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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…
WSJ: PE’s Ongoing PR War Sees Lobby Group Push Public Pension Data
By Michael Wursthorn As politicians and pundits continue to hammer the private equity industry during this election, the industry’s lobby group has culled public data from pension plans…Read more about WSJ: PE’s Ongoing PR War Sees Lobby Group Push Public Pension Data
The $214 Billion Map: PEGCC Report Breaks Down Pension Fund Investment by State, Ranks Top Funds by Returns and Allocation
Judge: “This data, coupled with the new interactive map, further demonstrates who benefits most from successful private equity investments – the teachers, policemen, firefighters and other workers whose…
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 corporations would…Read more about Tax Notes: “Raising Revenue Through Misguided Classification Reform”
Capitol Hill Update
The presidential election continues to bring unprecedented attention to private equity. Never has it been more important for private equity to explain to policy makers in Washington what…
Who Benefits From Private Equity?
It is the investors—the pensioners in a public or private pension fund, or the foundation that relies on high returns to continue operations. It is the companies that…