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1384 " Life annuity." Credit for tax paid other country. 53 Stat. 56. 26U.S.C.f131; Supp. V, § 131. Sale or exchange of capital assets. Dividends and In- terest. Exemption from U.S . tax. TREATIES [60 STAT. (3) The term "life annuity" means a stated sum payable peri- odically at stated times, during life or during a specified or ascertain- able period of time, under an obligation to make the payments in consideration of money paid. ARTICLE XIII (1) Subject to section 131 of the United States Internal Revenue Code as in effect on the first day of January, 1945, United Kingdom tax shall be allowed as a credit against United States tax. For this purpose, the recipient of a dividend paid by a corporation which is a resident of the United Kingdom shall be deemed to have paid the United Kingdom income tax appropriate to such dividend if such recipient elects to include in his gross income for the purposes of United States tax the amount of such United Kingdom income tax. (2) Subject to such provisions (which shall not affect the general principle hereof) as may be enacted in the United Kingdom, United States tax payable in respect of income from sources within the United States shall be allowed as a credit against any United Kingdom tax payable in respect of that income. Where such income is an ordinary dividend paid by a United States corporation, such credit shall take into account (in addition to any United States income tax deducted from or imposed on such dividend) the United States income tax imposed on such corporation in respect of its profits, and where it is a dividend paid on participating preference shares and representing both a dividend at the fixed rate to which the shares are entitled and an additional participation in profits, such tax on profits shall likewise be taken into account in so far as the dividend exceeds such fixed rate. (3) For the purposes of this Article, compensation, profits, emolu- ments and other remuneration for personal (including professional) services shall be deemed to be income from sources within the territory of the Contracting Party where such services are performed. ARTICLE XIV A resident of the United Kingdom not engaged in trade or business in the United States shall be exempt from United States tax on gains from the sale or exchange of capital assets. ARTICLE XV Dividends and interest paid on or after the first day of January 1945 by a United Kingdom corporation shall be exempt from United States tax except where the recipient is a citizen of or a resident of the United States or a United States corporation. ARTICLE XVI A United Kingdom corporation shall be exempt from United States tax on its accumulated or undistributed earnings, profits, income or surplus, if individuals who are residents of the United Kingdom con- trol, directly or indirectly, throughout the last half of the taxable