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HMRC releases draft changes to offshore tax rules

AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age 20 May 2008

HMRC last Friday published partial draft regulations regarding changes to offshore funds regulations

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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) on Friday released partial draft regulations on changes to offshore funds regulations for comment, and to reveal the intended use of the powers in clauses 38 and 39 of the Finance Bill 2008.

The partial draft regulations are aimed to action the policy set out in the discussion paper released last October on modernising the offshore funds tax regime.

HMRC is seeking comments on the proposed regulations, particularly on whether the draft regulations achieve the policy intentions detailed in Trerasury’s publications, Tax-News.com reports.

Before the introduction of the UK tax regime for offshore funds in 1984, a UK investor could accumulate income in an offshore fund, and, when the investment was realised, only pay tax on capital gains rather than income.

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