Higher Taxes on Carried Interest Would Be Borne By Investment Fund Managers: Pension Funds, Minority-Owned Businesses, and Low-Income Housing Development Would Be Largely Or Entirely Unaffected


 

Publication Date: September 2007

Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Aviva Aron-Dine

Research Area: Banking and finance

Keywords: Economic projections; Tax code; Corporate finance

Type: Report

Abstract:

Most tax policy experts agree that the tax treatment of carried interest should depend on whether it is more appropriately classified as capital gains income or as compensation for services performed.  Assuming that carried interest is compensating fund managers for the services they provide, it should be taxed at the same rates that apply to other forms of labor compensation.Â