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1. A paying agent established in the Turks and Caicos Islands shall levy retention tax in accordance with Article 1 of this Agreement as follows –
a) in the case of an interest payment within the meaning of Article 8(1)a) of this Agreement: on the gross amount of interest paid or credited;
b) in the case of an interest payment within the meaning of Article 8(1)b) or d) of this Agreement: on the amount of interest or income referred to in b) or d) of that sub-paragraph or by a levy of equivalent effect to be borne by the recipient on the full amount of the proceeds of the sale, redemption or refund;
c) in the case of an interest payment within the meaning of Article 8(1)c) of this Agreement: on the amount of interest referred to in that sub-paragraph;
d) in the case of an interest payment within the meaning of Article 8(4) of this Agreement: on the amount of interest attributable to each of the members of the entity referred to in Article 7(2) of this Agreement who meet the conditions of Article 5(1) of this Agreement;
e) where the Turks and Caicos Islands exercises the option under Article 8(5) of this Agreement: on the amount of annualised interest.
2. For the purposes of sub-paragraphs a) and b) of paragraph (1) of this Article, the retention tax shall be deducted on a pro rata basis to the period during which the beneficial owner held the debt-claim. If the paying agent is unable to determine the period of holding on the basis of the information made available to him, the paying agent shall treat the beneficial owner as having been in possession of the debt-claim for the entire period of its existence, unless the latter provides evidence of the date of the acquisition.
3. The imposition of retention tax by the Turks and Caicos Islands shall not preclude the other contracting party of residence for tax purposes of the beneficial owner from taxing income in accordance with its national law.
4. During the transitional period, the Turks and Caicos Islands may provide that an economic operator paying interest to, or securing interest for, an entity referred to in Article 7(2) of this Agreement in the other contracting party shall be considered the paying agent in place of the entity and shall levy the retention tax on that interest, unless the entity has formally agreed to its name, address and the total amount of the interest paid to it or secured for it being communicated in accordance with the last paragraph of Article 7(2) of this Agreement.