Qualifying asset holding companies

STOP PRESS: Abolition of non-dom regime and introduction of residence-based IHT regime Finance Act 2025 (FA 2025) which received Royal Assent on 20 March 2025, implements legislation to abolish the remittance basis of taxation and replace it with a residence-based regime, commencing on 6 April 2025. FA 2025 also replaces domicile as the key factor in establishing liability to inheritance tax. Other changes include amendment of the rules determining excluded property status, the abolition of protected settlements status of offshore trusts, and changes to overseas workday relief.

For information on these changes, see: Practice Notes: The abolition of the remittance basis of taxation from 2025–26 and A new residence-based regime for IHT from 2025–26.

The qualifying asset holding company (QAHC) regime is an elective tax-privileged regime available to certain holding companies (referred to as ‘asset holding companies’ or ‘AHCs’) that are used in collective and institutional investment structures to hold investment assets. The main focus of the regime is on alternative fund structures, which are typically closed-ended, non-retail funds which hold assets across a range of private market investment

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