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July 11, 2017 at 08:27 AM
The Financial Services Institute said Tuesday that it had successfully lobbied to defeat legislation in Illinois that would have imposed a 20% privilege tax rate on partnerships and corporations engaged in investment management services.
S.B. 1719, and its companion, H.B. 3393, introduced in February, would have impacted FSI broker-dealer and advisor members who organize their businesses as limited liability corporations, limited partnerships or limited liability partnerships. The bill was to take effect on July 1.
These types of businesses are subject to paying franchise taxes, excise taxes and would have been subject to a professional privilege tax which would have equated to being double taxed, FSI states.
One reason cited for the tax was politicians’ interest in dealing with the “carried interest loophole,” which lowers the taxes that investment managers pay on certain income. But critics argued the tax would have impact far beyond the managers who benefit from that loophole.
A similar bill in Connecticut also failed to pass during the state’s latest legislative session, according to FSI.
“It’s critical we do everything possible to ensure clients have access to quality, affordable financial advice. And we will oppose anything that puts more of a burden on financial advisors that ultimately hurts their hard-working clients,” said Dale Brown, FSI president and CEO, in a statement.
