US capital gains tax complications in foreign Search Funds

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by a searcher from INSEAD
in London, UK

6yrs ago

US capital gains tax complications in foreign Search Funds

Have any US investors done thorough capital gains tax research on search fund investments made internationally (particularly UK where there is a treaty in place)? We have heard from others that tax credits can be applied ok but want to validate this.

It seems likely that a search fund qualifies as a Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC), has this created any complications for any investors so far?

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reply by a professional 6yrs ago
from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milano MI, Italia

First Italian book on search funds: Search Funds, Un nuovo strumento a sostegno della piccola impresa e del rinnovamento imprenditoriale (a new model to support small businesses and entrepreneurial change), by Antonio Molinari, with introduction by Fabio Sattin and legal appendix by Marco Franizini, published by GueriniNext

reply by a searcher 6yrs ago
from INSEAD in London, UK

Been unable to track down an English version...but looks like a great read!