Tax Strategy

Tax strategy of MUFG Fund Services (UK) Limited

MUFG’s corporate vision is to be the world’s most trusted financial group and is committed to act responsibly in the best interest of its customers and society as a whole. The Company’s tax strategy and tax risk appetite reflect the group’s vision and values. The Company’s tax strategy is to manage the Company’s tax position and associated tax risks in a way that best supports the Company’s business strategy while seeking to minimize tax risk wherever practicable.

TAX GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF TAX RISK

Ultimate responsibility for the Company’s tax strategy and tax governance framework rests with the Company’s Board.

Day to day responsibility for operating in accordance with the tax strategy and corporate tax compliance rests with the Financial Controller and Internal Global Tax Lead. The Payroll Department is responsible for compliance with PAYE and any other employment related tax matters. Where there is uncertainty or complexity in relation to tax risks, the business engages with third party tax advisors to support its tax compliance and to ensure its tax filing obligations are completed appropriately. We understand the importance of tax in the wider context of business decisions and have processes in place to ensure tax is considered as part of our decision-making process.

The Board is conscious of the potential reputational damage caused by inadequate tax governance and sees applying diligence and care in the management of the processes and procedures by which all tax related activities are undertaken.

APPETITE FOR UK TAX RISK

The Company’s appetite for UK tax risk reflects the group’s vision and values. Although the Group operates in a complex international sector which by its nature carries a degree of tax risk, the Group seeks to minimize or avoid tax risk wherever practicable. In the case of tax issues with a degree of uncertainty we will seek expert professional advice.

ATTITUDE TOWARDS UK TAX PLANNING

Tax is a business cost. The Company is prepared to consider planning to mitigate this cost, but, in line with its appetite for tax risk, only where this is expressly permitted or envisaged by tax law in the context of genuine commercial activity or to support regulatory policy objectives. The Company accepts it should pay the tax intended by Parliament on its commercial activities. In doing so the Company seeks to obtain tax relief for its business costs and to prevent its income being taxed more than once. The Company aims to price all transactions with overseas affiliates on the basis of the arm’s length standard, interpreted using OECD guidelines.

The Company is not prepared to be party to, or to knowingly facilitate for others, transactions designed to achieve results which do not accord with the aim or intention of tax laws, whether in the UK or overseas. The Company does not provide tax advice, nor design nor promote tax-based products to others. Staff are not measured, nor incentivized to act, by reference to tax savings for the Company or for others.

APPROACH TO DEALING WITH HMRC

The Company is committed to the principles of openness and transparency in its approach to dealing with HMRC. We employ the services of professional tax advisers to act as our agents, and if necessary, they liaise with HMRC on our behalf. They remain under the supervision of the Global Tax Lead. The Company regards the publication of this strategy as complying with its duty under FA 2016 Schedule 19 paragraph 22(2) to publish the company UK tax strategy in the current financial year.