‘‘(2) Subsection (c) shall not constitute a defense 
against the recovery of a transfer under paragraph (1) of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(3)(A) The trustee, or a committee appointed under 
section 1102, may commence an action to recover a trans-
fer under paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) If neither the trustee nor a committee com-
mences an action to recover a transfer under subpara-
graph (A) before the date of the commencement of a hear-
ing on the confirmation of a plan, any party in interest 
may apply to the court for authority to recover the trans-
fer for the benefit of the estate, in which case the costs 
of recovery shall be borne by the estate.’’. 
SEC. 309. PROTECTION FOR EMPLOYEES IN A SALE OF AS-
SETS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT RELATING TO PRESERVING JOBS 
AND MAINTAINING TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING 
TO EMPLOYMENT.—Section 363 of title 11, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(q)(1) In approving a sale or lease of property of 
the estate under this section, or under a plan under chap-
ter 11, the court shall give substantial weight to the extent 
to which a prospective purchaser or lessee, respectively, 
of the property will— 
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‘‘(A) preserve the jobs of the workforce of the 
debtor; and 
‘‘(B) maintain the terms and conditions of em-
ployment of the workforce of the debtor. 
‘‘(2) If there are 2 or more offers to purchase or lease 
property of the estate under this section, or under a plan 
under chapter 11, that qualify under the procedures for 
the sale or lease, respectively, approved by the court, the 
court shall approve the offer that best— 
‘‘(A) preserves the jobs of the workforce of the 
debtor; and 
‘‘(B) maintains the terms and conditions of em-
ployment of the workforce of the debtor. 
‘‘(r)(1) Any party seeking to purchase or lease prop-
erty of the estate under this section, or under a plan under 
chapter 11, shall represent to the court the effect of such 
a transaction with respect to— 
‘‘(A) the preservation of the jobs of the work-
force of the debtor; and 
‘‘(B) the maintenance of the terms and condi-
tions of employment of the workforce of the debtor. 
‘‘(2) The court shall expressly include in an order ap-
proving a purchase or lease of property of the estate under 
this section, or under a plan under chapter 11, any rep-
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resentation made by a purchaser or lessee of the property 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) With respect to a purchase or lease of property 
of the estate under this section, or under a plan under 
chapter 11— 
‘‘(A) the court shall have jurisdiction over the 
purchaser or lessee of the property in order to en-
force the terms of the order approving the purchase 
or lease; 
‘‘(B) the purchaser or lessee shall promptly dis-
close to the court any material noncompliance with 
the terms of the order described in subparagraph 
(A) and explain the basis for such noncompliance; 
and 
‘‘(C) with respect to material noncompliance de-
scribed in subparagraph (B), the court may impose 
any appropriate remedy, including injunctive relief, 
to address the noncompliance.’’. 
(b) PLANS UNDER CHAPTER 11.— 
(1) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—Section 1123(b)(4) 
of title 11, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, which sale shall be subject to the require-
ments under subsections (q) and (r) of section 363 
of this title,’’ after ‘‘property of the estate’’. 
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(2) CONFIRMATION OF PLAN.—Section 1129(a) 
of title 11, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(17) If the plan provides for the sale of all or 
substantially all of the property of the estate, the 
sale meets the requirements under subsections (q) 
and (r) of section 363 of this title.’’. 
SEC. 310. PROTECTION OF GIFT CARD PURCHASERS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF GIFT CARD.—Section 101(a) of 
title 11, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
paragraph (26) the following: 
‘‘(26A) The term ‘gift card’ means a paper or 
electronic promise, plastic card, or other payment 
code or device that is— 
‘‘(A) redeemable at— 
‘‘(i) a single merchant; or 
‘‘(ii) an affiliated group of merchants 
that share the same name, mark, or logo; 
‘‘(B) issued in a specified amount, regard-
less of whether that amount may be increased 
in value or reloaded at the request of the hold-
er; 
‘‘(C) purchased on a prepaid basis in ex-
change for payment; and 
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‘‘(D) honored by the single merchant or af-
filiated group of merchants described in sub-
paragraph (A) upon presentation for goods or 
services.’’. 
(b) CONSUMER DEPOSIT.—Section 507(a) of title 11, 
United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (7) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) Seventh, allowed unsecured claims of indi-
viduals, to the extent of $1,800 for each such indi-
vidual, arising from the deposit, before the com-
mencement of the case, of money in connection 
with— 
‘‘(A) the purchase, lease, or rental of prop-
erty; 
‘‘(B) the purchase of services, for the per-
sonal, family, or household use of such individ-
uals, that were not delivered or provided; or 
‘‘(C) the purchase of a gift card with re-
spect to which funds exist that have not been 
redeemed.’’. 
SEC. 311. COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. 
Section 365(d) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (4); and 
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (4). 
TITLE IV—CLOSING THE 
CARRIED INTEREST LOOPHOLE 
SEC. 401. AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986. 
SEC. 402. PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS TRANSFERRED IN 
CONNECTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF SERV-
ICES. 
(a) MODIFICATION TO ELECTION TO INCLUDE PART-
NERSHIP INTEREST
IN GROSS INCOME
IN YEAR
OF 
TRANSFER.—Subsection (c) of section 83 is amended by 
redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5) and by in-
serting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) PARTNERSHIP
INTERESTS.—Except as 
provided by the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of any 
transfer of an interest in a partnership in con-
nection with the provision of services to (or for 
the benefit of) such partnership— 
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‘‘(i) the fair market value of such in-
terest shall be treated for purposes of this 
section as being equal to the amount of the 
distribution which the partner would re-
ceive if the partnership sold (at the time of 
the transfer) all of its assets at fair market 
value and distributed the proceeds of such 
sale (reduced by the liabilities of the part-
nership) to its partners in liquidation of 
the partnership, and 
‘‘(ii) the person receiving such interest 
shall be treated as having made the elec-
tion under subsection (b)(1) unless such 
person makes an election under this para-
graph to have such subsection not apply. 
‘‘(B) ELECTION.—The election under sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) shall be made under rules 
similar to the rules of subsection (b)(2).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to interests in partnerships trans-
ferred after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 403. SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERS PROVIDING IN-
VESTMENT 
MANAGEMENT 
SERVICES 
TO 
PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter K of chapter 
1 is amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 710. SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERS PROVIDING IN-
VESTMENT 
MANAGEMENT 
SERVICES 
TO 
PARTNERSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) TREATMENT
OF
DISTRIBUTIVE
SHARE
OF 
PARTNERSHIP ITEMS.—For purposes of this title, in the 
case of an investment services partnership interest— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
702(b)— 
‘‘(A) an amount equal to the net capital 
gain with respect to such interest for any part-
nership taxable year shall be treated as ordi-
nary income, and 
‘‘(B) subject to the limitation of paragraph 
(2), an amount equal to the net capital loss 
with respect to such interest for any partner-
ship taxable year shall be treated as an ordi-
nary loss. 
‘‘(2) RECHARACTERIZATION
OF
LOSSES
LIM-
ITED
TO
RECHARACTERIZED
GAINS.—The amount 
treated as ordinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) for 
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any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) 
of— 
‘‘(A) the aggregate amount treated as ordi-
nary income under paragraph (1)(A) with re-
spect to the investment services partnership in-
terest for all preceding partnership taxable 
years to which this section applies, over 
‘‘(B) the aggregate amount treated as or-
dinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) with re-
spect to such interest for all preceding partner-
ship taxable years to which this section applies. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION
TO
ITEMS
OF
GAIN
AND 
LOSS.— 
‘‘(A) NET
CAPITAL
GAIN.—The amount 
treated as ordinary income under paragraph 
(1)(A) shall be allocated ratably among the 
items of long-term capital gain taken into ac-
count in determining such net capital gain. 
‘‘(B) NET
CAPITAL
LOSS.—The amount 
treated as ordinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) 
shall be allocated ratably among the items of 
long-term capital loss and short-term capital 
loss taken into account in determining such net 
capital loss. 
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‘‘(4) TERMS RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS AND 
LOSSES.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Net capital gain, long- 
term capital gain, and long-term capital loss, 
with respect to any investment services partner-
ship interest for any taxable year, shall be de-
termined under section 1222, except that such 
section shall be applied— 
‘‘(i) without regard to the recharacter-
ization of any item as ordinary income or 
ordinary loss under this section, 
‘‘(ii) by only taking into account items 
of gain and loss taken into account by the 
holder of such interest under section 702 
(other than subsection (a)(9) thereof) with 
respect to such interest for such taxable 
year, and 
‘‘(iii) by treating property which is 
taken into account in determining gains 
and losses to which section 1231 applies as 
capital assets held for more than 1 year. 
‘‘(B) NET CAPITAL LOSS.—The term ‘net 
capital loss’ means the excess of the losses from 
sales or exchanges of capital assets over the 
gains from such sales or exchanges. Rules simi-
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lar to the rules of clauses (i) through (iii) of 
subparagraph (A) shall apply for purposes of 
the preceding sentence. 
‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE FOR DIVIDENDS.—Any div-
idend allocated with respect to any investment serv-
ices partnership interest shall not be treated as 
qualified dividend income for purposes of section 
1(h). 
‘‘(6) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
QUALIFIED
SMALL 
BUSINESS STOCK.—Section 1202 shall not apply to 
any gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small 
business stock (as defined in section 1202(c)) allo-
cated with respect to any investment services part-
nership interest. 
‘‘(b) DISPOSITIONS OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS.— 
‘‘(1) GAIN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any gain on the dis-
position of an investment services partnership 
interest shall be— 
‘‘(i) treated as ordinary income, and 
‘‘(ii) recognized notwithstanding any 
other provision of this subtitle. 
‘‘(B) GIFT AND TRANSFERS AT DEATH.— 
In the case of a disposition of an investment 
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services partnership interest by gift or by rea-
son of death of the taxpayer— 
‘‘(i) subparagraph (A) shall not apply, 
‘‘(ii) such interest shall be treated as 
an investment services partnership interest 
in the hands of the person acquiring such 
interest, and 
‘‘(iii) any amount that would have 
been treated as ordinary income under this 
subsection had the decedent sold such in-
terest immediately before death shall be 
treated as an item of income in respect of 
a decedent under section 691. 
‘‘(2) LOSS.—Any loss on the disposition of an 
investment services partnership interest shall be 
treated as an ordinary loss to the extent of the ex-
cess (if any) of— 
‘‘(A) the aggregate amount treated as ordi-
nary income under subsection (a) with respect 
to such interest for all partnership taxable 
years to which this section applies, over 
‘‘(B) the aggregate amount treated as or-
dinary loss under subsection (a) with respect to 
such interest for all partnership taxable years 
to which this section applies. 
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‘‘(3) ELECTION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EX-
CHANGES.—Paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall not apply to 
the contribution of an investment services partner-
ship interest to a partnership in exchange for an in-
terest in such partnership if— 
‘‘(A) the taxpayer makes an irrevocable 
election to treat the partnership interest re-
ceived in the exchange as an investment serv-
ices partnership interest, and 
‘‘(B) the taxpayer agrees to comply with 
such reporting and recordkeeping requirements 
as the Secretary may prescribe. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP PROP-
ERTY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any dis-
tribution of property by a partnership with re-
spect to any investment services partnership in-
terest held by a partner, the partner receiving 
such property shall recognize gain equal to the 
excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(i) the fair market value of such 
property at the time of such distribution, 
over 
‘‘(ii) the adjusted basis of such prop-
erty in the hands of such partner (deter-
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the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
of paragraph (3), this paragraph and paragraph 
(1)(A)(ii) shall not apply to the distribution of 
a partnership interest if such distribution is in 
connection with a contribution (or deemed con-
tribution) of any property of the partnership to 
which section 721 applies pursuant to a trans-
action described in section 708(b)(2). 
‘‘(c) INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP INTER-
EST.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment serv-
ices partnership interest’ means any interest in an 
investment partnership acquired or held by any per-
son in connection with the conduct of a trade or 
business described in paragraph (2) by such person 
(or any person related to such person). An interest 
in an investment partnership held by any person— 
‘‘(A) shall not be treated as an investment 
services partnership interest for any period be-
fore the first date on which it is so held in con-
nection with such a trade or business, 
‘‘(B) shall not cease to be an investment 
services partnership interest merely because 
such person holds such interest other than in 
connection with such a trade or business, and 
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‘‘(C) shall be treated as an investment 
services partnership interest if acquired from a 
related person in whose hands such interest was 
an investment services partnership interest. 
‘‘(2) BUSINESSES TO WHICH THIS SECTION AP-
PLIES.—A trade or business is described in this 
paragraph if such trade or business primarily in-
volves the performance of any of the following serv-
ices with respect to assets held (directly or indi-
rectly) by one or more investment partnerships re-
ferred to in paragraph (1): 
‘‘(A) Advising as to the advisability of in-
vesting in, purchasing, or selling any specified 
asset. 
‘‘(B) Managing, acquiring, or disposing of 
any specified asset. 
‘‘(C) Arranging financing with respect to 
acquiring specified assets. 
‘‘(D) Any activity in support of any service 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (C). 
‘‘(3) INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment 
partnership’ means any partnership if, at the 
end of any two consecutive calendar quarters 
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ending after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(i) substantially all of the assets of 
the partnership are specified assets (deter-
mined without regard to any section 197 
intangible within the meaning of section 
197(d)), and 
‘‘(ii) less than 75 percent of the cap-
ital of the partnership is attributable to 
qualified capital interests which constitute 
property held in connection with a trade or 
business of the owner of such interest. 
‘‘(B) LOOK-THROUGH OF CERTAIN WHOL-
LY OWNED ENTITIES FOR PURPOSES OF DETER-
MINING ASSETS OF THE PARTNERSHIP.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
determining the assets of a partnership 
under subparagraph (A)(i)— 
‘‘(I) any interest in a specified 
entity shall not be treated as an asset 
of such partnership, and 
‘‘(II) such partnership shall be 
treated as holding its proportionate 
share of each of the assets of such 
specified entity. 
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‘‘(ii) SPECIFIED
ENTITY.—For pur-
poses of clause (i), the term ‘specified enti-
ty’ means, with respect to any partnership 
(hereafter referred to as the upper-tier 
partnership), any person which engages in 
the same trade or business as the upper- 
tier partnership and is— 
‘‘(I) a partnership all of the cap-
ital and profits interests of which are 
held directly or indirectly by the 
upper-tier partnership, or 
‘‘(II) a foreign corporation which 
does not engage in a trade or business 
in the United States and all of the 
stock of which is held directly or indi-
rectly by the upper-tier partnership. 
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES FOR DETERMINING 
IF
PROPERTY
HELD
IN
CONNECTION
WITH 
TRADE OR BUSINESS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as other-
wise provided by the Secretary, solely for 
purposes of determining whether any inter-
est in a partnership constitutes property 
held in connection with a trade or business 
under subparagraph (A)(ii)— 
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‘‘(I) a trade or business of any 
person closely related to the owner of 
such interest shall be treated as a 
trade or business of such owner, 
‘‘(II) such interest shall be treat-
ed as held by a person in connection 
with a trade or business during any 
taxable year if such interest was so 
held by such person during any 3 tax-
able years preceding such taxable 
year, and 
‘‘(III) paragraph (5)(B) shall not 
apply. 
‘‘(ii) CLOSELY RELATED PERSONS.— 
For purposes of clause (i)(I), a person 
shall be treated as closely related to an-
other person if, taking into account the 
rules of section 267(c), the relationship be-
tween such persons is described in— 
‘‘(I) paragraph (1) or (9) of sec-
tion 267(b), or 
‘‘(II) section 267(b)(4), but solely 
in the case of a trust with respect to 
which each current beneficiary is the 
grantor or a person whose relationship 
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to the grantor is described in para-
graph (1) or (9) of section 267(b). 
‘‘(D) ANTI-ABUSE RULES.—The Secretary 
may issue regulations or other guidance which 
prevent the avoidance of the purposes of sub-
paragraph (A), including regulations or other 
guidance which treat convertible and contingent 
debt (and other debt having the attributes of 
equity) as a capital interest in the partnership. 
‘‘(E) CONTROLLED
GROUPS
OF
ENTI-
TIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a 
controlled group of entities, if an interest 
in the partnership received in exchange for 
a contribution to the capital of the part-
nership by any member of such controlled 
group would (in the hands of such mem-
ber) constitute property held in connection 
with a trade or business, then any interest 
in such partnership held by any member of 
such group shall be treated for purposes of 
subparagraph (A) as constituting (in the 
hands of such member) property held in 
connection with a trade or business. 
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‘‘(ii) CONTROLLED GROUP OF ENTI-
TIES.—For purposes of clause (i), the term 
‘controlled group of entities’ means a con-
trolled group of corporations as defined in 
section 1563(a)(1), applied without regard 
to subsections (a)(4) and (b)(2) of section 
1563. A partnership or any other entity 
(other than a corporation) shall be treated 
as a member of a controlled group of enti-
ties if such entity is controlled (within the 
meaning of section 954(d)(3)) by members 
of such group (including any entity treated 
as a member of such group by reason of 
this sentence). 
‘‘(F) 
SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
CORPORA-
TIONS.—For purposes of this paragraph, in the 
case of a corporation, the determination of 
whether property is held in connection with a 
trade or business shall be determined as if the 
taxpayer were an individual. 
‘‘(4) SPECIFIED
ASSET.—The term ‘specified 
asset’ means securities (as defined in section 
475(c)(2) without regard to the last sentence there-
of), real estate held for rental or investment, inter-
ests in partnerships, commodities (as defined in sec-
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tion 475(e)(2)), cash or cash equivalents, or options 
or derivative contracts with respect to any of the 
foregoing. 
‘‘(5) RELATED PERSONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A person shall be 
treated as related to another person if the rela-
tionship between such persons is described in 
section 267(b) or 707(b). 
‘‘(B) ATTRIBUTION
OF
PARTNER
SERV-
ICES.—Any service described in paragraph (2) 
which is provided by a partner of a partnership 
shall be treated as also provided by such part-
nership. 
‘‘(d) EXCEPTION
FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL INTER-
ESTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any portion 
of an investment services partnership interest which 
is a qualified capital interest, all items of gain and 
loss (and any dividends) which are allocated to such 
qualified capital interest shall not be taken into ac-
count under subsection (a) if— 
‘‘(A) allocations of items are made by the 
partnership to such qualified capital interest in 
the same manner as such allocations are made 
to other qualified capital interests held by part-
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ners who do not provide any services described 
in subsection (c)(2) and who are not related to 
the partner holding the qualified capital inter-
est, and 
‘‘(B) the allocations made to such other in-
terests are significant compared to the alloca-
tions made to such qualified capital interest. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO 
ALLOCATION
REQUIREMENTS.—To the extent pro-
vided by the Secretary in regulations or other guid-
ance— 
‘‘(A) ALLOCATIONS TO PORTION OF QUALI-
FIED CAPITAL INTEREST.—Paragraph (1) may 
be applied separately with respect to a portion 
of a qualified capital interest. 
‘‘(B) NO OR INSIGNIFICANT ALLOCATIONS 
TO NONSERVICE PROVIDERS.—In any case in 
which the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) are 
not satisfied, items of gain and loss (and any 
dividends) shall not be taken into account under 
subsection (a) to the extent that such items are 
properly allocable under such regulations or 
other guidance to qualified capital interests. 
‘‘(C) ALLOCATIONS
TO
SERVICE
PRO-
VIDERS’ QUALIFIED CAPITAL INTERESTS WHICH 
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ARE LESS THAN OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Alloca-
tions shall not be treated as failing to meet the 
requirement of paragraph (1)(A) merely be-
cause the allocations to the qualified capital in-
terest represent a lower return than the alloca-
tions made to the other qualified capital inter-
ests referred to in such paragraph. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR CHANGES IN SERVICES 
AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—In the case of an 
interest in a partnership which was not an invest-
ment services partnership interest and which, by 
reason of a change in the services with respect to as-
sets held (directly or indirectly) by the partnership 
or by reason of a change in the capital contributions 
to such partnership, becomes an investment services 
partnership interest, the qualified capital interest of 
the holder of such partnership interest immediately 
after such change shall not, for purposes of this sub-
section, be less than the fair market value of such 
interest 
(determined 
immediately 
before 
such 
change). 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
TIERED
PARTNER-
SHIPS.—Except as otherwise provided by the Sec-
retary, in the case of tiered partnerships, all items 
which are allocated in a manner which meets the re-
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quirements of paragraph (1) to qualified capital in-
terests in a lower-tier partnership shall retain such 
character to the extent allocated on the basis of 
qualified capital interests in any upper-tier partner-
ship. 
‘‘(5) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
NO-SELF-CHARGED 
CARRY
AND
MANAGEMENT
FEE
PROVISIONS.—Ex-
cept as otherwise provided by the Secretary, an in-
terest shall not fail to be treated as satisfying the 
requirement of paragraph (1)(A) merely because the 
allocations made by the partnership to such interest 
do not reflect the cost of services described in sub-
section (c)(2) which are provided (directly or indi-
rectly) to the partnership by the holder of such in-
terest (or a related person). 
‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULE FOR DISPOSITIONS.—In the 
case of any investment services partnership interest 
any portion of which is a qualified capital interest, 
subsection (b) shall not apply to so much of any 
gain or loss as bears the same proportion to the en-
tire amount of such gain or loss as— 
‘‘(A) the distributive share of gain or loss 
that would have been allocated to the qualified 
capital interest (consistent with the require-
ments of paragraph (1)) if the partnership had 
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