Guidelines

INREV Members should comply with all tax laws, regulations and any other obligations which directly apply to INREV Members’ activities.

Compliance with tax laws and regulations involves compliance with the letter of the laws as well as the spirit of the laws and guidance as provided by public authorities. INREV Members are encouraged to seek to address any uncertainty in tax laws on a principled basis. Uncertainties might be addressed by applying for a ruling or opinion, for example.

INREV Members should comply in undertaking their activities with, inter alia:

• Making timely and correct tax payments;
• Applying all relevant tax reporting obligations (filing of tax returns, settlement of tax payments and all legal tax related reporting requirements);
• Providing information on tax obligations when tax reporting obligations fall elsewhere; and
• Applying other reporting requirements (e.g., automatic exchange of information).

Where possible INREV Members are likewise encouraged to actively weigh the effects of an indirect application of any other tax law or regulation which may apply to INREV Members’ activities. Members are also encouraged to align with the EU and other relevant legal and policy frameworks as well as the EU and other relevant processes on tax and anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (“AML-CFT”) developments. Specific attention is encouraged for:

• General or Specific domestic or European Anti-Abuse laws;
• The application of the arm’s length principle for transactions with related parties (detailed and updated as per the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development “OECD” Transfer Pricing Guidelines);
• Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (“AML-CFT”);
• Tax transparency regulations, including the EU Mandatory Disclosure Regime (“DAC6”) and FATCA/CRS regulations.

INREV Members are encouraged to apply relevant laws and regulations to their investment activities. Inappropriate use and/or interpretation of international public law (be it of a bilateral or multilateral character), EU Directives and Regulations, as well as domestic legislation applying to each of the concerned jurisdictions in a cross border investment is, hence, discouraged.