May a Proposed Expansion of Master Limited Partnerships' (MLPs) Tax Benefits for 'Renewable' Energy Lead to America's Energy Independence?

Download or read book May a Proposed Expansion of Master Limited Partnerships' (MLPs) Tax Benefits for 'Renewable' Energy Lead to America's Energy Independence? written by William Byrnes and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As of June 2013, Master Limited Partnerships ("MLPs") have reached a market capital of $400 billion, with over 100 MLPs traded on major exchanges. Generally established as LLCs with advantageous partnership flow through tax treatment, MLPs present attractive return vehicles to attract long term capital to the energy extraction, energy transportation ("midstream"), and most recent, energy distribution ("downstream"), markets. However, MLPs may result in unfavorable tax treatment for investors as well.This Highlight will present the tax issues for MLP investors pre- and post- the 1985 Code, imposed MLP investment restrictions, and gradual relaxation thereof. The Highlight will conclude with an analysis of the April 2013 legislative bi-partisan proposal, the Master Limited Partnership Parity Act, to extend MLP tax treatment to renewable ("green") energy, and why this proposal is contentious.