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,
the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America
and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of
Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains,
signed at London on July 24, 2001, together with an exchange of notes,
as amended by the Protocol signed at Washington on July 19, 2002 (the
"Convention"). I also transmit the report of the Department of State
concerning the Convention.
The proposed Convention transmitted herewith would replace the
Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of
Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital Gains,
signed at London on December 31, 1975, as modified by a subsequent
agreement and protocols.
This Convention, which is similar to tax treaties between the
United States and other developed nations, provides for maximum rates
of tax to be applied to various types of income, protection from double
taxation of income, and for the exchange of information. The
Convention also contains rules making its benefits unavailable to
persons who are engaged in treaty shopping. The proposed Convention is
the first U.S. income tax convention to provide a zero rate of
withholding on certain direct investment dividends.
I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration
to this Convention, and that the Senate give its advice and consent to
ratification.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 14, 2002.
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