maxreturn
745 posts
msg #55574
- Ignore maxreturn
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10/8/2007 8:49:13 AM
I have a friend who just came into a nice sum of money. He's asked me to trade a small portion of it...about $10,000. In exchange I will earn a percentage of the profits. I've never done this sort of thing before and I want to structure this thing as simple as possible while getting maximum tax benefit. Anyone out there have any suggestions?
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roheba
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msg #55576
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10/8/2007 11:44:36 AM
Your fee is going to be ordinary income, so I don't think there's much you can do regarding tax treatment. A simple arrangement I've used is: 40% of gain in excess of the concurrent change in the S&P. So, if you achieve 25% while the S&P has gone up 15%, you get paid 40% of 10%. Given this circumstance, at the end of the year, your friend's account grew by $2,100 and you pocketed $400. Professional money managers work for lower percents, but with much larger account balances.
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maxreturn
745 posts
msg #55577
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10/8/2007 11:53:38 AM
Roheba, thanks for the response. We've already worked out the fee arrangement. I should have been more specific. I'm looking for advice as to whether or not it would make sense to form a trading company and either incorporate or set up an LLC to gain maximum tax benefit.
Regards
Max
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