Article 2 - Taxes covered - Finland

ARTICLE 2 TAXES COVERED 1. This Agreement shall apply to taxes on income imposed on behalf of a Contracting State or of its political sub-divisions or local authorities, irrespective of the manner in which they are levied. 2. There shall be regarded as taxes on income all taxes imposed on total income or on elements of income, including taxes on gains from the alienation of movable or immovable property and taxes on the total amounts of wages or salaries paid by enterprises. 3. The existing taxes to which the Agreement shall apply are: a) in Finland: i. the state income taxes (valtion tuloverot; de statliga inkomstskatterna); ii. the corporate income tax (yhtetsojen tulovero; inkomstskatten for samfund); iii. the communal tax (kunnallisvero; kommunalskatten); iv. the church tax (kirkollisvero; kyrkoskatten); v. the tax withheld at source from interest (korkotulon lahdevero; kallskatten pa ranteinkomst); and vi. the tax withheld at source from non-residents' income (rajoitetusti verovelvollisen lahdevero; kallskatten for begransat skattskyldig); (hereinafter referred to as Finnish tax ); b) in India, the income-tax, including any surcharge thereon; (hereinafter referred to as Indian tax ) 4. The Agreement shall apply also to any identical or substantially similar taxes that are imposed after the date of signature of the Agreement in addition to, or in place of, the existing taxes. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall notify each other of any significant changes that have been made in their respective taxation laws.