(Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill on Friday that would more than double taxes on the pay of managers of private equity funds, hedge funds and other investment partnerships.
Throwing down a challenge to some of the nation's savviest and richest financiers, the bill would set a higher tax rate for "carried interest." That is the 20-percent cut of profits beyond targeted returns typically kept by senior managers of private equity firms and other firms on major transactions.
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Throwing down a challenge to some of the nation's savviest and richest financiers, the bill would set a higher tax rate for "carried interest." That is the 20-percent cut of profits beyond targeted returns typically kept by senior managers of private equity firms and other firms on major transactions.
Read more at Reuters Africa
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