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for more than one tax year, the loss for the earliest year shall be deducted first.
4. TAX RATES
Income tax, at the specified rate, applies – 1 at the time of payment of certain types of payments as a withholding tax,
2 at the time of lodgement of annual income tax, as an annual income tax, or 3 both 1 and 2 with a credit allowed for withheld tax.
4.1. Withholding tax rates
The rates of tax applicable to amounts payable to residents or non-residents who have a permanent establishment
in East Timor are as follows: TYPE
OF INCOME
RATE dividends 15
interest 15 royalties 15
rent from land and buildings 10
income from prizes and lotteries 15
income from construction and building activities 2
income from construction consulting services including project management, engineering design and site
supervision services 4
income from the provision of air or sea transportation services
2.64 income from petroleum and geothermal drilling and
drilling support services 4.5
income from mining and mining support services 4.5
Certain types of business income see table below were subject to a non-final withholding tax. The income was subject to a 5 withholding at the time of payment, but was still subject to
annual income tax with a credit being available for the amount of tax withheld. Regulation No. 200120 retrospectively, from 1 January 2001, reduced the non-final withholding rate to nil.
While there is no longer a requirement to withhold tax from these payments, the income is required to be declared in the annual income tax form.
These types of income are now subject to income tax instalments.
TYPE OF INCOME income from hiring or lease of movable property
income from the provision of the following services: technical
management interior and landscape design
accounting and book-keeping cleaning
pest eradication
forest clearing
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film dubbing
appraisal actuarial
architectural surveying
legal
automated data processing advertising
marketing secretarial
stevedoring
shipping and customs agent travel
agent storage and warehousing
The rate of tax applicable to amounts payable to non-residents without a permanent establishment
in East Timor is as follows: TYPE
OF INCOME
RATE all income
20
4.2. Annual Income Tax rates
For natural persons ie individuals - AMOUNT
OF INCOME
RATE 0 –3,368
10 in excess of 3,368 - 6,737
15 in excess of 6,737
30
For example , an individual with a taxable income of 5,000 would pay income
tax of 581.60 ie[3,368x10] + [1,632x15]
For any other person ie partnership, company or any other entity – 30
For example
, a company with a taxable income of 5,000 would pay income tax of 1,500 ie 5,000x30
5. MINIMUM INCOME TAX
