Mar 10, 2023
Investigations
Carried interest – the £600m loophole that doesn’t actually exist
Private equity fund managers pay only 28% tax on their income – the “carried interest loophole”. This wasn’t created by legislation, but by an impressive piece of lobbying in 1987 which resulted in an agreement between the industry and HMRC. A new analysis shows that the 1987 agreement is unlawful; there is no loophole, and the correct legal position is that most fund managers should pay tax at the full marginal rate of 47%.