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By Wendy YunFang Guo, KPMG LLP

By Javier Sabau, KPMG Abogados SL, Antonio Lobon, KPMG LLP and Alfonso Pallete, KPMG Abogados SL

By Andreas Mueller and Catherine Morf, KPMG Fides, Switzerland

By Eckart Nuernberger and Franz Prinz zu Hohenlohe, KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungs-gesellschaft

By Jérôme Lhôte and Roger Molitor, KPMG Tax Luxembourg

By Sharon Baynham, KPMG LLP

By Luc Van Walleghem, KPMG LLP and Paul Op de Beeck, KPMG Tax Advisers, CVBA

Richard Boykin Aholding company is a company formed to hold investments in subsidiaries. Although it may perform management, financing, or licensing functions for its affiliates, a holding company typically does not engage in its own operating business. Many countries, mostly in Europe, have established holding company regimes that may provide significant tax benefits to multinational corporations, including a reduction or elimination of withholding taxes on distributions, and the reduction or elimination of income tax and tax on capital gains at the holding company level. In addition, most holding companies are formed in jurisdictions with a wide network of income tax treaties, which may provide additional tax benefits.

Tax executives face a longer and longer list of locations for where they can base their capital markets transactions. More and more countries are reforming their rules to attract investors. The complexity of the laws in the different jurisdictions make the easy access to high-quality knowledge and advice more and more essential.

By Susan Leung, Herbert Smith, Hong Kong