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hedge fund tax

Fund Appreciation Rights

December 6, 2009

Alternative Hedge Fund Compensation Structure
At the very beginning of this year there was much discussion about the hedge fund compensation structure in light of the horrible returns from 2008.  Many funds lost money but managers aren’t typically subject to the same types of clawback provisions as private equity fund managers.  Additionally some funds had to [...]

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Hedge Fund Carried Interest Tax Increase?

April 8, 2009

Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Carried Interest “Loophole”
As we are all well aware, the partnership structure of hedge funds allows the management companies of these funds to receive an “allocation” of the fund’s income.  Under general partnership taxation principles, this allocation is taxed to the management company (and the other investors in the hedge fund) according [...]

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Hedge Fund Taxes May Increase under Obama

February 23, 2009

Obama to Propos Taxing Hedge Fund Carried Interest
Groups such as the New York Times and Daily Finance are reporting that Obama’s proposed fiscal 2010 budget, which will be released tomorrow, will include provisions which will increase taxes for hedge fund managers (and private equity fund managers).   Such a provision would likely be written to provide [...]

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Hedge Fund Taxation - Law School Professor Perspective

January 14, 2009

Overview of Hedge Fund Taxation
The following is a reprint of the Joseph Bankman’s testimony before Congress.  Mr. Bankman is a professor at Stanford Law School.  While the testimony has a bias against the current hedge fund taxation structure, it provides a great overview of hedge fund tax issue, specifically the taxation of the hedge fund [...]

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