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Sinema has expressed opposition to ending the carried-interest tax break used by private equity and hedge fund managers to lower their tax bills.
August 1 -
It's counterintuitive, but basic short selling can boost the after-tax return on an entire retirement portfolio.
February 22 -
Under a commission proposal, funds’ financial statements would need to be audited at least annually.
February 9 -
The founder of Renaissance Technologies and his colleagues will pay billions to resolve one of the biggest tax disputes in U.S. history.
September 2 -
Three Democratic senators introduced legislation that would stop the tax breaks used by private equity money managers and others.
May 12 -
Bernard Madoff’s death in prison doesn’t change much for his victims, many of whom are still waiting to be made whole.
April 15 -
Thomas Sandell and Sandell Asset Management are paying $105 million to New York, the biggest fine of its kind in the state.
March 3 -
Three House Democrats are pushing legislation that would repeal the carried-interest tax break used by fund managers to reduce the levies they owe to the Internal Revenue Service.
February 17 -
Former investment banker Paul Mora is the first Cum-Ex suspect placed on Interpol’s public list of most-wanted suspects as Germany launched an international search for him in an escalation of its vast tax-evasion probe.
February 9 -
A second hedge-fund trader was named by Danish prosecutors as a defendant in a dividend tax scheme they say defrauded the Nordic country out of 9.6 billion kroner ($1.6 billion).
January 27 -
A new analysis by Audit Analytics reveals the Big Four firm leading among every type of fund.
January 25 -
Sanjay Shah, who founded a London hedge fund that specialized in controversial Cum-Ex trades, was charged by Danish prosecutors in a 9.6 billion-krone ($1.6 billion) tax-fraud probe, according to a person familiar with the case.
January 7 -
Chris Rokos, who runs the hedge fund that bears his name, sued Deloitte and a U.S. law firm after 39.4 million pounds ($52 million) in tax relief was thrown out by U.K. authorities.
November 18 -
Hedge funds are planning to expand their presence in Florida, adding to a migratory trend as wealthy residents of northern states face the threat of higher taxes.
September 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service released regulations to restrict a valuable tax break that hedge fund managers were able to claim after an error in 2017 Republican tax law.
July 31 -
A little-noticed decision by the Internal Revenue Service’s appeals unit may spell trouble for legendary investor Jim Simons, who’s embroiled in a multibillion-dollar tax dispute with the agency.
November 13 -
A deadline is looming to maximize the stepped-up basis afforded to realized capital gains invested in qualified opportunity zone properties and businesses.
August 16
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Democrats would need to sweep the 2020 election if they want to pull the trigger to end the carried interest option.
June 4 -
Hedge fund giant Renaissance Technologies is in talks to resolve a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over a tax maneuver that saved its owners billions of dollars.
April 11 -
Canada is reining in a tax break on employee stock options by introducing a cap that it expects will impact executives of major, established companies.
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