Article 20 - Tax credits - Libya

CHAPTER IV ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAXATION ARTICLE 20 TAX CREDITS 1. When a resident of a Contracting State derives income which has also suffered tax in the other Contracting State, the first-mentioned State shall allow a deduction from its tax on the income of that person equal to the tax in the other Contracting State : provided that the deduction shall not exceed that part of the tax, as computed before the deduction is given which is applicable to the income taxed in the other Contracting State. 2. Nothing in this Article contained shall prevent the granting of such further relief as may be appropriate under the provisions of the law of either Contracting State in respect of any amount by which the tax in case of the States exceeds the credit allowed on its account in the other State in accordance with the provisions of this Article.