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Key definition

Offshore fund definition

What does Offshore fund mean? In practice, an offshore fund is an investment vehicle established outside the UK that pools investors’ money, gives investors no day‑to‑day control over management, and allows them to realise their interests by reference to net asset value (NAV). For UK tax purposes the term is defined in legislation: it broadly means a “mutual fund” within section 355(1) of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (TIOPA 2010), to which the Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009 apply. Key legal features and significance: - Collective investment arrangements with limited investor control. - A reasonable expectation of redemption or realisation based wholly...

UK Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009: reporting fund regime—accounting policies, reportable income (capital, special income, equalisation), investor/HMRC reporting, and constant NAV exception

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Practice notes

Reporting fund regime

UK holders in ‘Reporting’ Offshore funds are assessed to tax each year on their share of the fund’s ‘reported income’, whether this is distributed or retained. This permits them to obtain capital gains treatment when they dispose of their holding. By contrast, when UK investors in ‘non-reporting’ offshore funds realise gains on disposals of their interests, those gains are taxed as income rather than as capital gains; such amounts are termed ‘offshore income gains’. Offshore funds must apply for, and be granted, reporting fund status.

For who is eligible and how to apply for reporting fund status, see Practice Note: Tax and offshore funds—the reporting fund regime.
For details on non-reporting offshore funds and how their investors are taxed, see Practice Note: Tax and offshore funds—non-reporting funds.
For an outline of what constitutes an offshore fund, see Practice Note: Tax and offshore funds—what is an offshore fund?

In broad terms, reporting offshore funds ‘report’ income to UK investors for each ‘reporting period’, enabling those investors to complete their tax returns with their proportionate share of that reportable income. Reporting funds also have certain obligations to provide information...

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Norton Rose Fulbright

Michael Alliston is a tax lawyer based in London. He advises on a wide range of corporate tax matters, including M&A, corporate reorganizations, capital markets transactions and financings.Michael's practice comprises a mix of transactional and stand-alone advisory work. He assists companies across a wide variety of sectors, including energy, infrastructure, financial institutions, funds, real estate and transport.Michael has particular experience advising M&A and tax risk underwriters....

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