Glossary
Domicile & withholding tax
A fund's domicile is the country where it is legally based (for European investors, often Ireland or Luxembourg). Withholding tax is tax taken at source on dividends, and a fund's domicile affects how much of it you can reclaim or avoid.
What it means for you
See it in numbersWhere You Live Taxed when you sell, or taxed just for existing? Over a decades-long exit the difference is enormous. See the shape of it.An Ireland-domiciled fund often loses less to US dividend withholding than the alternatives, which quietly lifts long-run returns; details vary by country.
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