Good Law Project and Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity, have launched a legal challenge against HM Revenue and Customs demanding the closure of a loophole which allows private equity fund managers to pay almost half the tax they should.

Back in 1987 the private equity industry successfully lobbied the Inland Revenue, now HMRC, to pay less tax. Their success meant that the money made by executive managers is classed as ‘capital gains’ and not ‘trading income’ – instead of paying a tax bill of around 40% that figure dropped considerably to 28%.*

Good Law Project, working with leading tax lawyer Dan Neidle, believe the agreement was unlawful. For years, people have been arguing the so-called ‘carried interest’ loophole should be abolished. New research suggests it never existed at all as HMRC isn’t allowed to give sweetheart deals.
In the event that the loophole is closed, HMRC could collect an estimated £600 million more in revenue each year, from just a couple of thousand people.

The case launch comes off the back of a petition hosted by Good Law Project that has already gathered over 70,000 signatures.

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