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Tag: Real Estate

Upton & Camp Ready For This?

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Sun Nov 06, 2011 at 12:04:35 AM EST
Tags: Carried Interest, Michigan Congressmen, Super Committee, Dave Camp, Fred Upton, Real Estate (all tags)

One of the tax increases that Obama is trying to push through as part of his 'jobs plan' is to tax the shares of profits earned by managers of successful investment funds - called "carried interest" - as income rather than capital gains. As his attempt to force the plan through the standard Congressional process has crashed and burned, its looking like the proposal will likely come before the 12-member debt reduction super committee.

NH Journal sums up why this is ridiculous here:

There is a clear reason for this, as carried interest differs substantially from a traditional salary. Under most agreements, the manager of the investment partnership receives no carried interest if the endeavor fails. The manager is also on the hook for returning the principal from the partners, regardless of his performance. Most workers in our economy do not have to return a significant portion of their salary if they do not accomplish what their colleagues and supervisors expect of them.

Now, considering Reps. Upton and Camp having seats on the super committee, well.. below ~

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