Recent Estate & Gift Tax Proposal and Bills

Legislation that would significantly change the Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Tax landscape has recently been proposed. While it is hard to predict whether any of the proposals will be enacted, we feel it is wise to plan for the worst and hope for the best.

Proposed Regulations on Carried Interest Taxation

The TCJA quietly added a provision to tax certain ‘carried interests’ at a higher tax rate. That addition—Internal Revenue Code Section 1061 (IRC 1061)—taxes certain carried interests at the ordinary income tax rate. Simply stated, carried interest is the right for the manager of a private investment fund to share in a fund’s profit.