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Carried Interest And Beyond: The Nature Of Private Equity Investment And Its International Tax Implications, Young Ran Kim
Carried Interest And Beyond: The Nature Of Private Equity Investment And Its International Tax Implications, Young Ran Kim
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
Private equity funds (PEFs) eliminate entity-level taxation by using pass-through entities. They further minimize their investors’ tax liability by taking the position that profits distributed to both general partners (GPs) and limited partners (LPs) are passive portfolio investment income and taxed preferentially. The taxation of carried interest at low capital gains rates is likely the most infamous loophole. This article challenges such tax position and instead argues that the nature of PEF investment is active. PEFs seek to influence their portfolio companies to increase their value so that they actively manage the companies by acquiring at least 10% of their …