaty shopping.
I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration
to this Protocol, and that the Senate give its advice and consent to
ratification.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 14, 2002.
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