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}}'''Victor Fleischer''' is a professor of law at [[University of California, Irvine School of Law]] known for raising awareness of the carried interest tax loophole.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Victor Fleischer |url=https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/fleischer/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=www.law.uci.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fleischer |first=Victor |date=2015-06-05 |title=How a Carried Interest Tax Could Raise $180 Billion |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/business/dealbook/how-a-carried-interest-tax-could-raise-180-billion.html |access-date=2022-06-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news | |
}}'''Victor Fleischer''' is a professor of law at [[University of California, Irvine School of Law]] known for raising awareness of the carried interest tax loophole.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Victor Fleischer |url=https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/fleischer/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=www.law.uci.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fleischer |first=Victor |date=2015-06-05 |title=How a Carried Interest Tax Could Raise $180 Billion |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/business/dealbook/how-a-carried-interest-tax-could-raise-180-billion.html |access-date=2022-06-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last1=Drucker |first1=Jesse |last2=Hakim |first2=Danny |date=2021-06-12 |title=Private Inequity: How a Powerful Industry Conquered the Tax System |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/business/private-equity-taxes.html |access-date=2022-06-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tax Loophole No One is Talking About: Carried Interest – American University Business Law Review |url=https://aublr.org/2020/02/the-tax-loophole-no-one-is-talking-about-carried-interest/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=aublr.org}}</ref> |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Fleischer grew up in [[Buffalo, New York]], the son of now retired academics, and earned a B.A. from [[Columbia College (New York)|Columbia College]] in 1993 and a J.D. from [[Columbia Law School]] in 1996.<ref name=":0" /> He worked at [[Davis Polk & Wardwell]] and clerked for the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit]] and [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|Ninth Circuit]] before entering academia in 2001. He taught at the [[UCLA School of Law]], [[University of Illinois College of Law]], [[University of Colorado Law School]], the [[University of San Diego School of Law]], chairing the law school's tax programs, before joining the [[University of California, Irvine School of Law]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor Fleischer Named Director of USD School of Law Tax Programs - University of San Diego |url=https://www.sandiego.edu/news/detail.php?_focus=59021 |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=www.sandiego.edu}}</ref> His research has focused on the fields of tax policy and corporate tax.<ref name=":0" /> |
Fleischer grew up in [[Buffalo, New York]], the son of now retired academics, and earned a B.A. from [[Columbia College (New York)|Columbia College]] in 1993 and a J.D. from [[Columbia Law School]] in 1996.<ref name=":0" /> He worked at [[Davis Polk & Wardwell]] and clerked for the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit]] and [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|Ninth Circuit]] before entering academia in 2001. He taught at the [[UCLA School of Law]], [[University of Illinois College of Law]], [[University of Colorado Law School]], the [[University of San Diego School of Law]], chairing the law school's tax programs, before joining the [[University of California, Irvine School of Law]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor Fleischer Named Director of USD School of Law Tax Programs - University of San Diego |url=https://www.sandiego.edu/news/detail.php?_focus=59021 |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=www.sandiego.edu}}</ref> His research has focused on the fields of tax policy and corporate tax.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Fleischer was known for his 2006 article,<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Lattman |first=Peter |date=2007-06-20 |title=Academic Gets His Close-Up In Private-Equity Tax Fracas |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118231071701041683 |access-date=2022-06-01 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> which highlighted the inequity of the tax treatment whereby private equity firms would classify the money it makes from on the future profits of their deals, also known as "carried interest," as capital gains, rather than as ordinary income, thereby paying a long-term capital gains tax rate that |
Fleischer was known for his 2006 article,<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Lattman |first=Peter |date=2007-06-20 |title=Academic Gets His Close-Up In Private-Equity Tax Fracas |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118231071701041683 |access-date=2022-06-01 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> which highlighted the inequity of the tax treatment whereby private equity firms would classify the money it makes from on the future profits of their deals, also known as "carried interest," as capital gains, rather than as ordinary income, thereby paying a long-term capital gains tax rate that is 17 percentage points lower than the federal income tax rate.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fleischer |first=Victor |date=2006-03-23 |title=Two and Twenty: Taxing Partnership Profits in Private Equity Funds |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=892440 |language=en|website=SSRN |location=Rochester, NY|ssrn=892440 }}</ref> He argued that the loophole could cost the government as much as $130 billion over the next decade and said that the [[private equity]] industry should pay higher taxes, urging the U.S. government to fix the tax loophole.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lerer |first=Lisa |title=Professor's proposal angers Wall Street |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2007/10/professors-proposal-angers-wall-street-006594 |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> He was credited for popularizing the concept and turning into a political cause.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleischer |first=Victor |date=2014-06-12 |title=How Obama Can Increase Taxes on Carried Interest |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/how-the-president-can-increase-taxes-on-carried-interest/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=DealBook |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Tim |title=Biden and Trump both trashed private equity's favorite tax dodge. Surprise! It's still here. |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/05/carried-interest-loophole-biden-trump-private-equity-tax-break/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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In 2016, Fleischer joined the [[United States Senate Committee on Finance]] staff as the co-chief tax counsel to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and served in that position until 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rubin |first=Richard |date=2016-07-20 |title=He Made |
In 2016, Fleischer joined the [[United States Senate Committee on Finance]] staff as the co-chief tax counsel to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and served in that position until 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rubin |first=Richard |date=2016-07-20 |title=He Made 'Carried Interest' Famous. Now He's Going to Help Write The Law |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-REB-36224 |access-date=2022-06-01 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> |
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Victor Fleischer is a professor of law at University of California, Irvine School of Law known for raising awareness of the carried interest tax loophole.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Fleischer grew up in Buffalo, New York, the son of now retired academics, and earned a B.A. from Columbia College in 1993 and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1996.[1] He worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Ninth Circuit before entering academia in 2001. He taught at the UCLA School of Law, University of Illinois College of Law, University of Colorado Law School, the University of San Diego School of Law, chairing the law school's tax programs, before joining the University of California, Irvine School of Law in 2018.[5] His research has focused on the fields of tax policy and corporate tax.[1]
Fleischer was known for his 2006 article,[6] which highlighted the inequity of the tax treatment whereby private equity firms would classify the money it makes from on the future profits of their deals, also known as "carried interest," as capital gains, rather than as ordinary income, thereby paying a long-term capital gains tax rate that is 17 percentage points lower than the federal income tax rate.[3][7] He argued that the loophole could cost the government as much as $130 billion over the next decade and said that the private equity industry should pay higher taxes, urging the U.S. government to fix the tax loophole.[3][8] He was credited for popularizing the concept and turning into a political cause.[9][10]
In 2016, Fleischer joined the United States Senate Committee on Finance staff as the co-chief tax counsel to the Democratic Party and served in that position until 2017.[11]
Personal life
Fleischer is married to Miranda Perry Fleischer, a professor of tax law at the University of San Diego.[6][12]
References
- ^ a b c "Victor Fleischer". www.law.uci.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ Fleischer, Victor (2015-06-05). "How a Carried Interest Tax Could Raise $180 Billion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ a b c Drucker, Jesse; Hakim, Danny (2021-06-12). "Private Inequity: How a Powerful Industry Conquered the Tax System". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ "The Tax Loophole No One is Talking About: Carried Interest – American University Business Law Review". aublr.org. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ "Victor Fleischer Named Director of USD School of Law Tax Programs - University of San Diego". www.sandiego.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ a b Lattman, Peter (2007-06-20). "Academic Gets His Close-Up In Private-Equity Tax Fracas". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ Fleischer, Victor (2006-03-23). "Two and Twenty: Taxing Partnership Profits in Private Equity Funds". SSRN. Rochester, NY. SSRN 892440.
- ^ Lerer, Lisa. "Professor's proposal angers Wall Street". POLITICO. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ Fleischer, Victor (2014-06-12). "How Obama Can Increase Taxes on Carried Interest". DealBook. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ Murphy, Tim. "Biden and Trump both trashed private equity's favorite tax dodge. Surprise! It's still here". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ Rubin, Richard (2016-07-20). "He Made 'Carried Interest' Famous. Now He's Going to Help Write The Law". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ "Biography - Miranda Perry Fleischer - University of San Diego". www.sandiego.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-01.