CHAPTER ISCOPE OF THE CONVENTIONArticle 1
Personal scope
This Convention shall apply to persons who are residents of one orboth of the Contracting States.Article 2
Taxes covered
1. This Convention shall apply to taxes on income and on capitalimposed on behalf of a Contracting State or of its political or adminis-trative territorial subdivisions or local authorities, irrespective of themanner in which they are levied.2. There shall be regarded as taxes on income and on capital all taxesimposed on total income, on total capital, or on elements of income orof capital, including taxes on gains from the alienation of movable orimmovable property, taxes on the total amounts of wages or salaries paidby enterprises, as well as taxes on capital appreciation.3. The existing taxes to which the Convention shall apply are in par-ticular:a) in the Netherlands:– de inkomstenbelasting (income tax),– de loonbelasting (wages tax),– de vennootschapsbelasting (company tax), including the Gov-ernment share in the net profits of the exploitation of natural resourceslevied pursuant to the Mijnbouwwet (the Mining Act);– de dividendbelasting (dividend tax),(hereinafter referred to as “Netherlands tax”);b) in Azerbaijan:– the tax on profit of legal persons,– the income tax on physical persons,– the tax on property,(hereinafter referred to as “Azerbaijan tax”).4. The Convention shall apply also to any identical or substantiallysimilar taxes which are imposed after the date of signature of the Con-vention in addition to, or in place of, the existing taxes. The competentauthorities of the Contracting States shall notify each other of any sub-stantial changes which have been made in their respective taxation laws.2
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