Comments on: Dems may (again) target private equity firms to pay for corporate tax reform http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2011/04/04/dems-may-again-target-private-equity-firms-to-pay-for-corporate-tax-reform/ Politics and policy from inside Washington Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: JimmyChapman http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2011/04/04/dems-may-again-target-private-equity-firms-to-pay-for-corporate-tax-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-11380 JimmyChapman Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:04:53 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=6145#comment-11380 In a time of economic recovery I just feel that it’s entrepreneurialism that’s going to help us out. But pinning corporate tax reforms on <a rel="follow" href="http://www.privateequityinternational.com">private equity</a> firms is just going to discourage this and slow our attempts at achieving target growth levels. In a time of economic recovery I just feel that it’s entrepreneurialism that’s going to help us out. But pinning corporate tax reforms on private equity firms is just going to discourage this and slow our attempts at achieving target growth levels.

]]> By: lionprop http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2011/04/04/dems-may-again-target-private-equity-firms-to-pay-for-corporate-tax-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-11126 lionprop Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:43:23 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=6145#comment-11126 There are differnt types of carreid interest and not all are "essentially performance fees." 47% of partnerships with carried interest are real estate and it is vurtually impossible for a general partner to create a real estate partnership without putting their own capital at risk. It is unfair to tax that type of carried interest as ordinary income. There are differnt types of carreid interest and not all are “essentially performance fees.” 47% of partnerships with carried interest are real estate and it is vurtually impossible for a general partner to create a real estate partnership without putting their own capital at risk. It is unfair to tax that type of carried interest as ordinary income.

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