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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION S. 445
55 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper
66 tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities.
77 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
88 FEBRUARY6 (legislative day, FEBRUARY5), 2025
99 Ms. B
1010 ALDWIN(for herself, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. SCHATZ,
1111 Mr. M
1212 ARKEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. KAINE, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. REED,
1313 Ms. H
1414 IRONO, Ms. WARREN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BOOKER, and Mr.
1515 W
1616 ELCH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
1717 to the Committee on Finance
1818 A BILL
1919 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
2020 for the proper tax treatment of personal service income
2121 earned in pass-thru entities.
2222 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2323 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2424 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC. 3
2525 (a) S
2626 HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
2727 ‘‘Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2025’’. 5
2828 (b) A
2929 MENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-6
3030 wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-7
3131 ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 8
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3535 to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 1
3636 shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-2
3737 sion of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 3
3838 (c) T
3939 ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 4
4040 this Act is as follows: 5
4141 Sec. 1. Short title; etc.
4242 Sec. 2. Partnership interests transferred in connection with performance of
4343 services.
4444 Sec. 3. Special rules for partners providing investment management services to
4545 partnerships.
4646 SEC. 2. PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS TRANSFERRED IN CON-
4747 6
4848 NECTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES. 7
4949 (a) M
5050 ODIFICATION TOELECTIONTOINCLUDEPART-8
5151 NERSHIPINTEREST IN GROSSINCOME IN YEAR OF 9
5252 T
5353 RANSFER.—Subsection (c) of section 83 is amended by 10
5454 redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5) and by in-11
5555 serting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: 12
5656 ‘‘(4) P
5757 ARTNERSHIP INTERESTS .—Except as 13
5858 provided by the Secretary— 14
5959 ‘‘(A) I
6060 N GENERAL.—In the case of any 15
6161 transfer of an interest in a partnership in con-16
6262 nection with the provision of services to (or for 17
6363 the benefit of) such partnership— 18
6464 ‘‘(i) the fair market value of such in-19
6565 terest shall be treated for purposes of this 20
6666 section as being equal to the amount of the 21
6767 distribution which the partner would re-22
6868 ceive if the partnership sold (at the time of 23
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7272 the transfer) all of its assets at fair market 1
7373 value and distributed the proceeds of such 2
7474 sale (reduced by the liabilities of the part-3
7575 nership) to its partners in liquidation of 4
7676 the partnership, and 5
7777 ‘‘(ii) the person receiving such interest 6
7878 shall be treated as having made the elec-7
7979 tion under subsection (b)(1) unless such 8
8080 person makes an election under this para-9
8181 graph to have such subsection not apply. 10
8282 ‘‘(B) E
8383 LECTION.—The election under sub-11
8484 paragraph (A)(ii) shall be made under rules 12
8585 similar to the rules of subsection (b)(2).’’. 13
8686 (b) E
8787 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 14
8888 this section shall apply to interests in partnerships trans-15
8989 ferred after the date of the enactment of this Act. 16
9090 SEC. 3. SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERS PROVIDING IN-17
9191 VESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 18
9292 PARTNERSHIPS. 19
9393 (a) I
9494 NGENERAL.—Part I of subchapter K of chapter 20
9595 1 is amended by adding at the end the following new sec-21
9696 tion: 22
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100100 ‘‘SEC. 710. SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERS PROVIDING IN-1
101101 VESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 2
102102 PARTNERSHIPS. 3
103103 ‘‘(a) T
104104 REATMENT OF DISTRIBUTIVESHARE OF 4
105105 P
106106 ARTNERSHIPITEMS.—For purposes of this title, in the 5
107107 case of an investment services partnership interest— 6
108108 ‘‘(1) I
109109 N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 7
110110 702(b)— 8
111111 ‘‘(A) an amount equal to the net capital 9
112112 gain with respect to such interest for any part-10
113113 nership taxable year shall be treated as ordi-11
114114 nary income, and 12
115115 ‘‘(B) subject to the limitation of paragraph 13
116116 (2), an amount equal to the net capital loss 14
117117 with respect to such interest for any partner-15
118118 ship taxable year shall be treated as an ordi-16
119119 nary loss. 17
120120 ‘‘(2) R
121121 ECHARACTERIZATION OF LOSSES LIM -18
122122 ITED TO RECHARACTERIZED GAINS .—The amount 19
123123 treated as ordinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) for 20
124124 any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) 21
125125 of— 22
126126 ‘‘(A) the aggregate amount treated as ordi-23
127127 nary income under paragraph (1)(A) with re-24
128128 spect to the investment services partnership in-25
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132132 terest for all preceding partnership taxable 1
133133 years to which this section applies, over 2
134134 ‘‘(B) the aggregate amount treated as or-3
135135 dinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) with re-4
136136 spect to such interest for all preceding partner-5
137137 ship taxable years to which this section applies. 6
138138 ‘‘(3) A
139139 LLOCATION TO ITEMS OF GAIN AND 7
140140 LOSS.— 8
141141 ‘‘(A) N
142142 ET CAPITAL GAIN.—The amount 9
143143 treated as ordinary income under paragraph 10
144144 (1)(A) shall be allocated ratably among the 11
145145 items of long-term capital gain taken into ac-12
146146 count in determining such net capital gain. 13
147147 ‘‘(B) N
148148 ET CAPITAL LOSS.—The amount 14
149149 treated as ordinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) 15
150150 shall be allocated ratably among the items of 16
151151 long-term capital loss and short-term capital 17
152152 loss taken into account in determining such net 18
153153 capital loss. 19
154154 ‘‘(4) T
155155 ERMS RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS AND 20
156156 LOSSES.—For purposes of this section— 21
157157 ‘‘(A) I
158158 N GENERAL.—Net capital gain, long- 22
159159 term capital gain, and long-term capital loss, 23
160160 with respect to any investment services partner-24
161161 ship interest for any taxable year, shall be de-25
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165165 termined under section 1222, except that such 1
166166 section shall be applied— 2
167167 ‘‘(i) without regard to the recharacter-3
168168 ization of any item as ordinary income or 4
169169 ordinary loss under this section, 5
170170 ‘‘(ii) by only taking into account items 6
171171 of gain and loss taken into account by the 7
172172 holder of such interest under section 702 8
173173 (other than subsection (a)(9) thereof) with 9
174174 respect to such interest for such taxable 10
175175 year, and 11
176176 ‘‘(iii) by treating property which is 12
177177 taken into account in determining gains 13
178178 and losses to which section 1231 applies as 14
179179 capital assets held for more than 1 year. 15
180180 ‘‘(B) N
181181 ET CAPITAL LOSS.—The term ‘net 16
182182 capital loss’ means the excess of the losses from 17
183183 sales or exchanges of capital assets over the 18
184184 gains from such sales or exchanges. Rules simi-19
185185 lar to the rules of clauses (i) through (iii) of 20
186186 subparagraph (A) shall apply for purposes of 21
187187 the preceding sentence. 22
188188 ‘‘(5) S
189189 PECIAL RULE FOR DIVIDENDS .—Any div-23
190190 idend allocated with respect to any investment serv-24
191191 ices partnership interest shall not be treated as 25
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195195 qualified dividend income for purposes of section 1
196196 1(h). 2
197197 ‘‘(6) S
198198 PECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED SMALL 3
199199 BUSINESS STOCK.—Section 1202 shall not apply to 4
200200 any gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small 5
201201 business stock (as defined in section 1202(c)) allo-6
202202 cated with respect to any investment services part-7
203203 nership interest. 8
204204 ‘‘(b) D
205205 ISPOSITIONS OFPARTNERSHIPINTERESTS.— 9
206206 ‘‘(1) G
207207 AIN.— 10
208208 ‘‘(A) I
209209 N GENERAL.—Any gain on the dis-11
210210 position of an investment services partnership 12
211211 interest shall be— 13
212212 ‘‘(i) treated as ordinary income, and 14
213213 ‘‘(ii) recognized notwithstanding any 15
214214 other provision of this subtitle. 16
215215 ‘‘(B) G
216216 IFT AND TRANSFERS AT DEATH .— 17
217217 In the case of a disposition of an investment 18
218218 services partnership interest by gift or by rea-19
219219 son of death of the taxpayer— 20
220220 ‘‘(i) subparagraph (A) shall not apply, 21
221221 ‘‘(ii) such interest shall be treated as 22
222222 an investment services partnership interest 23
223223 in the hands of the person acquiring such 24
224224 interest, and 25
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228228 ‘‘(iii) any amount that would have 1
229229 been treated as ordinary income under this 2
230230 subsection had the decedent sold such in-3
231231 terest immediately before death shall be 4
232232 treated as an item of income in respect of 5
233233 a decedent under section 691. 6
234234 ‘‘(2) L
235235 OSS.—Any loss on the disposition of an 7
236236 investment services partnership interest shall be 8
237237 treated as an ordinary loss to the extent of the ex-9
238238 cess (if any) of— 10
239239 ‘‘(A) the aggregate amount treated as ordi-11
240240 nary income under subsection (a) with respect 12
241241 to such interest for all partnership taxable 13
242242 years to which this section applies, over 14
243243 ‘‘(B) the aggregate amount treated as or-15
244244 dinary loss under subsection (a) with respect to 16
245245 such interest for all partnership taxable years 17
246246 to which this section applies. 18
247247 ‘‘(3) E
248248 LECTION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EX -19
249249 CHANGES.—Paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall not apply to 20
250250 the contribution of an investment services partner-21
251251 ship interest to a partnership in exchange for an in-22
252252 terest in such partnership if— 23
253253 ‘‘(A) the taxpayer makes an irrevocable 24
254254 election to treat the partnership interest re-25
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258258 ceived in the exchange as an investment serv-1
259259 ices partnership interest, and 2
260260 ‘‘(B) the taxpayer agrees to comply with 3
261261 such reporting and recordkeeping requirements 4
262262 as the Secretary may prescribe. 5
263263 ‘‘(4) D
264264 ISTRIBUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP PROP -6
265265 ERTY.— 7
266266 ‘‘(A) I
267267 N GENERAL.—In the case of any dis-8
268268 tribution of property by a partnership with re-9
269269 spect to any investment services partnership in-10
270270 terest held by a partner, the partner receiving 11
271271 such property shall recognize gain equal to the 12
272272 excess (if any) of— 13
273273 ‘‘(i) the fair market value of such 14
274274 property at the time of such distribution, 15
275275 over 16
276276 ‘‘(ii) the adjusted basis of such prop-17
277277 erty in the hands of such partner (deter-18
278278 mined without regard to subparagraph 19
279279 (C)). 20
280280 ‘‘(B) T
281281 REATMENT OF GAIN AS ORDINARY 21
282282 INCOME.—Any gain recognized by such partner 22
283283 under subparagraph (A) shall be treated as or-23
284284 dinary income to the same extent and in the 24
285285 same manner as the increase in such partner’s 25
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289289 distributive share of the taxable income of the 1
290290 partnership would be treated under subsection 2
291291 (a) if, immediately prior to the distribution, the 3
292292 partnership had sold the distributed property at 4
293293 fair market value and all of the gain from such 5
294294 disposition were allocated to such partner. For 6
295295 purposes of applying subsection (a)(2), any gain 7
296296 treated as ordinary income under this subpara-8
297297 graph shall be treated as an amount treated as 9
298298 ordinary income under subsection (a)(1)(A). 10
299299 ‘‘(C) A
300300 DJUSTMENT OF BASIS.—In the case 11
301301 a distribution to which subparagraph (A) ap-12
302302 plies, the basis of the distributed property in 13
303303 the hands of the distributee partner shall be the 14
304304 fair market value of such property. 15
305305 ‘‘(D) S
306306 PECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO 16
307307 MERGERS AND DIVISIONS .—In the case of a 17
308308 taxpayer which satisfies requirements similar to 18
309309 the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) 19
310310 of paragraph (3), this paragraph and paragraph 20
311311 (1)(A)(ii) shall not apply to the distribution of 21
312312 a partnership interest if such distribution is in 22
313313 connection with a contribution (or deemed con-23
314314 tribution) of any property of the partnership to 24
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318318 which section 721 applies pursuant to a trans-1
319319 action described in section 708(b)(2). 2
320320 ‘‘(c) I
321321 NVESTMENTSERVICESPARTNERSHIPINTER-3
322322 EST.—For purposes of this section— 4
323323 ‘‘(1) I
324324 N GENERAL.—The term ‘investment serv-5
325325 ices partnership interest’ means any interest in an 6
326326 investment partnership acquired or held by any per-7
327327 son in connection with the conduct of a trade or 8
328328 business described in paragraph (2) by such person 9
329329 (or any person related to such person). An interest 10
330330 in an investment partnership held by any person— 11
331331 ‘‘(A) shall not be treated as an investment 12
332332 services partnership interest for any period be-13
333333 fore the first date on which it is so held in con-14
334334 nection with such a trade or business, 15
335335 ‘‘(B) shall not cease to be an investment 16
336336 services partnership interest merely because 17
337337 such person holds such interest other than in 18
338338 connection with such a trade or business, and 19
339339 ‘‘(C) shall be treated as an investment 20
340340 services partnership interest if acquired from a 21
341341 related person in whose hands such interest was 22
342342 an investment services partnership interest. 23
343343 ‘‘(2) B
344344 USINESSES TO WHICH THIS SECTION AP -24
345345 PLIES.—A trade or business is described in this 25
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349349 paragraph if such trade or business primarily in-1
350350 volves the performance of any of the following serv-2
351351 ices with respect to assets held (directly or indi-3
352352 rectly) by one or more investment partnerships re-4
353353 ferred to in paragraph (1): 5
354354 ‘‘(A) Advising as to the advisability of in-6
355355 vesting in, purchasing, or selling any specified 7
356356 asset. 8
357357 ‘‘(B) Managing, acquiring, or disposing of 9
358358 any specified asset. 10
359359 ‘‘(C) Arranging financing with respect to 11
360360 acquiring specified assets. 12
361361 ‘‘(D) Any activity in support of any service 13
362362 described in subparagraphs (A) through (C). 14
363363 ‘‘(3) I
364364 NVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP .— 15
365365 ‘‘(A) I
366366 N GENERAL.—The term ‘investment 16
367367 partnership’ means any partnership if, at the 17
368368 end of any two consecutive calendar quarters 18
369369 ending after the date of enactment of this sec-19
370370 tion— 20
371371 ‘‘(i) substantially all of the assets of 21
372372 the partnership are specified assets (deter-22
373373 mined without regard to any section 197 23
374374 intangible within the meaning of section 24
375375 197(d)), and 25
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379379 ‘‘(ii) less than 75 percent of the cap-1
380380 ital of the partnership is attributable to 2
381381 qualified capital interests which constitute 3
382382 property held in connection with a trade or 4
383383 business of the owner of such interest. 5
384384 ‘‘(B) L
385385 OOK-THROUGH OF CERTAIN WHOL -6
386386 LY OWNED ENTITIES FOR PURPOSES OF DETER -7
387387 MINING ASSETS OF THE PARTNERSHIP .— 8
388388 ‘‘(i) I
389389 N GENERAL.—For purposes of 9
390390 determining the assets of a partnership 10
391391 under subparagraph (A)(i)— 11
392392 ‘‘(I) any interest in a specified 12
393393 entity shall not be treated as an asset 13
394394 of such partnership, and 14
395395 ‘‘(II) such partnership shall be 15
396396 treated as holding its proportionate 16
397397 share of each of the assets of such 17
398398 specified entity. 18
399399 ‘‘(ii) S
400400 PECIFIED ENTITY.—For pur-19
401401 poses of clause (i), the term ‘specified enti-20
402402 ty’ means, with respect to any partnership 21
403403 (hereafter referred to as the upper-tier 22
404404 partnership), any person which engages in 23
405405 the same trade or business as the upper- 24
406406 tier partnership and is— 25
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410410 ‘‘(I) a partnership all of the cap-1
411411 ital and profits interests of which are 2
412412 held directly or indirectly by the 3
413413 upper-tier partnership, or 4
414414 ‘‘(II) a foreign corporation which 5
415415 does not engage in a trade or business 6
416416 in the United States and all of the 7
417417 stock of which is held directly or indi-8
418418 rectly by the upper-tier partnership. 9
419419 ‘‘(C) S
420420 PECIAL RULES FOR DETERMINING 10
421421 IF PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH 11
422422 TRADE OR BUSINESS.— 12
423423 ‘‘(i) I
424424 N GENERAL.—Except as other-13
425425 wise provided by the Secretary, solely for 14
426426 purposes of determining whether any inter-15
427427 est in a partnership constitutes property 16
428428 held in connection with a trade or business 17
429429 under subparagraph (A)(ii)— 18
430430 ‘‘(I) a trade or business of any 19
431431 person closely related to the owner of 20
432432 such interest shall be treated as a 21
433433 trade or business of such owner, 22
434434 ‘‘(II) such interest shall be treat-23
435435 ed as held by a person in connection 24
436436 with a trade or business during any 25
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440440 taxable year if such interest was so 1
441441 held by such person during any 3 tax-2
442442 able years preceding such taxable 3
443443 year, and 4
444444 ‘‘(III) paragraph (5)(B) shall not 5
445445 apply. 6
446446 ‘‘(ii) C
447447 LOSELY RELATED PERSONS .— 7
448448 For purposes of clause (i)(I), a person 8
449449 shall be treated as closely related to an-9
450450 other person if, taking into account the 10
451451 rules of section 267(c), the relationship be-11
452452 tween such persons is described in— 12
453453 ‘‘(I) paragraph (1) or (9) of sec-13
454454 tion 267(b), or 14
455455 ‘‘(II) section 267(b)(4), but solely 15
456456 in the case of a trust with respect to 16
457457 which each current beneficiary is the 17
458458 grantor or a person whose relationship 18
459459 to the grantor is described in para-19
460460 graph (1) or (9) of section 267(b). 20
461461 ‘‘(D) A
462462 NTIABUSE RULES.—The Secretary 21
463463 may issue regulations or other guidance which 22
464464 prevent the avoidance of the purposes of sub-23
465465 paragraph (A), including regulations or other 24
466466 guidance which treat convertible and contingent 25
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470470 debt (and other debt having the attributes of 1
471471 equity) as a capital interest in the partnership. 2
472472 ‘‘(E) C
473473 ONTROLLED GROUPS OF ENTI -3
474474 TIES.— 4
475475 ‘‘(i) I
476476 N GENERAL.—In the case of a 5
477477 controlled group of entities, if an interest 6
478478 in the partnership received in exchange for 7
479479 a contribution to the capital of the part-8
480480 nership by any member of such controlled 9
481481 group would (in the hands of such mem-10
482482 ber) constitute property held in connection 11
483483 with a trade or business, then any interest 12
484484 in such partnership held by any member of 13
485485 such group shall be treated for purposes of 14
486486 subparagraph (A) as constituting (in the 15
487487 hands of such member) property held in 16
488488 connection with a trade or business. 17
489489 ‘‘(ii) C
490490 ONTROLLED GROUP OF ENTI -18
491491 TIES.—For purposes of clause (i), the term 19
492492 ‘controlled group of entities’ means a con-20
493493 trolled group of corporations as defined in 21
494494 section 1563(a)(1), applied without regard 22
495495 to subsections (a)(4) and (b)(2) of section 23
496496 1563. A partnership or any other entity 24
497497 (other than a corporation) shall be treated 25
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501501 as a member of a controlled group of enti-1
502502 ties if such entity is controlled (within the 2
503503 meaning of section 954(d)(3)) by members 3
504504 of such group (including any entity treated 4
505505 as a member of such group by reason of 5
506506 this sentence). 6
507507 ‘‘(F) S
508508 PECIAL RULE FOR CORPORA -7
509509 TIONS.—For purposes of this paragraph, in the 8
510510 case of a corporation, the determination of 9
511511 whether property is held in connection with a 10
512512 trade or business shall be determined as if the 11
513513 taxpayer were an individual. 12
514514 ‘‘(4) S
515515 PECIFIED ASSET.—The term ‘specified 13
516516 asset’ means securities (as defined in section 14
517517 475(c)(2) without regard to the last sentence there-15
518518 of), real estate held for rental or investment, inter-16
519519 ests in partnerships, commodities (as defined in sec-17
520520 tion 475(e)(2)), cash or cash equivalents, or options 18
521521 or derivative contracts with respect to any of the 19
522522 foregoing. 20
523523 ‘‘(5) R
524524 ELATED PERSONS.— 21
525525 ‘‘(A) I
526526 N GENERAL.—A person shall be 22
527527 treated as related to another person if the rela-23
528528 tionship between such persons is described in 24
529529 section 267(b) or 707(b). 25
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533533 ‘‘(B) ATTRIBUTION OF PARTNER SERV -1
534534 ICES.—Any service described in paragraph (2) 2
535535 which is provided by a partner of a partnership 3
536536 shall be treated as also provided by such part-4
537537 nership. 5
538538 ‘‘(d) E
539539 XCEPTION FOR CERTAINCAPITALINTER-6
540540 ESTS.— 7
541541 ‘‘(1) I
542542 N GENERAL.—In the case of any portion 8
543543 of an investment services partnership interest which 9
544544 is a qualified capital interest, all items of gain and 10
545545 loss (and any dividends) which are allocated to such 11
546546 qualified capital interest shall not be taken into ac-12
547547 count under subsection (a) if— 13
548548 ‘‘(A) allocations of items are made by the 14
549549 partnership to such qualified capital interest in 15
550550 the same manner as such allocations are made 16
551551 to other qualified capital interests held by part-17
552552 ners who do not provide any services described 18
553553 in subsection (c)(2) and who are not related to 19
554554 the partner holding the qualified capital inter-20
555555 est, and 21
556556 ‘‘(B) the allocations made to such other in-22
557557 terests are significant compared to the alloca-23
558558 tions made to such qualified capital interest. 24
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561561 •S 445 IS
562562 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO 1
563563 ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS .—To the extent pro-2
564564 vided by the Secretary in regulations or other guid-3
565565 ance— 4
566566 ‘‘(A) A
567567 LLOCATIONS TO PORTION OF QUALI -5
568568 FIED CAPITAL INTEREST .—Paragraph (1) may 6
569569 be applied separately with respect to a portion 7
570570 of a qualified capital interest. 8
571571 ‘‘(B) N
572572 O OR INSIGNIFICANT ALLOCATIONS 9
573573 TO NONSERVICE PROVIDERS .—In any case in 10
574574 which the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) are 11
575575 not satisfied, items of gain and loss (and any 12
576576 dividends) shall not be taken into account under 13
577577 subsection (a) to the extent that such items are 14
578578 properly allocable under such regulations or 15
579579 other guidance to qualified capital interests. 16
580580 ‘‘(C) A
581581 LLOCATIONS TO SERVICE PRO -17
582582 VIDERS’ QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTERESTS WHICH 18
583583 ARE LESS THAN OTHER ALLOCATIONS .—Alloca-19
584584 tions shall not be treated as failing to meet the 20
585585 requirement of paragraph (1)(A) merely be-21
586586 cause the allocations to the qualified capital in-22
587587 terest represent a lower return than the alloca-23
588588 tions made to the other qualified capital inter-24
589589 ests referred to in such paragraph. 25
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592592 •S 445 IS
593593 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR CHANGES IN SERVICES 1
594594 AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS .—In the case of an 2
595595 interest in a partnership which was not an invest-3
596596 ment services partnership interest and which, by 4
597597 reason of a change in the services with respect to as-5
598598 sets held (directly or indirectly) by the partnership 6
599599 or by reason of a change in the capital contributions 7
600600 to such partnership, becomes an investment services 8
601601 partnership interest, the qualified capital interest of 9
602602 the holder of such partnership interest immediately 10
603603 after such change shall not, for purposes of this sub-11
604604 section, be less than the fair market value of such 12
605605 interest (determined immediately before such 13
606606 change). 14
607607 ‘‘(4) S
608608 PECIAL RULE FOR TIERED PARTNER -15
609609 SHIPS.—Except as otherwise provided by the Sec-16
610610 retary, in the case of tiered partnerships, all items 17
611611 which are allocated in a manner which meets the re-18
612612 quirements of paragraph (1) to qualified capital in-19
613613 terests in a lower-tier partnership shall retain such 20
614614 character to the extent allocated on the basis of 21
615615 qualified capital interests in any upper-tier partner-22
616616 ship. 23
617617 ‘‘(5) E
618618 XCEPTION FOR NO -SELF-CHARGED 24
619619 CARRY AND MANAGEMENT FEE PROVISIONS .—Ex-25
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622622 •S 445 IS
623623 cept as otherwise provided by the Secretary, an in-1
624624 terest shall not fail to be treated as satisfying the 2
625625 requirement of paragraph (1)(A) merely because the 3
626626 allocations made by the partnership to such interest 4
627627 do not reflect the cost of services described in sub-5
628628 section (c)(2) which are provided (directly or indi-6
629629 rectly) to the partnership by the holder of such in-7
630630 terest (or a related person). 8
631631 ‘‘(6) S
632632 PECIAL RULE FOR DISPOSITIONS .—In the 9
633633 case of any investment services partnership interest 10
634634 any portion of which is a qualified capital interest, 11
635635 subsection (b) shall not apply to so much of any 12
636636 gain or loss as bears the same proportion to the en-13
637637 tire amount of such gain or loss as— 14
638638 ‘‘(A) the distributive share of gain or loss 15
639639 that would have been allocated to the qualified 16
640640 capital interest (consistent with the require-17
641641 ments of paragraph (1)) if the partnership had 18
642642 sold all of its assets at fair market value imme-19
643643 diately before the disposition, bears to 20
644644 ‘‘(B) the distributive share of gain or loss 21
645645 that would have been so allocated to the invest-22
646646 ment services partnership interest of which such 23
647647 qualified capital interest is a part. 24
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650650 •S 445 IS
651651 ‘‘(7) QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTEREST .—For pur-1
652652 poses of this section— 2
653653 ‘‘(A) I
654654 N GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 3
655655 capital interest’ means so much of a partner’s 4
656656 interest in the capital of the partnership as is 5
657657 attributable to— 6
658658 ‘‘(i) the fair market value of any 7
659659 money or other property contributed to the 8
660660 partnership in exchange for such interest 9
661661 (determined without regard to section 10
662662 752(a)), 11
663663 ‘‘(ii) any amounts which have been in-12
664664 cluded in gross income under section 83 13
665665 with respect to the transfer of such inter-14
666666 est, and 15
667667 ‘‘(iii) the excess (if any) of— 16
668668 ‘‘(I) any items of income and 17
669669 gain taken into account under section 18
670670 702 with respect to such interest, over 19
671671 ‘‘(II) any items of deduction and 20
672672 loss so taken into account. 21
673673 ‘‘(B) A
674674 DJUSTMENT TO QUALIFIED CAPITAL 22
675675 INTEREST.— 23
676676 ‘‘(i) D
677677 ISTRIBUTIONS AND LOSSES .— 24
678678 The qualified capital interest shall be re-25
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681681 •S 445 IS
682682 duced by distributions from the partner-1
683683 ship with respect to such interest and by 2
684684 the excess (if any) of the amount described 3
685685 in subparagraph (A)(iii)(II) over the 4
686686 amount described in subparagraph 5
687687 (A)(iii)(I). 6
688688 ‘‘(ii) S
689689 PECIAL RULE FOR CONTRIBU -7
690690 TIONS OF PROPERTY.—In the case of any 8
691691 contribution of property described in sub-9
692692 paragraph (A)(i) with respect to which the 10
693693 fair market value of such property is not 11
694694 equal to the adjusted basis of such prop-12
695695 erty immediately before such contribution, 13
696696 proper adjustments shall be made to the 14
697697 qualified capital interest to take into ac-15
698698 count such difference consistent with such 16
699699 regulations or other guidance as the Sec-17
700700 retary may provide. 18
701701 ‘‘(C) M
702702 ERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, ETC., 19
703703 DISREGARDED.—No increase or decrease in the 20
704704 qualified capital interest of any partner shall re-21
705705 sult from a merger, consolidation, or division 22
706706 described in section 708, or any similar trans-23
707707 action. 24
708708 ‘‘(8) T
709709 REATMENT OF CERTAIN LOANS .— 25
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712712 •S 445 IS
713713 ‘‘(A) PROCEEDS OF PARTNERSHIP LOANS 1
714714 NOT TREATED AS QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTER -2
715715 EST OF SERVICE PROVIDING PARTNERS .—For 3
716716 purposes of this subsection, an investment serv-4
717717 ices partnership interest shall not be treated as 5
718718 a qualified capital interest to the extent that 6
719719 such interest is acquired in connection with the 7
720720 proceeds of any loan or other advance made or 8
721721 guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by any other 9
722722 partner or the partnership (or any person re-10
723723 lated to any such other partner or the partner-11
724724 ship). The preceding sentence shall not apply to 12
725725 the extent the loan or other advance is repaid 13
726726 before the date of the enactment of this section 14
727727 unless such repayment is made with the pro-15
728728 ceeds of a loan or other advance described in 16
729729 the preceding sentence. 17
730730 ‘‘(B) R
731731 EDUCTION IN ALLOCATIONS TO 18
732732 QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTERESTS FOR LOANS 19
733733 FROM NONSERVICE -PROVIDING PARTNERS TO 20
734734 THE PARTNERSHIP.—For purposes of this sub-21
735735 section, any loan or other advance to the part-22
736736 nership made or guaranteed, directly or indi-23
737737 rectly, by a partner not providing services de-24
738738 scribed in subsection (c)(2) to the partnership 25
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741741 •S 445 IS
742742 (or any person related to such partner) shall be 1
743743 taken into account in determining the qualified 2
744744 capital interests of the partners in the partner-3
745745 ship. 4
746746 ‘‘(9) S
747747 PECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED FAMILY 5
748748 PARTNERSHIPS.— 6
749749 ‘‘(A) I
750750 N GENERAL.—In the case of any 7
751751 specified family partnership interest, paragraph 8
752752 (1)(A) shall be applied without regard to the 9
753753 phrase ‘and who are not related to the partner 10
754754 holding the qualified capital interest’. 11
755755 ‘‘(B) S
756756 PECIFIED FAMILY PARTNERSHIP IN -12
757757 TEREST.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 13
758758 term ‘specified family partnership interest’ 14
759759 means any investment services partnership in-15
760760 terest if— 16
761761 ‘‘(i) such interest is an interest in a 17
762762 qualified family partnership, 18
763763 ‘‘(ii) such interest is held by a natural 19
764764 person or by a trust with respect to which 20
765765 each beneficiary is a grantor or a person 21
766766 whose relationship to the grantor is de-22
767767 scribed in section 267(b)(1), and 23
768768 ‘‘(iii) all other interests in such quali-24
769769 fied family partnership with respect to 25
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772772 •S 445 IS
773773 which significant allocations are made 1
774774 (within the meaning of paragraph (1)(B) 2
775775 and in comparison to the allocations made 3
776776 to the interest described in clause (ii)) are 4
777777 held by persons who— 5
778778 ‘‘(I) are related to the natural 6
779779 person or trust referred to in clause 7
780780 (ii), or 8
781781 ‘‘(II) provide services described 9
782782 in subsection (c)(2). 10
783783 ‘‘(C) Q
784784 UALIFIED FAMILY PARTNERSHIP .— 11
785785 For purposes of this paragraph, the term 12
786786 ‘qualified family partnership’ means any part-13
787787 nership if— 14
788788 ‘‘(i) all of the capital and profits in-15
789789 terests of such partnership are held by— 16
790790 ‘‘(I) specified family members, 17
791791 ‘‘(II) any person closely related 18
792792 (within the meaning of subsection 19
793793 (c)(3)(C)(ii)) to a specified family 20
794794 member, or 21
795795 ‘‘(III) any other person (not de-22
796796 scribed in subclause (I) or (II)) if 23
797797 such interest is an investment services 24
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800800 •S 445 IS
801801 partnership interest with respect to 1
802802 such person, and 2
803803 ‘‘(ii) such partnership does not hold 3
804804 itself out to the public as an investment 4
805805 advisor. 5
806806 ‘‘(D) S
807807 PECIFIED FAMILY MEMBERS .—For 6
808808 purposes of subparagraph (C), individuals shall 7
809809 be treated as specified family members if such 8
810810 individuals would be treated as one person 9
811811 under the rules of section 1361(c)(1) if the ap-10
812812 plicable date (within the meaning of subpara-11
813813 graph (B)(iii) thereof) were the latest of— 12
814814 ‘‘(i) the date of the establishment of 13
815815 the partnership, 14
816816 ‘‘(ii) the earliest date that the com-15
817817 mon ancestor holds a capital or profits in-16
818818 terest in the partnership, or 17
819819 ‘‘(iii) the date of the enactment of this 18
820820 section. 19
821821 ‘‘(e) O
822822 THERINCOME AND GAIN INCONNECTION 20
823823 W
824824 ITHINVESTMENTMANAGEMENTSERVICES.— 21
825825 ‘‘(1) I
826826 N GENERAL.—If— 22
827827 ‘‘(A) a person performs (directly or indi-23
828828 rectly) investment management services for any 24
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831831 •S 445 IS
832832 investment entity or special purpose acquisition 1
833833 company, 2
834834 ‘‘(B) such person holds (directly or indi-3
835835 rectly) a disqualified interest with respect to 4
836836 such entity or such company (as the case may 5
837837 be), and 6
838838 ‘‘(C) the value of such interest (or pay-7
839839 ments thereunder) is substantially related to 8
840840 the amount of income or gain (whether or not 9
841841 realized) from the assets with respect to which 10
842842 the investment management services are per-11
843843 formed, 12
844844 any income or gain with respect to such interest 13
845845 shall be treated as ordinary income. Rules similar to 14
846846 the rules of subsections (a)(5) and (d) shall apply 15
847847 for purposes of this subsection. 16
848848 ‘‘(2) D
849849 EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-17
850850 section— 18
851851 ‘‘(A) D
852852 ISQUALIFIED INTEREST.— 19
853853 ‘‘(i) I
854854 N GENERAL.—The term ‘dis-20
855855 qualified interest’ means, with respect to 21
856856 any investment entity— 22
857857 ‘‘(I) any interest in such entity 23
858858 other than indebtedness, 24
859859 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:13 Mar 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S445.IS S445
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861861 •S 445 IS
862862 ‘‘(II) convertible or contingent 1
863863 debt of such entity, 2
864864 ‘‘(III) any option or other right 3
865865 to acquire property described in sub-4
866866 clause (I) or (II), and 5
867867 ‘‘(IV) any derivative instrument 6
868868 entered into (directly or indirectly) 7
869869 with such entity or any investor in 8
870870 such entity. 9
871871 ‘‘(ii) E
872872 XCEPTIONS.—Such term shall 10
873873 not include— 11
874874 ‘‘(I) a partnership interest, 12
875875 ‘‘(II) except as provided by the 13
876876 Secretary, any interest in a taxable 14
877877 corporation (other than a special pur-15
878878 pose acquisition company), and 16
879879 ‘‘(III) except as provided by the 17
880880 Secretary, stock in an S corporation. 18
881881 ‘‘(B) T
882882 AXABLE CORPORATION .—The term 19
883883 ‘taxable corporation’ means— 20
884884 ‘‘(i) a domestic C corporation, or 21
885885 ‘‘(ii) a foreign corporation substan-22
886886 tially all of the income of which is— 23
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889889 •S 445 IS
890890 ‘‘(I) effectively connected with 1
891891 the conduct of a trade or business in 2
892892 the United States, or 3
893893 ‘‘(II) subject to a comprehensive 4
894894 foreign income tax (as defined in sec-5
895895 tion 457A(d)(2)). 6
896896 ‘‘(C) I
897897 NVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERV -7
898898 ICES.—The term ‘investment management serv-8
899899 ices’ means a substantial quantity of any of the 9
900900 services described in subsection (c)(2). 10
901901 ‘‘(D) I
902902 NVESTMENT ENTITY .—The term ‘in-11
903903 vestment entity’ means any entity which, if it 12
904904 were a partnership, would be an investment 13
905905 partnership. 14
906906 ‘‘(E) S
907907 PECIAL PURPOSE ACQUISITION COM -15
908908 PANY.—The term ‘special purpose acquisition 16
909909 company’ means any corporation that— 17
910910 ‘‘(i) is formed for the purpose of ac-18
911911 quiring a privately held company, 19
912912 ‘‘(ii) is publicly traded on an estab-20
913913 lished securities market or its interests are 21
914914 readily tradable on a secondary market (or 22
915915 the substantial equivalent thereof), and 23
916916 ‘‘(iii) is required to report an acquisi-24
917917 tion under Item 2.01 or make a disclosure 25
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920920 •S 445 IS
921921 under Item 5.06 of Form 8-K (or any suc-1
922922 cessor form) with the Securities and Ex-2
923923 change Commission. 3
924924 ‘‘(f) E
925925 XCEPTION FORDOMESTICC CORPORATIONS.— 4
926926 Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, in the case 5
927927 of a domestic C corporation (other than a special purpose 6
928928 acquisition company, as defined in subsection (e)(2)(E))— 7
929929 ‘‘(1) subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to 8
930930 any item allocated to such corporation with respect 9
931931 to any investment services partnership interest (or 10
932932 to any gain or loss with respect to the disposition of 11
933933 such an interest), and 12
934934 ‘‘(2) subsection (e) shall not apply. 13
935935 ‘‘(g) R
936936 EGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 14
937937 such regulations or other guidance as is necessary or ap-15
938938 propriate to carry out the purposes of this section, includ-16
939939 ing regulations or other guidance to— 17
940940 ‘‘(1) require such reporting and recordkeeping 18
941941 by any person in such manner and at such time as 19
942942 the Secretary may prescribe for purposes of enabling 20
943943 the partnership to meet the requirements of section 21
944944 6031 with respect to any item described in section 22
945945 702(a)(9), 23
946946 ‘‘(2) provide modifications to the application of 24
947947 this section (including treating related persons as 25
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950950 •S 445 IS
951951 not related to one another) to the extent such modi-1
952952 fication is consistent with the purposes of this sec-2
953953 tion, 3
954954 ‘‘(3) prevent the avoidance of the purposes of 4
955955 this section (including through the use of qualified 5
956956 family partnerships), and 6
957957 ‘‘(4) coordinate this section with the other pro-7
958958 visions of this title. 8
959959 ‘‘(h) C
960960 ROSSREFERENCE.—For 40 percent penalty on 9
961961 certain underpayments due to the avoidance of this sec-10
962962 tion, see section 6662.’’. 11
963963 (b) A
964964 PPLICATION OFSECTION751 TOINDIRECTDIS-12
965965 POSITIONS OFINVESTMENTSERVICESPARTNERSHIPIN-13
966966 TERESTS.— 14
967967 (1) I
968968 N GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 15
969969 751 is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-16
970970 graph (1), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 17
971971 (2), and by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-18
972972 lowing new paragraph: 19
973973 ‘‘(3) investment services partnership interests 20
974974 held by the partnership,’’. 21
975975 (2) C
976976 ERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS TREATED AS 22
977977 SALES OR EXCHANGES .—Subparagraph (A) of sec-23
978978 tion 751(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 24
979979 end of clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of 25
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982982 •S 445 IS
983983 clause (ii), and by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-1
984984 lowing new clause: 2
985985 ‘‘(iii) investment services partnership 3
986986 interests held by the partnership,’’. 4
987987 (3) A
988988 PPLICATION OF SPECIAL RULES IN THE 5
989989 CASE OF TIERED PARTNERSHIPS .—Subsection (f) of 6
990990 section 751 is amended— 7
991991 (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-8
992992 graph (1), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-9
993993 graph (2), and by inserting after paragraph (2) 10
994994 the following new paragraph: 11
995995 ‘‘(3) an investment services partnership interest 12
996996 held by the partnership,’’, and 13
997997 (B) by striking ‘‘partner.’’ and inserting 14
998998 ‘‘partner (other than a partnership in which it 15
999999 holds an investment services partnership inter-16
10001000 est).’’. 17
10011001 (4) I
10021002 NVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP IN -18
10031003 TERESTS; QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTERESTS .—Section 19
10041004 751 is amended by adding at the end the following 20
10051005 new subsection: 21
10061006 ‘‘(g) I
10071007 NVESTMENTSERVICESPARTNERSHIPINTER-22
10081008 ESTS.—For purposes of this section— 23
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10111011 •S 445 IS
10121012 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment serv-1
10131013 ices partnership interest’ has the meaning given 2
10141014 such term by section 710(c). 3
10151015 ‘‘(2) A
10161016 DJUSTMENTS FOR QUALIFIED CAPITAL 4
10171017 INTERESTS.—The amount to which subsection (a) 5
10181018 applies by reason of paragraph (3) thereof shall not 6
10191019 include so much of such amount as is attributable 7
10201020 to any portion of the investment services partnership 8
10211021 interest which is a qualified capital interest (deter-9
10221022 mined under rules similar to the rules of section 10
10231023 710(d)). 11
10241024 ‘‘(3) E
10251025 XCEPTION FOR PUBLICLY TRADED PART -12
10261026 NERSHIPS.—Except as otherwise provided by the 13
10271027 Secretary, in the case of an exchange of an interest 14
10281028 in a publicly traded partnership (as defined in sec-15
10291029 tion 7704) to which subsection (a) applies— 16
10301030 ‘‘(A) this section shall be applied without 17
10311031 regard to subsections (a)(3), (b)(1)(A)(iii), and 18
10321032 (f)(3), and 19
10331033 ‘‘(B) such partnership shall be treated as 20
10341034 owning its proportionate share of the property 21
10351035 of any other partnership in which it is a part-22
10361036 ner. 23
10371037 ‘‘(4) R
10381038 ECOGNITION OF GAINS .—Any gain with 24
10391039 respect to which subsection (a) applies by reason of 25
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10431043 paragraph (3) thereof shall be recognized notwith-1
10441044 standing any other provision of this title. 2
10451045 ‘‘(5) C
10461046 OORDINATION WITH INVENTORY 3
10471047 ITEMS.—An investment services partnership interest 4
10481048 held by the partnership shall not be treated as an 5
10491049 inventory item of the partnership. 6
10501050 ‘‘(6) P
10511051 REVENTION OF DOUBLE COUNTING .— 7
10521052 Under regulations or other guidance prescribed by 8
10531053 the Secretary, subsection (a)(3) shall not apply with 9
10541054 respect to any amount to which section 710 applies. 10
10551055 ‘‘(7) V
10561056 ALUATION METHODS .—The Secretary 11
10571057 shall prescribe regulations or other guidance which 12
10581058 provide the acceptable methods for valuing invest-13
10591059 ment services partnership interests for purposes of 14
10601060 this section.’’. 15
10611061 (c) T
10621062 REATMENT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 16
10631063 7704.—Subsection (d) of section 7704 is amended by add-17
10641064 ing at the end the following new paragraph: 18
10651065 ‘‘(6) I
10661066 NCOME FROM CERTAIN CARRIED INTER -19
10671067 ESTS NOT QUALIFIED.— 20
10681068 ‘‘(A) I
10691069 N GENERAL.—Specified carried in-21
10701070 terest income shall not be treated as qualifying 22
10711071 income. 23
10721072 ‘‘(B) S
10731073 PECIFIED CARRIED INTEREST IN -24
10741074 COME.—For purposes of this paragraph— 25
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10781078 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘speci-1
10791079 fied carried interest income’ means— 2
10801080 ‘‘(I) any item of income or gain 3
10811081 allocated to an investment services 4
10821082 partnership interest (as defined in 5
10831083 section 710(c)) held by the partner-6
10841084 ship, 7
10851085 ‘‘(II) any gain on the disposition 8
10861086 of an investment services partnership 9
10871087 interest (as so defined) or a partner-10
10881088 ship interest to which (in the hands of 11
10891089 the partnership) section 751 applies, 12
10901090 and 13
10911091 ‘‘(III) any income or gain taken 14
10921092 into account by the partnership under 15
10931093 subsection (b)(4) or (e) of section 16
10941094 710. 17
10951095 ‘‘(ii) E
10961096 XCEPTION FOR QUALIFIED CAP -18
10971097 ITAL INTERESTS.—A rule similar to the 19
10981098 rule of section 710(d) shall apply for pur-20
10991099 poses of clause (i). 21
11001100 ‘‘(C) C
11011101 OORDINATION WITH OTHER PROVI -22
11021102 SIONS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 23
11031103 any item described in paragraph (1)(E) (or so 24
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11071107 much of paragraph (1)(F) as relates to para-1
11081108 graph (1)(E)). 2
11091109 ‘‘(D) S
11101110 PECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN PART -3
11111111 NERSHIPS.— 4
11121112 ‘‘(i) C
11131113 ERTAIN PARTNERSHIPS OWNED 5
11141114 BY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS .— 6
11151115 Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the 7
11161116 case of a partnership which meets each of 8
11171117 the following requirements: 9
11181118 ‘‘(I) Such partnership is treated 10
11191119 as publicly traded under this section 11
11201120 solely by reason of interests in such 12
11211121 partnership being convertible into in-13
11221122 terests in a real estate investment 14
11231123 trust which is publicly traded. 15
11241124 ‘‘(II) Fifty percent or more of 16
11251125 the capital and profits interests of 17
11261126 such partnership are owned, directly 18
11271127 or indirectly, at all times during the 19
11281128 taxable year by such real estate in-20
11291129 vestment trust (determined with the 21
11301130 application of section 267(c)). 22
11311131 ‘‘(III) Such partnership meets 23
11321132 the requirements of paragraphs (2), 24
11331133 (3), and (4) of section 856(c). 25
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11371137 ‘‘(ii) CERTAIN PARTNERSHIPS OWN -1
11381138 ING OTHER PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNER -2
11391139 SHIPS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 3
11401140 in the case of a partnership which meets 4
11411141 each of the following requirements: 5
11421142 ‘‘(I) Substantially all of the as-6
11431143 sets of such partnership consist of in-7
11441144 terests in one or more publicly traded 8
11451145 partnerships (determined without re-9
11461146 gard to subsection (b)(2)). 10
11471147 ‘‘(II) Substantially all of the in-11
11481148 come of such partnership is ordinary 12
11491149 income or section 1231 gain (as de-13
11501150 fined in section 1231(a)(3)). 14
11511151 ‘‘(E) T
11521152 RANSITIONAL RULE .—Subpara-15
11531153 graph (A) shall not apply to any taxable year 16
11541154 of the partnership beginning before the date 17
11551155 which is 10 years after the date of the enact-18
11561156 ment of this paragraph.’’. 19
11571157 (d) I
11581158 MPOSITION OF PENALTY ON UNDERPAY-20
11591159 MENTS.— 21
11601160 (1) I
11611161 N GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 22
11621162 6662 is amended by inserting after paragraph (10) 23
11631163 the following new paragraph: 24
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11671167 ‘‘(11) The application of section 710(e) or the 1
11681168 regulations or other guidance prescribed under sec-2
11691169 tion 710(g) to prevent the avoidance of the purposes 3
11701170 of section 710.’’. 4
11711171 (2) A
11721172 MOUNT OF PENALTY .— 5
11731173 (A) I
11741174 N GENERAL.—Section 6662 is amend-6
11751175 ed by adding at the end the following new sub-7
11761176 section: 8
11771177 ‘‘(m) I
11781178 NCREASE INPENALTY INCASE OFPROPERTY 9
11791179 T
11801180 RANSFERRED FOR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERV-10
11811181 ICES.—In the case of any portion of an underpayment to 11
11821182 which this section applies by reason of subsection (b)(10), 12
11831183 subsection (a) shall be applied with respect to such portion 13
11841184 by substituting ‘40 percent’ for ‘20 percent’.’’. 14
11851185 (B) C
11861186 ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Subpara-15
11871187 graph (B) of section 6662A(e)(2) is amended 16
11881188 by striking ‘‘or (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (i), or 17
11891189 (m)’’. 18
11901190 (3) S
11911191 PECIAL RULES FOR APPLICATION OF REA -19
11921192 SONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION .—Subsection (c) of sec-20
11931193 tion 6664 is amended— 21
11941194 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 22
11951195 (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 23
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11991199 (B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ in para-1
12001200 graph (5)(A), as so redesignated, and inserting 2
12011201 ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; and 3
12021202 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 4
12031203 following new paragraph: 5
12041204 ‘‘(3) S
12051205 PECIAL RULE FOR UNDERPAYMENTS AT -6
12061206 TRIBUTABLE TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERV -7
12071207 ICES.— 8
12081208 ‘‘(A) I
12091209 N GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall 9
12101210 not apply to any portion of an underpayment to 10
12111211 which section 6662 applies by reason of sub-11
12121212 section (b)(11) unless— 12
12131213 ‘‘(i) the relevant facts affecting the 13
12141214 tax treatment of the item are adequately 14
12151215 disclosed, 15
12161216 ‘‘(ii) there is or was substantial au-16
12171217 thority for such treatment, and 17
12181218 ‘‘(iii) the taxpayer reasonably believed 18
12191219 that such treatment was more likely than 19
12201220 not the proper treatment. 20
12211221 ‘‘(B) R
12221222 ULES RELATING TO REASONABLE 21
12231223 BELIEF.—Rules similar to the rules of sub-22
12241224 section (d)(4) shall apply for purposes of sub-23
12251225 paragraph (A)(iii).’’. 24
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12281228 •S 445 IS
12291229 (e) INCOME ANDLOSSFROMINVESTMENTSERVICES 1
12301230 P
12311231 ARTNERSHIPINTERESTSTAKENINTOACCOUNT INDE-2
12321232 TERMININGNETEARNINGSFROMSELF-EMPLOYMENT.— 3
12331233 (1) I
12341234 NTERNAL REVENUE CODE .— 4
12351235 (A) I
12361236 N GENERAL.—Section 1402(a) is 5
12371237 amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-6
12381238 graph (16), by striking the period at the end of 7
12391239 paragraph (17) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by 8
12401240 inserting after paragraph (17) the following 9
12411241 new paragraph: 10
12421242 ‘‘(18) notwithstanding the preceding provisions 11
12431243 of this subsection, in the case of any individual en-12
12441244 gaged in the trade or business of providing services 13
12451245 described in section 710(c)(2) with respect to any 14
12461246 entity, investment services partnership income or 15
12471247 loss (as defined in subsection (m)) of such individual 16
12481248 with respect to such entity shall be taken into ac-17
12491249 count in determining the net earnings from self-em-18
12501250 ployment of such individual.’’. 19
12511251 (B) I
12521252 NVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP 20
12531253 INCOME OR LOSS.—Section 1402 is amended by 21
12541254 adding at the end the following new subsection: 22
12551255 ‘‘(m) I
12561256 NVESTMENTSERVICESPARTNERSHIPINCOME 23
12571257 ORLOSS.—For purposes of subsection (a)— 24
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12611261 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment serv-1
12621262 ices partnership income or loss’ means, with respect 2
12631263 to any investment services partnership interest (as 3
12641264 defined in section 710(c)) or disqualified interest (as 4
12651265 defined in section 710(e)), the net of— 5
12661266 ‘‘(A) the amounts treated as ordinary in-6
12671267 come or ordinary loss under subsections (b) and 7
12681268 (e) of section 710 with respect to such interest, 8
12691269 ‘‘(B) all items of income, gain, loss, and 9
12701270 deduction allocated to such interest, and 10
12711271 ‘‘(C) the amounts treated as realized from 11
12721272 the sale or exchange of property other than a 12
12731273 capital asset under section 751 with respect to 13
12741274 such interest. 14
12751275 ‘‘(2) E
12761276 XCEPTION FOR QUALIFIED CAPITAL IN -15
12771277 TERESTS.—A rule similar to the rule of section 16
12781278 710(d) shall apply for purposes of applying para-17
12791279 graph (1)(B).’’. 18
12801280 (2) S
12811281 OCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 211(a) of 19
12821282 the Social Security Act is amended by striking 20
12831283 ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (15), by striking the 21
12841284 period at the end of paragraph (16) and inserting ‘‘; 22
12851285 and’’, and by inserting after paragraph (16) the fol-23
12861286 lowing new paragraph: 24
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12901290 ‘‘(17) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions 1
12911291 of this subsection, in the case of any individual en-2
12921292 gaged in the trade or business of providing services 3
12931293 described in section 710(c)(2) of the Internal Rev-4
12941294 enue Code of 1986 with respect to any entity, invest-5
12951295 ment services partnership income or loss (as defined 6
12961296 in section 1402(m) of such Code) shall be taken into 7
12971297 account in determining the net earnings from self- 8
12981298 employment of such individual.’’. 9
12991299 (f) S
13001300 EPARATEACCOUNTING BYPARTNER.—Section 10
13011301 702(a) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-11
13021302 graph (7), by striking the period at the end of paragraph 12
13031303 (8) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after para-13
13041304 graph (8) the following: 14
13051305 ‘‘(9) any amount treated as ordinary income or 15
13061306 loss under subsection (a), (b), or (e) of section 16
13071307 710.’’. 17
13081308 (g) C
13091309 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 18
13101310 (1) Subsection (d) of section 731 is amended by 19
13111311 inserting ‘‘section 710(b)(4) (relating to distribu-20
13121312 tions of partnership property),’’ after ‘‘to the extent 21
13131313 otherwise provided by’’. 22
13141314 (2) Section 741 is amended by inserting ‘‘or 23
13151315 section 710 (relating to special rules for partners 24
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13191319 providing investment management services to part-1
13201320 nerships)’’ before the period at the end. 2
13211321 (3) The table of sections for part I of sub-3
13221322 chapter K of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the 4
13231323 end the following new item: 5
13241324 ‘‘Sec. 710. Special rules for partners providing investment management services
13251325 to partnerships.’’.
13261326 (4)(A) Part IV of subchapter O of chapter 1 is 6
13271327 amended by striking section 1061. 7
13281328 (B) The table of sections for part IV of sub-8
13291329 chapter O of chapter 1 is amended by striking the 9
13301330 item relating to section 1061. 10
13311331 (h) E
13321332 FFECTIVEDATE.— 11
13331333 (1) I
13341334 N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-12
13351335 vided in this subsection, the amendments made by 13
13361336 this section shall apply to taxable years ending after 14
13371337 the date of the enactment of this Act. 15
13381338 (2) P
13391339 ARTNERSHIP TAXABLE YEARS WHICH IN -16
13401340 CLUDE EFFECTIVE DATE .—In applying section 17
13411341 710(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as 18
13421342 added by this section) in the case of any partnership 19
13431343 taxable year which includes the date of the enact-20
13441344 ment of this Act, the amount of the net capital gain 21
13451345 referred to in such section shall be treated as being 22
13461346 the lesser of the net capital gain for the entire part-23
13471347 nership taxable year or the net capital gain deter-24
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13511351 mined by only taking into account items attributable 1
13521352 to the portion of the partnership taxable year which 2
13531353 is after such date. 3
13541354 (3) D
13551355 ISPOSITIONS OF PARTNERSHIP INTER -4
13561356 ESTS.— 5
13571357 (A) I
13581358 N GENERAL.—Section 710(b) of such 6
13591359 Code (as added by this section) shall apply to 7
13601360 dispositions and distributions after the date of 8
13611361 the enactment of this Act. 9
13621362 (B) I
13631363 NDIRECT DISPOSITIONS.—The amend-10
13641364 ments made by subsection (b) shall apply to 11
13651365 transactions after the date of the enactment of 12
13661366 this Act. 13
13671367 (4) O
13681368 THER INCOME AND GAIN IN CONNECTION 14
13691369 WITH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES .—Sec-15
13701370 tion 710(e) of such Code (as added by this section) 16
13711371 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 17
13721372 Act. 18
13731373 Æ
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