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62 STAT.] NETHERLANDS-DOUBLE TAXATION-APR. 29, 1948 lands tax with respect to income from sources within the United States, in order to take into account the Federal income taxes paid to the United States, whether paid directly by the taxpayer or by withholding at the source. ARTICLE XX (1) All persons who left the Netherlands between April 30, 1939 theNStherlle by and December 31, 1945, inclusive (other than persons who were citi- zens of the United States at the time of leaving the Netherlands or Netherlands subjects who by reason of their function as governmental officials in established service reside abroad and the members of their family living with them), and who are deemed to be taxpayers under the provisions of Netherlands law relating to the capital accretions tax or the extraordinary capital tax, and who became residents of the United States (according to the income tax law of the United States) during that period, and who did not return to the Netherlands on or before December 31, 1945 to resume residence in the Netherlands (according to the income tax law of the Netherlands), shall be taxable by the Netherlands: (a) under the law relating to the capital accretions tax, only in respect of accretions arising from their property situated in the Netherlands (as defined in that law in the case of nonresidents) and from their activities in the Netherlands; (b) under the law relating to the extraordinary capital tax, only in respect of their property situated in the Netherlands (as defined in that law in the case of nonresidents). (2) All persons who left the Netherlands between April 30, 1939 and December 31, 1945, inclusive, and who were citizens of the United States at the time of leaving the Netherlands, and who are deemed to be taxpayers under the provisions of Netherlands law relating to the capital accretions tax or the extraordinary capital tax, and who became residents of the United States (according to the income tax law of the United States) on or before December 31, 1945, shall be taxable by the Netherlands: (a) under the law relating to the capital accretions tax, only in respect of accretions arising from their property situated in the Netherlands (as defined in that law in the case of nonresidents) and from their activities in the Netherlands; (b) under the law relating to the extraordinary capital tax, only in respect of their property situated in the Netherlands (as defined in that law in the case of nonresidents). (3) The provisions of this Article shall be deemed to be effective as though the present Convention had entered into force on the effective date of the Netherlands law relating to the capital accretions tax or the extraordinary capital tax, as the case may be. 1765