Private Fund Update - March 3, 2014

House Ways & Means Chairman Dave Camp caught many by surprise last week by changing the tax treatment of carried interest in his proposal for tax reform. Big news this week (other than the impending storm) is the release of the President's FY 2015 budget, although certain backup information will be released next week. This update reviews:

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp's tax reform proposal, which includes taxing carried interest as ordinary income rather than capital gains; The Senate hearing on Swiss banking laws being used for U.S. tax evasion; An update on the SEC's new initiative to examine never-before-examined registered investment advisers; and New SEC fraud charges being brought against a private equity fund manager. Interesting items for the week ahead will include (assuming no major shutdown from the storm):

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