HR 2889 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 25, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 25, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) set forth a special rule for the inclusion in gross income of partnership interests transferred in connection with the performance of services, (2) treat as ordinary income the net capital gain with respect to an investment services partnership interest except to the extent such gain is attributable to a partner's qualified capital interest, (3) exempt income from investment services partnership interests from treatment as qualifying income of a publicly traded partnership, (4) exempt certain family partnerships from the application of this Act; (5) increase the penalty for underpayments of tax resulting from failure to treat income from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income, and (6) include income and loss from an investment services partnership interest for purposes of determining net earnings from self-employment and applicable self-employment taxes.

Defines "investment services partnership interest" as any interest in a partnership held by a person who provides services to a partnership by: (1) advising the partnership about investing in, purchasing, or selling specified assets; (2) managing, acquiring, or disposing of specified assets; or (3) arranging financing with respect to acquiring specified assets.

Cosponsors 58

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2015 to Dec 16, 2016, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJun 25, 2015
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJun 25, 2015
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalJun 25, 2015
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalJun 25, 2015
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Oct 1, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonApr 20, 2016
D-MDElijah E. CummingsApr 20, 2016
D-FLAlan GraysonMay 11, 2016
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalMay 11, 2016
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.May 11, 2016
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyMay 11, 2016
D-CAJohn GaramendiMay 11, 2016
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesMay 11, 2016
D-WIMark PocanMay 11, 2016
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroMay 11, 2016

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 25, 2015Introduced in House
  2. Jun 25, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1686Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015Identical billJun 25, 2015
S 2677In the Red Act of 2016Related billMar 15, 2016
HR 3555Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Act of 2015Related billMar 23, 2016
HR 5106In the Red Act of 2016Related billSep 19, 2016

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 25, 2015Introduced in House

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