Brown hints at action on private equity tax loopholes
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown hinted Wednesday that he plans to close tax loopholes enjoyed by private equity groups.
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Chancellor expected to make small concession by introducing a lower rate for entrepreneurs
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The initial public offering by Blackstone Group today could reshape the booming buyout industry, spurring other firms to register for IPOs while provoking a backlash that might boost the taxes of wealthy managers of "private equity" funds that buy or invest in companies.
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The Financial Services Authority is to further investigate concerns it has regarding private equity-led takeovers.
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The bosses of the UK's private equity firms are likely to face a tough grilling when they appear before MPs.
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Gordon Brown is to call for a "contract" giving poor families extra benefits in exchange for taking up skills training.
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A tax law quirk allows private equity firms to operate as partnerships and to pay lower tax rates than corporations.
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Business & money: Gordon Brown today pledged to make appointments of economic experts to the Bank of England's rate-setting committee more open and transparent. By Larry Elliott.
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WASHINGTON | The private equity industry's lobbying juggernaut may be able to crush proposed legislation that would increase the tax burden on firms that go public.
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Private equity and hedge fund executives yesterday warned lawmakers that efforts to raise taxes on their firms' managers could weaken the global competitiveness of US financial markets.
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A co-author of a U.S. Senate bill that would raise taxes on private equity firms going public said on Wednesday he was open to discussing shortening a built-in transition period that cushions any potential tax hit on Blackstone Group LP.
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Laws covering cannabis may be toughened up as part of review of the UK's drugs strategy, Gordon Brown says.
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Congress is preparing to get some juicy tax revenues from private equity.
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Gordon Brown outlines to MPs plans to freeze fuel duty, minimise council tax rises and boost childcare.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker assesses Gordon Brown's attempt to address the UK skills crisis.
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Uncle Sam has made his first foray into possibly raising taxes on the private equity and hedge fund industry with what Wall Street has dubbed âthe Blackstone bill.â
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Private equity firms are to come under scrutiny from MPs following union criticism of the sector.