To view or print the PDF content on this page, download the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®. October 3, 2005 United States and Sweden Sign Protocol to Income Tax Treaty WASHINGTON, DC – Today the Treasury Department announced that Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs E. Anthony Wayne and Swedish Ambassador Gunnar Lund signed a new Protocol to amend the existing bilateral income tax treaty, concluded in 1994, between the two countries. The Protocol was signed Friday afternoon. The agreement significantly reduces tax-related barriers to trade and investment flows between the The most important aspect of the Protocol deals with the taxation of cross-border dividend payments. The Protocol is one of a few recent The Protocol also strengthens the treaty's provisions preventing so-called treaty shopping, which is the inappropriate use of a tax treaty by third-country residents.
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