Tax Considerations relating Tax Considerations relating to Real Estate Investment to Real Estate Investment in Brazil in Brazil Presented by Presented by Ivan Tauil Ivan Tauil Senior Partner / Dallas-TX Senior Partner / Dallas-TX Thompson & Knight LLP Thompson & Knight LLP March 5, 2008 March 5, 2008
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Tax Considerations relating to Real Estate Investment in Brazil Presented by Ivan Tauil Senior Partner / Dallas-TX Thompson & Knight LLP March 5, 2008.
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Tax Considerations relating to Tax Considerations relating to Real Estate Investment in BrazilReal Estate Investment in Brazil
1.1. Comparative Charts – FFI, FIP and SPEComparative Charts – FFI, FIP and SPE
2.2. International Planning for Investments in BrazilInternational Planning for Investments in Brazil
11 – Chart 5 (FII vs. FIP vs. SPE) – Chart 5 (FII vs. FIP vs. SPE) – General Aspects– General Aspects
FII – Real Estate Investment FundFII – Real Estate Investment Fund FIP – Equity Investment FundFIP – Equity Investment Fund SPE – Special Purpose CompanySPE – Special Purpose Company
Purpose: To invest exclusively in real estate ventures
Regulated by CVM
Purpose: To invest and participate in companies, including from the real estate sector, receive dividends and make profits by way of the fortuitous sale of interests
Regulated by CVM
Purpose: To invest in a specific investment vehicle – a company constituted to develop a specific project
WITHOUT regulation by CVM (except if a publicly-held company)
Suitability: Moving savings accounts of qualified investors into real estate ventures that generate income
Suitability: Creation of a capital pool of increase value within one or several companies by way of participation in the policies, administration and control of the companies
Suitability: Intermediate “joint-ventures” between investors, from the Brazilian real estate sector or not, in such a manner that each may participate in the specific project
11– Chart 6 (FII vs. FIP vs. SPE)– Chart 6 (FII vs. FIP vs. SPE) – General Aspects– General Aspects
FII – Real Estate Investment FundFII – Real Estate Investment Fund FIP – Equity Investment FundFIP – Equity Investment Fund SPE – Special Purpose CompanySPE – Special Purpose Company
Participation: Investor’s interests shall grant each identical voting and economic rights (e.g., cascading distributions are not allowed)
Participation: Investor’s interests may grant different voting rights but shall grant the same economic rights to investors (except in that different fees to the administrator of the fund, including performance fees, may be due by the different classes of interests in accordance with the provisions of the fund’s charter)
Participation: The shares of an S.A. may grant different voting and economic rights to shareholders. The quotas of a Ltda. may grant different economic rights but each quota shall be entitled to one vote at the meetings or upon the resolutions of the Ltda.
Disclosure: Subject to several disclosure requirements
Disclosure: Subject to several disclosure requirements (however, less strict than the requirements imposed on an FII)
Disclosure: Less disclosure requirements than an FII and FIP
Debt: Restricted for obtaining or granting loans
Debt: Restricted from obtaining (except from multilateral bodies) or granting loans
Debt: Generally, no restrictions
1 – Chart 7 (FII vs. FIP vs. SPE)1 – Chart 7 (FII vs. FIP vs. SPE) – Fund Taxation– Fund Taxation
FII – Real Estate Investment FundFII – Real Estate Investment Fund FIP – Equity Investment FundFIP – Equity Investment Fund SPE – Special Purpose CompanySPE – Special Purpose Company
Fund Taxation:
General Rule – not subject to IRPJ levied upon rental incomes (condominium)
Exceptions –
a) revenues and net profits arising from financial investments subject to the IRRF
b) b) will be taxed as a Corporate Entity if invest in real estate ventures where the entrepreneur, principal contractor or partner holds title (individually or jointly) to 25% or more of the FII
Fund Taxation:
In relation to the acquisition and sale of ventures in Brazil: not subject to taxation
Income received from those investments are tax free
Companies in which the FIP holds an interest are typically subject to Brazilian taxation as corporate entities
Company Taxation:
Income is taxed at a rate of 34% (IRPJ 25% + CSLL 9%)
1 – Chart 8 (FII vs. FIP vs. SPE)1 – Chart 8 (FII vs. FIP vs. SPE) – Taxation of – Taxation of InvestorsInvestors
FII – Real Estate Investment FundFII – Real Estate Investment Fund FIP – Equity Investment FundFIP – Equity Investment Fund SPE – Special Purpose CompanySPE – Special Purpose Company
INCOME
(i) Foreign investors not domiciled in a tax haven and under Resolution No. 2.689/00 owes an IRRF of 15%
(ii) Foreign investors domiciled in a tax haven or outside Resolution BACEN 2.689/00 owes an IRRF of between 15% and 22.5%
(iii) Brazilian Individuals are EXEMPT
but if outside Resolution BACEN 2.689/00 owe between 15% and 22.5% (definitive taxation)
(iv) Brazilian Corporate Entities owe an IRRF of between 15% and 22.5% (provisional IRPJ)
CAPITAL GAINS
From 0% (Res. 2.689) to 15%, depending on the facts of each case
INCOME
(i) Foreign investors not domiciled in a tax haven and under Resolution No. 2.689/00 owe an IRRF of 0%, or 15% if not in compliance with those conditions
(ii) Foreign investors domiciled in a tax haven owe an IRRF of 15%
(iii) Brazilian Individuals owe an IRRF (definitive taxation) of 15% (or a progressive tax rate of between 15% and 22.5%)
(iv) Brazilian Corporate Entities owe an IRRF of 15% (or a progressive tax rate of between 15% and 22.5%) – provisional IRPJ
CAPITAL GAINS
From 0% to 15%, depending on the facts of each case
INCOME
Dividends received are not subject to taxation
Interest received - IRRF of 15% or IRRF of 25% if participating investor / resident shareholder resides in a tax haven
CAPITAL GAINS
From 0% to 15%, depending on the facts of each case