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Tax Policy

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Carried Interest

First Quarter President’s Report

By: Steve Judge   The first quarter of 2015 saw an increase in partisanship and a focus on international issues, which made substantive legislation more difficult to achieve. We continue to…
Carried Interest

PEGCC President & CEO Discusses Tax Reform on Bloomberg TV

This week, PEGCC President and CEO Steve Judge discussed tax reform and other private equity issues on Bloomberg TV’s Market Makers with Erik Shatzker and Stephanie Ruhle.
Legislative Priorities

On Private Equity Taxation, Consider Side Effects

By David Robinson Herald-Sun guest columnist DURHAM – As we reach the last few days of the presidential election and the debates  between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney reach a…
Legislative Priorities

New Academic Analysis Finds Double Taxation on Partnership Businesses Reverses Trend Toward Tax Neutrality

Postlewaite: “The logic for the [tax increase] proposal is undercut by the evolution of the tax law over the last 30 years, which has embraced single-level taxation as the standard for business tax…
Tax Policy

Tax Notes: “Raising Revenue Through Misguided Classification Reform”

Passthrough Proposal Would Reverse 30 Years of Tax Law Tax law expert, Professor Philip Postlewaite of Northwestern University, argues that recent proposals to tax passthrough businesses as…
Legislative Priorities

PEGCC Response to William Cohan’s Bloomberg Column on Issue of Interest Deductibility

The Truth about Interest Deductibility A Response to William Cohan’s Bloomberg Column A January 23, 2012 column authored by William Cohan (“Private Equity’s Public Subsidy Is a Tragedy”)…
Tax Policy

PEGCC CEO: Enterprise Value Tax “Violates Basic Tax Fairness Policy”

Obama’s proposed enterprise value tax has managers worried By Hazel Bradford Pensions & Investments November 14, 2011 Executives in investment management partnerships such as private equity,…
Tax Policy

NYSE CEO: Enterprise Value tax hike “poses a threat to our still recovering financial system”

NYSE CEO Takes on Obama’s Jobs Bill By Andrew Joseph National Journal’s Influence Alley October 21, 2011 | 9:00 AM | All those protestors in Zuccotti Park haven’t stopped the CEO of NYSE…
Tax Policy

Statement on proposal to raise taxes on growth investments

WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 20, 2010 – The Private Equity Council issued the following statement on provisions of the so-called “tax extenders” bill filed today in the House of Representatives that…