http://www.jobsearchdigest.com/insidethefirm/211/carried-interest-and-private-equity-jobs/ Insights into Private Equity Careers and Venture Capital Careers Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:31:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.jobsearchdigest.com/insidethefirm/211/carried-interest-and-private-equity-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-187 JobSearchDigest.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:26:40 +0000 http://www.jobsearchdigest.com/insidethefirm/?p=211#comment-187 We're not fans of additional taxation. Upside is great motivator and, if reward systems are built properly (that is, motivates behavior that drives long term thinking), extra taxation is a bad idea. We’re not fans of additional taxation. Upside is great motivator and, if reward systems are built properly (that is, motivates behavior that drives long term thinking), extra taxation is a bad idea.

]]> http://www.jobsearchdigest.com/insidethefirm/211/carried-interest-and-private-equity-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-181 D Kane Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:00:27 +0000 http://www.jobsearchdigest.com/insidethefirm/?p=211#comment-181 Carried interest is not counted as salary so they are getting a relaxation in taxation, paying 15% instead of 35% (if considered as a normal salary). In addition to recent turmoil in the markets, executives at buyout, venture-capital and hedge-fund firms will pay an estimated $24 billion more in taxes over nine years if Carried Interest Taxation is implemented. Carried interest is not counted as salary so they are getting a relaxation in taxation, paying 15% instead of 35% (if considered as a normal salary). In addition to recent turmoil in the markets, executives at buyout, venture-capital and hedge-fund firms will pay an estimated $24 billion more in taxes over nine years if Carried Interest Taxation is implemented.

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