HR 2834 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

June 22, 2007

Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. STARK, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. POMEROY, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. KIND, Mr. PASCRELL, and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. INCOME OF PARTNERS FOR PERFORMING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES TREATED AS ORDINARY INCOME RECEIVED FOR PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES.

(a) In General- Part I of subchapter K of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to determination of tax liability) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

`SEC. 710. SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERS PROVIDING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO PARTNERSHIP.

`(a) Treatment of Distributive Share of Partnership Items- For purposes of this title, in the case of an investment services partnership interest--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding section 702(b)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(A) any net income with respect to such interest for any partnership taxable year shall be treated as ordinary income for the performance of services, andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(B) any net loss with respect to such interest for such year, to the extent not disallowed under paragraph (2) for such year, shall be treated as an ordinary loss.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(2) TREATMENT OF LOSSES-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(A) LIMITATION- Any net loss with respect to such interest shall be allowed for any partnership taxable year only to the extent that such loss does not exceed the excess (if any) of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(i) the aggregate net income with respect to such interest for all prior partnership taxable years, overCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(ii) the aggregate net loss with respect to such interest not disallowed under this subparagraph for all prior partnership taxable years.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(B) CARRYFORWARD- Any net loss for any partnership taxable year which is not allowed by reason of subparagraph (A) shall be treated as an item of loss with respect to such partnership interest for the succeeding partnership taxable year.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(C) BASIS ADJUSTMENT- No adjustment to the basis of a partnership interest shall be made on account of any net loss which is not allowed by reason of subparagraph (A).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(D) PRIOR PARTNERSHIP YEARS- Any reference in this paragraph to prior partnership taxable years shall only include prior partnership taxable years to which this section applies.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(3) NET INCOME AND LOSS- For purposes of this section--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(A) NET INCOME- The term `net income' means, with respect to any investment services partnership interest, for any partnership taxable year, the excess (if any) of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(i) all items of income and gain taken into account by the holder of such interest under section 702 with respect to such interest for such year, overCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(ii) all items of deduction and loss so taken into account.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(B) NET LOSS- The term `net loss' means with respect to such interest for such year, the excess (if any) of the amount described in subparagraph (A)(ii) over the amount described in subparagraph (A)(i).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(b) Dispositions of Partnership Interests-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(1) GAIN- Any gain on the disposition of an investment services partnership interest shall be treated as ordinary income for the performance of services.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(2) LOSS- Any loss on the disposition of an investment services partnership interest shall be treated as an ordinary loss to the extent of the excess (if any) of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(A) the aggregate net income with respect to such interest for all partnership taxable years, overCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(B) the aggregate net loss with respect to such interest allowed under subsection (a)(2) for all partnership taxable years.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(3) DISPOSITION OF PORTION OF INTEREST- In the case of any disposition of an investment services partnership interest, the amount of net loss which otherwise would have (but for subsection (a)(2)(C)) applied to reduce the basis of such interest shall be disregarded for purposes of this section for all succeeding partnership taxable years.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(4) DISTRIBUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP PROPERTY- In the case of any distribution of appreciated property by a partnership with respect to any investment services partnership interest, gain shall be recognized by the partnership in the same manner as if the partnership sold such property at fair market value at the time of the distribution. For purposes of this paragraph, the term `appreciated property' means any property with respect to which gain would be determined if sold as described in the preceding sentence.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(c) Investment Services Partnership Interest- For purposes of this section--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(1) IN GENERAL- The term `investment services partnership interest' means any interest in a partnership which is held by any person if such person provides (directly or indirectly), in the active conduct of a trade or business, a substantial quantity of any of the following services to the partnership:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(A) Advising the partnership as to the value of any specified asset.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(B) Advising the partnership as to the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling any specified asset.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(C) Managing, acquiring, or disposing of any specified asset.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(D) Arranging financing with respect to acquiring specified assets.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(E) Any activity in support of any service described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





For purposes of this paragraph, the term `specified asset' means securities (as defined in section 475(c)(2) without regard to the last sentence thereof), real estate, commodities (as defined in section 475(e)(2))), or options or derivative contracts with respect to securities (as so defined), real estate, or commodities (as so defined).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL INTERESTS-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(A) IN GENERAL- If--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(i) a portion of an investment services partnership interest is acquired on account of a contribution of invested capital, andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(ii) the partnership makes a reasonable allocation of partnership items between the portion of the distributive share that is with respect to invested capital and the portion of such distributive share that is not with respect to invested capital,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





then subsection (a) shall not apply to the portion of the distributive share that is with respect to invested capital. An allocation will not be treated as reasonable for purposes of this subparagraph if such allocation would result in the partnership allocating a greater portion of income to invested capital than any other partner not providing services would have been allocated with respect to the same amount of invested capital.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR DISPOSITIONS- In any case to which subparagraph (A) applies, subsection (b) shall not apply to any gain or loss allocable to invested capital. The portion of any gain or loss attributable to invested capital is the proportion of such gain or loss which is based on the distributive share of gain or loss that would have been allocable to invested capital under subparagraph (A) if the partnership sold all of its assets immediately before the disposition.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(C) INVESTED CAPITAL- For purposes of this paragraph, the term `invested capital' means, the fair market value at the time of contribution of, any money or other property contributed to the partnership.'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Application to Real Estate Investment Trusts- Subsection (c) of section 856 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(8) EXCEPTION FROM RECHARACTERIZATION OF INCOME FROM INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS- Paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) shall be applied without regard to section 710 (relating to special rules for partners providing investment management services to partnership).'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Conforming Amendments-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) Subsection (d) of section 731 of such Code is amended by inserting `section 710(b)(4) (relating to distributions of partnership property),' before `section 736'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) Section 741 of such Code is amended by inserting `or section 710 (relating to special rules for partners providing investment management services to partnership)' before the period at the end.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) Paragraph (13) of section 1402(a) of such Code is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) by striking `other than guaranteed' and inserting `other than--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(A) guaranteed',CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) by striking the semi-colon at the end and inserting `, and', andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(B) any income treated as ordinary income under section 710 received by an individual who provides a substantial quantity of the services described in section 710(c)(1);'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) Paragraph (12) of section 211(a) of the Social Security Act is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) by striking `other than guaranteed' and inserting `other than--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(A) guaranteed',CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) by striking the semi-colon at the end and inserting `, and', andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(B) any income treated as ordinary income under section 710 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 received by an individual who provides a substantial quantity of the services described in section 710(c)(1) of such Code;'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) The table of sections for part I of subchapter K of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`Sec. 710. Special rules for partners providing investment management services to partnership.'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink