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structuring PPNs to sweep up all income generated by the "qualifying assets" in the SPV (via PPN interest payments). Irish professional services firms, who lead the drafting of Irish tax legislation, can provide the corporate finance services needed to produce evidence satisfying the "market rate" and "arms length" tests.
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This is a relatively new situation that has arisen and we are working to resolve it ... Up to recently, these loans would have normally been held by banks and so that was no issue about deducting from interest. But this has changed, so we're looking at coming up with a broad solution. I would say
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To get to a zero-tax position, the TCA 1997 allows "Profit Participation Notes" (PPNs). These are artificial internal loans to the SPV, whose rate of interest can be sufficiently variable to absorb all income/gains generated in the SPV. As an Irish trading company, the SPV can charge loan interest as
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While IFSC law firms lobbied for the removal of i. & iii. (above), and exemptions from improvements in Irish company law, these controls seemed to work. There is no record of any entity (Irish or foreign) using Section 110 SPVs to avoid Irish tax on Irish domestic investments or businesses until
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will ensure the relevant trust that "owns" the SPV equity is Irish domiciled, thus satisfying the incorporation test. The "managed and controlled" test is vaguer (based on UK case law) but typically results in the SPV requiring two Irish resident directors, a registered Irish office, an Irish-based
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Explicit solutions (i.e. the SPV could not hold Irish assets) were ruled out as the Section 110 SPV could be challenged as a non-ordinary Irish company, losing tax treaty access. Instead, controls were introduced that, while less explicit, would collectively ensure Section 110 SPVs were confined to
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attempted no prosecution for the acknowledged tax-avoidance. Funds could leave Section 110 SPVs in place and continue to earn tax-free gains, as long as they did not foreclose. If they foreclosed, they had a period in which to sell the assets, and hence the 5–year CGT exemption. They could also
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Section 110 SPV legislation has been refined around the treatment of PPNs so they are acceptable to the widest tax treaty network. The focus has been around tightening the language around "arm's length" or "market tested" rates of PPN interest. However the rules remain sufficiently broad, and the
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Successive Irish Finance Acts (2003, 2008, 2011 and 2016) extended the list of "qualifying assets" beyond the classic categories that make up the bulk of the global securitisation market. According to IDSA (Irish Debt Securities Association, the Section 110 SPV lobby group created by IFSC tax-law
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regime in November 2016 (just after Minister Noonan closed the "perceived" Section 110 loopholes). In February 2018, the Central Bank relaunched the historically little-used L-QIAIF, with the same tax-free features as the Section 110 SPV, but with the distinction that L-QIAIFs do not have to file
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Note, Irish banks use Section 110 SPVs to raise capital to finance their Irish mortgage books in the global capital markets (they all have IFSC offices). However, as the source Irish borrower pays loan interest to the Irish bank, who then incurs Irish taxes inside their Irish-taxed corporate bank
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issued new guidance in May 2018 on Section 110 SPV taxation which would further reduce their attractiveness as a mechanism to avoid Irish taxes on Irish assets. In June 2018, the Central Bank of Ireland reported that €55 billion of U.S.-owned distressed Irish assets, equivalent to 25% of Irish
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While the various Irish Finance Acts strengthened the rules on PPNs (the 2016 Finance Act mentions a "market rate" of interest and that structures should be created on an "arms length" bases), the effective rules, and the list of exemptions and exempted parties, allow considerable freedom in
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accounts with large profits on their Irish investments (made from 2012 onwards), but no Irish tax payments. They could also see that the equity of these companies was "owned" by Irish-registered charities (children's charities in cases), some of which were operated by IFSC-based law firms.
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to make changes in light of ".. use of aggressive tax practices by some Section 110 companies to avoid paying tax..." The new rules are complex but prohibit Section 110 SPVs from holding direct Irish property and tighten the Irish Revenue notification process to 8 weeks.
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Further research by Stewart and Doyle shows Russian firms funneled €100bn into Irish Section 110 SPVs since 2007. Some of these Russian firms appeared unsuitable from a number of perspectives (i.e. criminal or sanctioned activities). Many SPVs resembled a
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regime. In February 2018, the Central Bank of Ireland changed its AIF "Rulebook" to allow L–QIAIFs hold the same assets that Section 110 SPVs could own. However, the upgraded L–QIAIFs offered two specific improvements over the Section 110 SPV:
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exclusions sufficiently general, to materially limit the effect of these changes. A particular aim is enabling the PPN's to be classed as "Eurobonds" so they can be legally domiciled in Luxembourg, which has become a key "backdoor" out of the
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rules, resulting in sanctions and fines. The entire economic benefit of the SPV sector to Ireland (of which Section 110 is a subset) is only circa €100m in annual fees paid to Irish professional services firms (SPVs pay no Irish taxes).
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By 2017, the Irish Section 110 SPV was the most popular securitisation SPV in the EU. In addition, the Irish Section 110 SPV expanded its adoption and use far beyond the original securitisation market to make the IFSC the 3rd largest
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The TCA 1997 legislation includes a headline tax rate of 25% on non-trading income so that the SPV is regarded as an Irish taxable entity. Thus, the Section 110 SPV is not presented overtly as a tax-free vehicle (i.e. unlike an Irish
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Jurisdictions with the largest financial systems relative to GDP (Exhibit 2-3) tend to have relatively larger OFI sectors: Luxembourg (at 92% of total financial assets), the Cayman Islands (85%), Ireland (76%) and the Netherlands
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From the 1997 TCA to the Irish crisis in 2009, there is no known case of a Section 110 SPV being used to avoid Irish domestic taxes on Irish assets or businesses. They were confined to global finance as was intended. Per earlier
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moved to partially close some of the abuses of Section 110 SPVs by U.S. distressed debt funds in the Irish domestic economy in the 2016 Finance Act, but controversially decided against full closure, or any investigation or Irish
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were a common choice (some Irish law firms went so far as to create their own in-house registered charities). However, a public scandal in 2016 regarding use of Irish Section 110 SPVs in domestic Irish tax avoidance (see
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In contrast, if Irish borrowers paid loan interest into a Section 110 SPV, no Irish taxes are ever paid, causing a permanent loss to the exchequer. Irish anti-avoidance rules (iii. above), would kick-in and apply Irish
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funds used Section 110 SPVs, structured by IFSC service firms, to avoid Irish taxes on €80 billion of Irish domestic investments. The cost to the Irish exchequer has been material. Despite the scale of the avoidance,
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TD. Estimated US distressed funds would avoid €20 billion in Irish taxes from 2016 to 2026 on circa €40 billion of Irish investments made from 2012 to 2016 (which represented circa €80 billion in headline Irish loan
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reserve the right to challenge existing Irish Section 110 SPVs under the general Irish anti-avoidance legislation. However, as since the creation of Section 110 SPVs in 1997, no case has ever been brought by the
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A UN SPECIAL Rapporteur on housing has sent a letter to the Irish government noting that they have facilitated housing financing through "preferential tax laws and weak tenant protections among other measures".
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that there is no need for panic as there is a long-established procedure in place in the legislation and the only issue is to establish whether the SPV a company is paying to is a Section 110 company.
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Tax secrecy. L–QIAIFs do not file public accounts (how Section 110 SPV tax abuses were uncovered), but send confidential reports to the Central Bank, who will not screen for tax avoidance;
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concerning the Section 110 SPV emerged in 2016–2017, the CBI upgraded the little-used L–QIAIF, to give the same benefits as Section 110 SPVs, but with full confidentiality and tax secrecy.
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to "own" the Section 110 PPNs, which can be "back-to-backed" with newly issued "eurobonds" from the QIAIF, is an established "backdoor" out of the Irish tax system to Luxembourg, the main
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to acknowledge this notice was received, however, this has recently been formalised to an 8–week notice period. The IDSA is lobbying for a 24–hour "online" approval system (as per the
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launched a Facebook campaign to highlight abuses of Section 110 SPVs, as well as QIAIFs and L-QIAIFs, stating: "The L-QIAIF runs the risk of being a weapon of mass destruction".
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transfer their Section 110 assets into a more confidential QIAIF (and later, an LQIAIF), also using the 5–year CGT exemption to avoid incurring taxes while restructuring.
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In this regard, more advanced and/or aggressive Irish tax-neutral vehicles, which are fully tax-free and can be operated in greater secrecy from public views, such as the
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For Irish Section 110 SPVs to be accepted under EU tax treaties (and be OECD-whitelisted), they must to be ordinary Irish resident companies, in Irish and EU Company Law.
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such as Luxembourg. Where the PPNs fail to achieve "Eurobond" classification, the PPNs can be owned by an Irish QIAIF, who will then issue qualifying "Eurobonds" from a
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work, to export untaxed income and capital gains earned on domestic Irish assets to offshore locations (via the PPN interest payments), such as the Cayman Islands.
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provides little effective regulation on Section 110 SPVs, however, they were only uncovered because the Section 110 SPV must file public accounts with the Irish
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regime in February 2018 to give the same tax-free structure to hold Irish assets via debt instruments, but in a confidential structure (discussed further in
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structures (unlike SPVs, QIAIFs don't file Irish public accounts), with the tax neutrality and global acceptability of the Irish Section 110 SPV. Using a
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but leaving others open, including a five-year capital gains tax (CGT) exemption to aid alternative restructuring. The affair is a source of dispute.
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The list of "qualifying assets" which can be held inside an Irish Section 110 SPV is large (it has been extended with subsequent Irish Finance Acts).
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In June 2018, the Central Bank of Ireland reported that €55 billion in Irish assets, owned by U.S. distressed debt funds, equivalent to 25% of Irish
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brought risks to the tax base of the Irish economy as Irish domestic assets and businesses could be repackaged into Section 110 "qualifying assets".
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Stewart, Jim; Doyle, Cillian (February 2017). ""The measurement and regulation of shadow banking in Ireland", JFRC Vol. 25 Issue: 4, pp.396-412".
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designated activity company (DAC) (essentially a private limited company (LTD), but who can also use listed debt (but not equity) securities).
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Other Russian firms were tied to the Russian Banking/Shadow Banking sector (which is linked to prohibited / money laundering activities).
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The affair escalated into a major public scandal during 2016, and was covered as such in the international media, and in several Irish
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The PPN interest deduction as an expense is a unique concession in any tax legislation (not available in ordinary company taxation).
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Governance of Irish Section 110 SPVs is also cosmetic, with local Directors in these CSPs acting as Directors for hundreds of SPVs.
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calculated the total economic contribution of Section 110 SPVs since their creation, would be vastly exceeded by these tax losses.
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attempted no investigation or prosecution. The Irish Government's response to the scandal in 2016–2017 was unusual, closing some
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Some of these Russian firms are the subject of EU/US Sanctions and some had raised capital via Irish Section SPVs post-sanctions.
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however, their reputation, and a restricted network of global tax treaties, made then less acceptable to the banks who originate
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There is no Section 110 SPV approval process, and notification information is so basic it could not be used to test suitability.
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accounts. The L–QIAIF is now the main vehicle for U.S. distressed debt funds shielding against Irish tax on their Irish assets.
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in the world. While SPVs pay no Irish tax, the generate circa €100m annually for the Irish economy in fees paid to law firms.
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rules, the Section 110 SPV can be 100% financed by PPN debt, making the SPV a fully tax-free vehicle (i.e. no equity leakage).
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in which the equity is held by an unconnected third party who has no effective rights or controls on the SPV. Irish registered
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collects no data on the source of financing to the Irish SPVs (critical for money laundering / criminal activities oversight).
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Irish professional firms market Section 110 SPVs as "unregulated", "tax-free vehicles", "not subject to services regulation".
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Professor Jim Stewart and Cillian Doyle show Section 110 SPVs are effectively unregulated and attract little oversight by the
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declaring the intention of the Directors to file under Section 110 of the 1997 TCA. Before 2010, there was no obligation the
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in 2013), the only asset which Irish Section 110 SPVs cannot invest in is direct Irish or non-Irish property (Ireland has
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wrapper, is expected to take over as the main structure for avoiding Irish tax on Irish assets in a confidential manner.
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an expense (deductible against Irish tax), rather than a deemed profit distribution (not deductible against Irish tax).
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carries on in Ireland the business of the holding and/or management of "qualifying assets" (i.e. is not a "brass plate")
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had to be notified on the creation of each individual Section 110 SPV (and could challenge any it found unacceptable).
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There are three key elements relevant to structuring Irish Section 110 SPVs (as discussed in attached references):
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Bills of exchange, commercial paper, promissory notes and all other kinds of negotiable or transferable instruments
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of their clients into Section 110 "qualifying loans", they helped their Irish borrowers reduce Irish domestic
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reserve the right to challenge cases created for tax avoidance, although they have never done so in practice.
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said the risks of Section 110 SPV abuse are not appreciated by the Irish Government. The IMF noted the same
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Stewart and Doyle's academic papers on Irish Section 110 SPVs highlight the combination of an anonymous (via
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funds in London on how to use Section 110 SPVs (and QIAIFs) to avoid Irish taxes on their Irish investments.
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type regulation of Irish Section 110 SPVs. This was picked up by Oxfam who has listed Ireland as a top
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landlord, that had structured their investment to avoid all Irish taxes, and stamp duty, on the rent.
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The abuses below were uncovered because Section 110 SPVs have to file public accounts with the Irish
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Academic research in 2016–2018 showed IFSC Section 110 SPVs are largely unregulated, operating like
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New Gabriel Zucman study claims State shelters more multinational profits than the entire Caribbean
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Professor James Charles Stewart Adjunct Professor, School Office - Business, Trinity College Dublin
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has conducted no investigations or audits into any Irish Section 110 SPVs (since creation in 1997).
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To qualify as an Irish resident company the Section 110 SPV needs to meet minimum tests from the
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These structuring elements are also discussed in more detail in the briefing notes issues by the
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Funds using the Section 110 SPVs included the largest names in distressed investing, including:
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rules to be relaxed for Section 110 SPVs (and especially for Eurobond financing). They argued
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Garcia-Bernardo, Javier; Fichtner, Jan; Takes, Frank W.; Heemskerk, Eelke M. (13 March 2017).
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lenders were also using Section 110 SPVs to avoid taxes but in addition, by restructuring the
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Figure 3. Foreign Direct Investment - Over half of Irish outbound FDI is routed to Luxembourg
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against an Irish Section 110 SPV. Up until 2017, no audit even has ever been undertaken by
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It goes well beyond the original classic securitisation categories and currently includes:
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The limited response of the Irish Government led some Irish commentators to wonder if the
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Abuses of Section 110 SPVs in the Irish domestic market (see below), led Finance Minister
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Irish professional services have developed ways to link Irish Section 110 SPVs with Irish
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collect on SPVs is limited (and contained inaccuracies and mistakes vs. ECB statistics).
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notifies the Irish tax authorities that it is a company to which points (a) to (e) apply
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The abuses were discovered because Section 110 SPVs file public accounts with the Irish
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The Irish Government claimed that the U.S. funds had discovered unknown but legitimate
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Acceptance credits and all other documents of title relating to the movement of goods
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Such profit shifting leads to a total annual revenue loss of $ 200 billion globally
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Irish Revenue Qualifying companies (Section 110 Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) 1997)
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As an ordinary Irish company, a Section 110 SPV usually takes one of 3 main forms:
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While Ireland had created securitisation SPVs from 1991 onwards for their emerging
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type set up - a situation the Irish Government has stated that it is adverse to.
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A "qualifying company" under Section 110 of the 1997 TCA means a company which:
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Three months after the Irish Central Bank updated its AIF "Rulebook", the Irish
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barely meet to discuss Irish Section 110 SPVs (despite being joint regulators).
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apart from activities ancillary to that business carries on no other activities
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Domicile of Irish Section 110 SPVs is cosmetic, with a handful of local Irish
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Commodities (i.e. tangible assets dealt in on a recognised commodity exchange)
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Irish companies had access to the EU's network of tax treaties in a preferred
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were prepared to issue rulings to amend their own anti-avoidance rules (esp.
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legal system. However, offering Irish companies as vehicles for tax neutral
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has addressed this aspect of Section 110 SPVs by upgrading the little used
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In common with most securitisation vehicles, Irish Section 110 SPVs use an
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is resident in Ireland and files accounts (i.e. is a normal Irish Company)
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law firms successfully lobbied in the 2003 and 2005 Finance Acts for the
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Section 110 SPVs were limited to entities licensed to operate within the
3526:"Massive blow to vulture funds as arrears halted due to miscalculations" 3043:"Loophole allowing Vulture Funds to pay almost no Irish profit tax shut" 904: 4001:"Azerbaijan's biggest bank raised $ 900m via Irish SPVs before default" 3906:"CENTRAL BANK OF IRELAND: Enhancements to the L-QIAIF regime announced" 3095:"CENTRAL BANK OF IRELAND: Enhancements to the L–QIAIF regime announced" 2223: 2112:"A third of Ireland's shadow banking subject to little or no oversight" 716: 267: 256: 175: 3741:"Vulture funds are feasting tax-free on carcass of our property crash" 3116:"Update on Changes to Loan Originating Qualifying Investor AIF Regime" 2354:"A&L Goodbody lobbies for Section 110 changes in 2003 Finance Act" 1937:. David McWilliams Sunday Business Post. 1 August 2016. Archived from 663:
Irish Debt Securities Association (IDSA) launch in 2013 with Minister
4196: 2623:"Law firm defends use of charities to help hedge funds cut tax bills" 2271:"Ireland is the world's biggest corporate 'tax haven', say academics" 2131: 1964:"Noonan is accused of 'rolling out the red carpet for vulture funds'" 1218:. Section 110 SPVs have helped make Ireland the fifth largest global 1141: 1129: 713: 610: 605:
There is no process for approving the creation of a Section 110 SPV.
554: 542: 2296:"Ireland is a tax haven — and that's becoming controversial at home" 1654:. Stephen Donnelly (Dáil Submission). September 2016. Archived from 1564:"Only lawyers and accountants gain from Irish 'SPVs' - Central Bank" 597:
administrator, and that the key Board meetings are held in Ireland.
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would controversially set these anti-avoidance rules aside in 2016 (
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who already had zero domestic taxes (i.e. Bermuda, the Cayman). As
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rules and CG50 land certificates) to facilitate the tax avoidance.
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structure, there is no loss of Irish taxes to the Irish exchequer.
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effects), could reach €20 billion (or €2 billion per annum). The
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undertakes the first transaction for a value of not less than €10m
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The Section 110 SPV is therefore set up and a notice sent to the
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Onshore competitors, like Luxembourg and the Netherlands, used a
4073:"Former Regulator says Irish politicians mindless of IFSC risks" 3983:"'We don't want brass plate firms that come for tax advantages'" 3579:"Wall Street is Europe's landlord and tenants are fighting back" 2806:"Call for SPV shake-up to make Ireland world leader by the IDSA" 3870:"US vulture funds lobbied Government over proposed tax changes" 3723:"Lawyers and accountants share in €100m fees from SPVs in IFSC" 3265:"Dublin unit of US hedge fund with $ 8bn assets pays $ 125 tax" 2757:"Revenue probes 40 'tax-neutral' companies for suspected abuse" 2722:"Lawyers and accountants share in €100m fees from SPVs in IFSC" 2605:"Wealthy firms 'using charitable status to avoid paying taxes'" 1726:"Vulture funds pay just €8,000 in tax on €10 billion of assets" 1388: 383:, or LQIAIFs and QIFs, were not deemed suitable for the global 326:
rules would prevent domestic profits leaving Ireland, untaxed).
3856:"Public Accounts Committee Noonan ill-advised on fund meeting" 3226:"Loophole lets firms earning millions pay €250 tax, Dáil told" 2946:"Ireland as a location for Distressed Debt: Super QIF Example" 1116: 592:
in Ireland and (b) "managed and controlled" from Ireland. The
4109:"Ireland could be potential tax haven under EU rules - Oxfam" 3432:"ANDY: CONSOLE WAS BAD, CORPORATE TAX AVOIDANCE IS FAR WORSE" 1880:"Noonan's efforts to tax 'vulture' funds seen as ineffective" 667:, IDSA CEO Gary Palmer, and IDSA Chairman Turlough Galvin of 91:
vehicle in EU securitisation. Section 110 SPVs have made the
3660:"Revealed: Nama, the vultures and the Section 110 tax dodge" 2044:"IMF queries lawyers and bankers on hundreds of IFSC boards" 445:
Futures, options, swaps, derivatives and similar instruments
4037:"More than €100bn in Russian Money funneled through Dublin" 3777:"Nama paid €158m in tax after section 110 loophole closure" 3759:"Michael Noonan to target vulture funds with €50m tax bill" 2960:"Irish Qualifying Investor Funds and Section 110 Companies" 1350:. It has coincided with G20 economy, Brazil, blacklisting 952:
Section 110 SPVs, structured by IFSC–based law firms (e.g.
848: 830: 207: 3838:"Row as Noonan is accused of being a 'vulture-fund lover'" 3561:"Vulture funds ramp up number of debt chase cases tenfold" 3171:"Irish Loan Originating Funds (L–QIAIFs): An Introduction" 451:
Obligations evidencing debt (including loans and deposits)
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Existing Irish anti-avoidance tax rules would apply (e.g.
3677:"Revenue warns firms over sale of loans to vulture funds" 1935:"Vulture funds rub salt into the carcass of this country" 609:
showed pre-approving vehicles, risks challenges under EU
252: 4091:"Irish SPVs more a worry for other countries than State" 3597:"State-backed funds using Section 110 to slash tax bill" 3286:"Cerberus paid €1,900 tax on €77m Project Eagle profits" 2027:. Professor Jim Stewart Cillian Doyle. 27 February 2018. 1595:"REVEALED: the vulture funds that paid just €250 in tax" 812:
began a consultation process to upgrade the little-used
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rules put the IFSC at a disadvantage versus Luxembourg.
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could still challenge any Section 110 SPV deemed unfit (
3414:"'Aggressive' vulture funds swoop in on Irish property" 3078:"Finance Bill 2016 Amendments to Securitisation Regime" 2792:"Section 110 companies - New notification requirements" 2584:"Notification to be a 'qualifying company' Section 110" 2007:. Professor Jim Stewart Cillian Doyle. 12 January 2017. 1427:
Qualifying investor alternative investment fund (QIAIF)
1169:, moved out of Section 110 SPVs. This figure exceeded 1032:
It emerged that the regulator of Section 110 SPVs, the
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Qualifying investor alternative investment fund (QIAIF)
4055:"Ireland is world's fourth-largest shadow banking hub" 2842:"Irish shadow banking dwarfs more traditional sectors" 2002:"'Section 110' Companies: A Success story for Ireland" 1705:"Ireland confronts another tax scandal closer to home" 186:. In June 2018, tax academics showed Ireland was the 2492:"Irish Structures for investing in Distressed Assets" 1453: 469:
Contracts for insurance and contracts for reinsurance
313:(in 1997, the IFSC was an 11–hectare site in Dublin). 262:
Full tax neutrality was available as standard in the
3615:"Cardinal Capital warns of damage by new S110 Rules" 3121:. Author Cox Law Firm. December 2016. Archived from 2438:"Ireland as a domicile for Special Purpose Vehicles" 2022:"Ireland, Global Finance and the Russian Connection" 1597:. Sunday Business Post. 24 July 2016. Archived from 1384: 1189:
In March 2019, the UN Special Rapporter on housing,
259:) would apply inside the new Irish Section 110 SPV. 3695:"International and Irish CG50 Tax Update July 2016" 3325:"Why would a Vulture Fund own a Children's Charity" 2824:"Irish special purpose vehicle assets reach €763bn" 2200:"Global Shadow Banking and Monitoring Report: 2017" 2095:"How Russian Firms Funnelled €100bn through Dublin" 3461:"Project Eagle's potential loss bigger than £190m" 1249:Their research in particular noted the following: 2865:. Irish Debt Securities Association (IDSA). 2016. 2745:. Irish Debt Securities Association (IDSA). 2016. 1472:, leading academic research into Section 110 SPVs 773:. This vehicle combines the secrecy of the Irish 630:into the activities of an Irish Section 110 SPV. 4350: 3484:. Dublin Inquirer. 16 March 2016. Archived from 3327:. Dáil Éireann. 24 November 2016. Archived from 2679:. Chartered Accountants of Ireland. August 2016. 2289: 2287: 924:The Irish financial media noted in 2016 that US 3434:. Dublin Inquirer. 26 July 2016. Archived from 1491:"Ireland is top Eurozone jurisdiction for SPVs" 1319:Firms (CSP) "managing" thousands of Irish SPVs. 1243: 3922: 2509:"Ireland as a Domicile for Structured Finance" 2066:Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 866:(CBI) regulates Section 110 SPVs. When Irish 553:transferring the PPN interest payments to the 4212: 3814:. Irish Legal News. July 2017. Archived from 3110: 3108: 2710:. Dillon Eustace Law Partners (Dublin). 2016. 2497:. Dillon Eustace Law Partners (Dublin). 2010. 2284: 1624:"How do vulture funds exploit tax loopholes?" 1200: 893: 412:acquires "qualifying assets" (see list below) 182:showed SPVs had made Ireland the 3rd largest 3709:"Speedy probe into vulture funds' tax urged" 3455: 3453: 3280: 3278: 3220: 3218: 2063: 1684:"Forget Apple: Ireland's other taxing issue" 1177:had begun a process to upgrade the tax-free 1054:Public statements, Guideline Bulletins, and 655:Corporate haven § Debt-based BEPS tools 3387:. UNITE HERE. February 2017. Archived from 3253:. The Sunday Business Post. 8 January 2017. 2965:. FS Taxation. October 2013. Archived from 2541:"Irish Securitisation Section 110 Vehicles" 2293: 2227:; Thomas Torslov; Ludvig Wier (June 2018). 1985:"What did Noonan know about vultures' tax?" 1845:. William Fry Solicitors. 8 September 2016. 1465:Irish Central Bank Special Purpose Vehicles 1357:A 2017 seminal academic paper published in 756:International Financial Reporting Standards 4219: 4205: 3953: 3662:. Sunday Business Post. 11 September 2016. 3145: 3143: 3105: 2543:. International Tax Review. 15 March 2015. 1589: 1587: 1585: 1583: 1581: 1579: 1577: 1549:. Irish Debt Securities Association. 2016. 1422:Corporation tax in the Republic of Ireland 216:Corporation tax in the Republic of Ireland 4128:. RTÉ News. February 2017. Archived from 3671: 3669: 3555: 3553: 3450: 3275: 3215: 3156:. Dillon Eustace Law Firm. February 2018. 2175: 2149: 2127: 2125: 2097:. The Sunday Business Post. 4 March 2018. 1958: 1956: 1297:Of particular note in this research was: 1207:Central Bank of Ireland § Criticisms 52:Irish Section 110 special purpose vehicle 3631: 3476: 3474: 3301: 3299: 3245: 3243: 3241: 3239: 2432: 2430: 2428: 2337:"Securitisation to grow further in 2003" 1802: 1800: 1558: 1556: 1210: 903: 858: 826: 762:rules do not apply to Section 110 SPVs. 752:Generally Accepted Accounting Principles 707: 658: 514: 197: 158:companies with low supervision from the 136: 102:In June 2016, it was discovered that US 79:Section 110 was created in 1997 to help 38: 30:For broader coverage of this topic, see 4187:"Brazil's Tax Haven Verdict on Ireland" 4173:"Brazil Adds Ireland to Tax Haven List" 3382:"Oaktree, Mars Capital and Section 110" 3376: 3374: 3185: 3183: 3140: 3089: 3087: 3058: 3056: 2903:. William Fry Law Firm. 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L–QIAIFs do not need PPNs. 454:Leases and loan and lease portfolios 429: 170:listed Ireland as one of the global 4384:Taxation in the Republic of Ireland 3916: 3795:"Response to the 2016 Finance Bill" 2901:"Changes to the Section 110 Regime" 2464: 2263: 2217: 2031: 1924: 1907: 1890: 1869: 1776: 1755: 1533: 1043:The Irish media uncovered that the 719:and PwC (Ireland) Managing Partner 600: 588:to demonstrate that the SPV is (a) 495: 355:of 20% in such situations, but the 281:legal system, also less favored by 87:deals, and by 2017 was the largest 24: 4389:Economy of the Republic of Ireland 4309:Collateralized mortgage obligation 3800:. Stephen Donnelly. November 2016. 3697:. Maples and Calder. 14 July 2016. 3632:McGreevy, Ronan (28 August 2016). 3160: 2781: 2394: 2377: 2360: 2343: 1715: 1694: 1613: 1509:"Structured Finance (Section 110)" 1417:Economy of the Republic of Ireland 1242:. 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In late 2016 the 771:Orphaned Super–QIAIF 4333:Senior stretch loan 4297:Credit default swap 4273:Types of securities 4025:. 25 February 2016. 3989:. 24 November 2016. 3912:. 29 November 2016. 3910:Matheson (law firm) 3585:. 10 December 2016. 3567:. 4 September 2017. 3488:on 30 November 2022 3420:. 18 February 2017. 3292:. 29 November 2016. 3101:. 29 November 2016. 3099:Matheson (law firm) 2972:on 14 November 2017 2254:Wall Street Journal 2160:2017NatSR...7.6246G 1820:on 22 November 2017 1690:. 6 September 2016. 1661:on 14 November 2017 1437:Matheson (law firm) 1348:corporate tax haven 1098:Stephen Donnelly TD 900:Matheson (law firm) 574:thin capitalisation 559:corporate tax haven 525:Participation notes 481:Structural elements 475:Plant and machinery 245:capital gains taxes 60:section 110 company 4404:Offshore law firms 4399:Offshore companies 4338:Structured product 4249:Credit enhancement 4228:Structured finance 4097:. 13 January 2017. 3876:. 21 January 2017. 3783:. 1 February 2017. 3765:. 11 October 2016. 3514:. 17 January 2017. 2138:Scientific Reports 1630:. 17 October 2016. 1333:Shadow Banking OFC 1317:Corporate services 1228: 914: 872: 724: 678:Shadow Banking OFC 673: 572:As Ireland has no 372:Qualifying company 212: 184:Shadow Banking OFC 152: 97:Shadow Banking OFC 89:structured finance 48: 4346: 4345: 4292:Credit derivative 4159:Irish Independent 4135:on 3 October 2017 4023:Irish Independent 4005:Irish Independent 3987:Irish Independent 3747:. 30 August 2016. 3745:Irish Independent 3729:. 4 October 2016. 3565:Irish Independent 3532:. 4 January 2018. 3530:Irish Independent 3465:Irish Independent 3271:. 15 August 2016. 3047:Irish Independent 2846:Irish Independent 2812:. 5 October 2017. 2810:Irish Independent 2761:Irish Independent 2740:"SPVs in Ireland" 2728:. 4 October 2016. 2629:. 27 August 2015. 1968:Irish Independent 1886:. 3 October 2016. 1791:Irish Independent 1770:Irish Independent 1751:. 21 August 2016. 1749:Irish Independent 1570:. 5 October 2016. 1568:Irish Independent 1527:Irish Independent 1497:. 19 August 2017. 1495:Irish Independent 1088:, 26 March 2016 ( 1019:Mezzanine capital 594:orphaning process 506:charitable trusts 430:Qualifying assets 353:withholding taxes 249:withholding taxes 141:Finance Minister 16:(Redirected from 4416: 4379:Money laundering 4359:Offshore finance 4259:Orphan structure 4221: 4214: 4207: 4198: 4197: 4191: 4190: 4183: 4177: 4176: 4169: 4163: 4162: 4161:. 27 March 2017. 4151: 4145: 4144: 4142: 4140: 4134: 4127: 4119: 4113: 4112: 4105: 4099: 4098: 4087: 4081: 4080: 4069: 4063: 4062: 4051: 4045: 4044: 4033: 4027: 4026: 4015: 4009: 4008: 3997: 3991: 3990: 3979: 3973: 3972: 3970: 3968: 3961:The Sunday Times 3951: 3945: 3944: 3939: 3937: 3920: 3914: 3913: 3902: 3896: 3895: 3884: 3878: 3877: 3866: 3860: 3859: 3852: 3846: 3845: 3834: 3828: 3827: 3825: 3823: 3808: 3802: 3801: 3799: 3791: 3785: 3784: 3773: 3767: 3766: 3755: 3749: 3748: 3737: 3731: 3730: 3719: 3713: 3712: 3705: 3699: 3698: 3691: 3685: 3684: 3683:. 26 March 2016. 3673: 3664: 3663: 3656: 3650: 3649: 3647: 3645: 3629: 3623: 3622: 3611: 3605: 3604: 3593: 3587: 3586: 3575: 3569: 3568: 3557: 3548: 3547: 3540: 3534: 3533: 3522: 3516: 3515: 3504: 3498: 3497: 3495: 3493: 3478: 3469: 3468: 3457: 3448: 3447: 3445: 3443: 3428: 3422: 3421: 3410: 3404: 3403: 3401: 3399: 3394:on 26 April 2018 3393: 3386: 3378: 3369: 3368: 3361: 3355: 3354: 3347: 3341: 3340: 3338: 3336: 3321: 3315: 3314: 3303: 3294: 3293: 3282: 3273: 3272: 3261: 3255: 3254: 3247: 3234: 3233: 3222: 3213: 3212: 3205: 3199: 3198: 3187: 3178: 3177: 3175: 3167: 3158: 3157: 3155: 3147: 3138: 3137: 3135: 3133: 3127: 3120: 3112: 3103: 3102: 3091: 3082: 3081: 3074: 3068: 3067: 3060: 3051: 3050: 3039: 3033: 3032: 3030: 3022: 3016: 3015: 3013: 3005: 2999: 2998: 2996: 2988: 2982: 2981: 2979: 2977: 2971: 2964: 2956: 2950: 2949: 2942: 2936: 2935: 2933: 2925: 2919: 2918: 2911: 2905: 2904: 2897: 2891: 2890: 2876: 2867: 2866: 2864: 2856: 2850: 2849: 2848:. 17 March 2018. 2838: 2832: 2831: 2820: 2814: 2813: 2802: 2796: 2795: 2788: 2779: 2778: 2771: 2765: 2764: 2753: 2747: 2746: 2744: 2736: 2730: 2729: 2718: 2712: 2711: 2709: 2701: 2695: 2694: 2687: 2681: 2680: 2673: 2667: 2666: 2665:. 28 April 2017. 2655: 2649: 2648: 2637: 2631: 2630: 2619: 2613: 2612: 2601: 2595: 2594: 2593:. 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Index

Section 110 SPV
Ireland as a tax haven

International Financial Services Centre
tax resident
Irish Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
International Financial Services Centre
securitisation
structured finance
IFSC
Shadow Banking OFC
distressed debt
Irish Revenue
loopholes
CRO
Central Bank of Ireland
L–QIAIF
CRO

Michael Noonan
Revenue Commissioners
brass plate
Revenue
Central Bank of Ireland
Nature
Conduit OFCs
tax havens
Financial Stability Forum
Shadow Banking OFC
world's largest tax haven

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