Tax Policy Center

carried interest

Individual Taxes: TaxVox
The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that private equity funds are engaged in a trade or business under the Employee Retirement Income...
July 25, 2013Steven M. Rosenthal
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
For a decade, Congress has been debating how to tax managers of private equity firms. The argument is pretty familiar to tax wonks: Should these...
June 25, 2013Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
For years, the battle over carried interest has focused on how to tax the compensation of private equity managers. But a careful reading of the...
February 4, 2013Steven M. Rosenthal
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
Normally, at the end of each year, investors sell stock (and other assets) to recognize losses to offset gains recognized earlier in the year. Sometimes...
December 14, 2012Steven M. Rosenthal
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
The on-again, off-again battle over how to tax the compensation of private equity managers may be on again, thanks to the confluence of two seemingly...
January 12, 2012Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox
In some parallel universe, Congress and President Obama would respond to the stock market tumble, the S&P ratings downgrade, and growing public disgust at their...
August 8, 2011Howard Gleckman