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Venture Capital Funds: End Of An Era
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
The real estate India sector has attracted investments from numerous quarters, including offshore jurisdictions. Offshore funds have led the pack of investors by utilising tax efficient structures spanning across jurisdictions. However, as a result of certain changes introduced in the Budget 2007, investors have been compelled to revisit their strategies related to structuring of investments in Indian realty sector. This article examines the impact of these fiscal changes in the long term structural strategy of funds.

Offshore funds used Indian venture capital funds ("VCF") as their India-based conduits to channel investments into Indian companies engaged in the business of real estate during the last two years. The choice of VCFs as entities for structuring the Indian end of investments was tax-efficient because of the benefit of a "pass-through" status available to VCFs under the Indian tax laws pre 2007. (Indian VCFs, whether existing or newly organized, who wish to avail of the tax benefits available to venture capital funds under the Indian Income Tax Act, must register with the SEBI under the VCF Regulations and comply with the SEBI Venture Capital Fund (Regulations), 1996. )

Source://mondaq.com
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