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For this reason, we have again picked out two topics this year, one from the tax envi\u00adron\u00adment and another from the regu\u00adla\u00adtory envi\u00adron\u00adment of private equity funds, which we discuss in more detail below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first part of the article deals with the so-called zebra share\u00adhol\u00adders, i.e. the parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion of commer\u00adcial inves\u00adtors inclu\u00adding corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons (corpo\u00adrate inves\u00adtors) in asset-mana\u00adging part\u00adner\u00adships. If a commer\u00adcial inves\u00adtor parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtes in an asset-mana\u00adging private equity fund, he cannot use the taxa\u00adble result deter\u00admi\u00adned at the level of the asset-mana\u00adging private equity fund, but requi\u00adres a so-called addi\u00adtio\u00adnal commer\u00adcial result.<\/p>\n<p>We had alre\u00adady worked out the possi\u00adble quali\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion conflict as well as the diffe\u00adrent inte\u00adrests of the indi\u00advi\u00addual inves\u00adtor groups in the quali\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of the income of a private equity fund in the FYB Finan\u00adcial Year\u00adBook in previous years. This article deals with the neces\u00adsity of these addi\u00adtio\u00adnal commer\u00adcial results, the hand\u00adling by the tax autho\u00adri\u00adties and the resul\u00adting need for action.<\/p>\n<p>The second part of the article deals with a sub-area of the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of the Alter\u00adna\u00adtive Invest\u00adment Fund Mana\u00adger Direc\u00adtive (herein\u00adaf\u00adter also \u201cAIFMD\u201d) into natio\u00adnal law. From the frame\u00adwork of the German Capi\u00adtal Invest\u00adment Code (Kapi\u00adtal\u00adan\u00adla\u00adge\u00adge\u00adsetz\u00adbuch), the requi\u00adre\u00adments and special features of the so-called depo\u00adsi\u00adtary for private equity funds are exami\u00adned in more detail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asset-Mana\u00adging PE Funds: Neces\u00adsity of Addi\u00adtio\u00adnal Commer\u00adcial Results and Hand\u00adling by the Tax Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The quali\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of income at the level of a private equity fund (PE fund) is of considera\u00adble importance for German inves\u00adtors (private inves\u00adtors on the one hand and commer\u00adcial parti\u00adci\u00adpants inclu\u00adding corpo\u00adrate inves\u00adtors on the&nbsp;other).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2452,2454,2464,2602],"product_tag":[1476,1892,1899,1903,1910,2285,2289],"class_list":{"0":"post-44316","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-ebook-en","7":"product_cat-dr-christoph-ludwig","8":"product_cat-thomas-unger-en","9":"product_cat-fyb-2014-en","10":"product_tag-tax-compliance-en","11":"product_tag-ludwig-en","12":"product_tag-christoph-en","13":"product_tag-unger-en","14":"product_tag-thomas-en","15":"product_tag-zebra-companies","16":"product_tag-alternative-investment-fund-manager-directive-en","17":"pa_sprache-english-3","18":"pa_sprache-german","20":"first","21":"outofstock","22":"taxable","23":"shipping-taxable","24":"purchasable","25":"product-type-variable"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Determination of Income for Zebra Companies and Depositary under KAGB - Update of Tax Compliance for Private Equity Funds - FYB Financial Yearbook<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fyb.de\/en\/produkt\/income-determination-for-combined-corporations-and-custodians-according-to-kagb-update-of-tax-compliance-for-private-equity-funds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Determination of Income for Zebra Companies and Depositary under KAGB - Update of Tax Compliance for Private Equity Funds - FYB Financial Yearbook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ongoing formal and substantive tax compliance, as well as the regulatory rules and innovations introduced by the German Capital Investment Code, are taking up an ever-increasing amount of day-to-day work for domestic and foreign private equity funds. 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