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Since 2007, ICSC has worked closely with our members to successfully defeat numerous proposals by Congress to change the tax treatment of carried interest. Carried interest—or “the promote” in real estate terms—is a common feature of many development deals. More than half of partnerships in the U.S. are real estate related. Roughly 70 percent of ICSC members say they have used carried interest in their deals. Limiting or repealing the capital gains treatment for carried interest would disincentive developers from undertaking projects at a time when the industry is repositioning properties to address the impact of COVID and ongoing consumer trends.
The Biden Administration’s FY2023 Budget includes a number of tax increases that would fall squarely on the marketplaces industry and discourage long-term real estate investment in local communities.
To date, none of the President’s proposals have been included in active legislation in Congress but do remain under active consideration. ICSC has been working actively to educate members of Congress about the consequences of limiting like-kind exchanges and repealing stepped-up basis of inherited assets that are used in an active business.
ICSC is in favor of preserving Section 1031 (LKEs) to support the efficient deployment of capital and spur capital expenditure that create local jobs, protect property values, generate state and local tax revenue, lower rents and reduce risk in the economy through less leverage. In addition to supporting healthy commercial real estate markets, LKEs are important to farmers and ranchers as well as land conservation efforts.
The Biden Administration proposes to end stepped-up basis of inherited assets and tax unrealized capital gains at death. This would be in addition to the current estate tax of 40 percent above the exemption of $12.06 million per couple. Together with the President’s proposal to tax capital gains at ordinary rates, that would be a combined rate of over 60 percent.
ICSC opposes removing the stepped-up basis.
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