Revenue updates guidance on Irish Real Estate Funds.

Irish Revenue has released eBrief No. 166/25 on 5 September 2025, announcing revisions to the Tax and Duty Manual, Part 27-01b-02, concerning the administration of the Irish Real Estate Fund (IREF) framework.

The purpose of this manual is to provide an overview of the operation of the Irish Real Estate Fund (“IREF”) regime. The IREF regime, provided for in Chapter 1B of Part 27 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997), was introduced by the Finance Act 2016. An IREF is an investment undertaking (as defined in section 739B(1)1 ), or where that investment undertaking is an umbrella scheme, a sub-fund of an investment undertaking, where –

(a) 25% or more of the value of the assets is derived from real estate assets in the State, or

(b) it would be reasonable to consider that the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of the investment undertaking, or sub-fund of an investment undertaking, was to acquire IREF assets or carry on IREF business.

Unit holders in an IREF may be subject to 20% IREF withholding tax on the occurrence of an IREF taxable event.