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Deductibility of interest a looming private equity issue
The tax controversy surrounding private equity firms has focused on carried interest and whether it should be taxed as income or as long-term capital gains.
Fight to raise carried interest tax
What will it take to raise taxes on carried interest? At a minimum, it will take a lot of political wrangling, and we're starting to see signs of that now.
Washington debates carried interest taxes again, end of an era
Is carried interest back on the table? The idea of ending what some now call the "carried interest" loop hole has ebbed and flowed over the last four or five years, and it is now once again flowing
Pete Peterson turns on the private equity industry
Blackstone Group founder Pete Peterson is a legend in the private equity industry and an industry supporter in most ways. But he's also a thoughtful student of the economy, and his pet issue is the
Schwarzman likens President to Hitler
Steve Schwarzman, head of the private equity giant Blackstone Group ( Blackstone news), was forced to apologize for his comments that compared the President to Adolph Hitler. The comments reportedly
Revenue-hungry pols eye hedge funds
In this season of reform, you can't blame politicians from pondering ways to wring more revenue from hedge funds ( hedge fund news). But it's not as easy as they might think. The hedge fund industry
Politicians aim to raise tax revenue from hedge funds
The need for tax revenue is acute right now. And hedge funds ( hedge fund news) are an obvious target. So we've seen some attempts at imposing taxes and fees, though none of them appear likely to
Taxes on carried interest to finally rise?
We noted recently that hedge funds ( hedge fund news) and private equity ( private equity news) funds seemed to be dodging some regulatory reform bullets , as the spotlight was hot on Goldman Sachs (
