Fund Jurisdiction Act
News for Private Equity and Real Estate

According to the explanatory memorandum to the Act, the primary objective of the Fund Jurisdiction Act was to improve Germany‘s international competitiveness as a location for employee share ownerships, particularly with regard to start-ups. In addition, the disadvantage for Germany as a fund location, caused by VAT levying on the administrative services of venture capital funds, was to be eliminated as well. Almost unnoticed and shortly before its adoption by the Bundesrat, a significant improvement in the so-called extended trade tax reduction for real estate companies also found its way into the law. This article will briefly introduce the latter two topics with a view to practical applications.

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