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UK | Review of the new Asset Holding Company regime

18 November 2021

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Tax Alerts, Legislation & Policy, National/Federal Taxation, Treaties, Asset Management, Banking & Capital Markets

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United Kingdom

Executive summaryThe United Kingdom (UK) Asset Holding Company (AHC) regime will be introduced from 1 April 2022 in order to provide a simplified basis of taxation for the holding companies of alternative investment funds (funds). This is part of a wider reform of the corporation tax regime for funds which aims to allow taxpayers to align their legal structures with the operational substance based commonly in London. On 4 November 2021, the most recent draft of the proposed AHC legislation was released as part of Finance Bill 2021-22 with a series of welcome simplifications that reflect the feedback of taxpayers,...