Conclusie
Procureur-Generaal bij de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden
1.Inleiding
2.De feiten en het geding in feitelijke instanties
3.Het geding in cassatie
4.Geregeld over een vast middelpunt beschikken
Verdrag
a) and (
b), of article 5 of the United Nations Model Convention, some developing countries would prefer to remove the time limit altogether for two main reasons: first, because construction, assembly and similar activities could as a result of modern technology be of very short duration and still result in a considerable profit for the enterprise carrying on those activities; and second, because the period during which the foreign personnel involved in the activities remained in the source country was irrelevant to the right of developing countries to tax the income. Other members from developing countries feel that any time limit should be removed because such a limitation was apt to be used by enterprises of capital-exporting countries to evade taxation in the source country. The view has been expressed that there is no reason why a construction project should not be treated in the same manner as persons covered by Article 17 of the OECD Model Convention, who are taxed at the place where their activities are performed irrespective of the duration of those activities. Nevertheless, the goal of the treaty is to promote international trade and development, and the idea behind the time limit is that business enterprises of one Contracting State should be encouraged to initiate preparatory or ancillary operations in the other Contracting State without becoming immediately subject to the tax of the latter State, so as to facilitate a more permanent and larger commitment at a later stage.
Stb. 1965, 145) het volgende geoordeeld: [7]