In 2007, the House of Representatives passed a bill that is the treatment of interest as ordinary income rather than long-term gains. The move threatens to increase the tax rate from 15 percent to 35 percent of the income of partners in private equity firms, venture capital firms, and some real estate and oil and gas partnerships. This case arguments and actions made by both supporters and opponents of a possible increase in taxes, the creation of the strategies used by the private equity industry to combat the threat increases. "Hide
by David P. Baron Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 7 pages. Publication Date: August 5, 2008. Prod. #: P56-PDF-ENG
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