ARTICLE 24
U.S. Income Tax Treaty — Trinidad Tax Treaty · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States
Exchange of Information
The competent authority of one of the Contracting States shall exchange such information with the competent authority of the other Contracting State as is pertinent to the carrying out of the provisions of this Convention or to the preventing of fraud or fiscal evasion in relation to the taxes which are subject of this Convention.
The competent authority of the Contracting State to which a request for information is made shall not exchange information unless that information would be available under the taxation laws and administrative procedures of that Contracting State if the tax of the other Contracting State, to which the request for information relates, were the tax of the firstmentioned Contracting State and were being imposed by that Contracting State.
Any information exchanged shall be treated as secret but may be disclosed to persons (including a court or administrative body) concerned with assessment, collection, enforcement, or prosecution with respect to the taxes which are the subject of this Convention.
No information shall be exchanged which would disclose any trade, business, industrial, or professional secret.
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