Mnuchin Says No Plan to Change Carried Interest Tax Treatment

Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. on May 22, 2019.Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that the administration has no plans to eliminate the preferential tax treatment of carried interest profits, three days after President Donald Trump said he wanted to do just that.

"We’re not doing anything,” Mnuchin told reporters after he finished testifying before the House Financial Services Committee.