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Renaissance Fund or pay back nearly $7 billion in taxes\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"head\">\n<strong class=\"h-name small\">新浪美股</strong><span class=\"h-time small\">2021-09-04 10:17</span>\n</p>\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>Jim Simons, one of the world's most successful investors and founder of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, has just suffered a rare setback.</p><p>Under a settlement reached between Renaissance Technologies and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Simmons and several of his colleagues will pay back billions of dollars in taxes, interest and penalties to settle one of the largest tax disputes the country has ever seen.</p><p>Peter Brown, the current CEO of Renaissance, disclosed the settlement agreement in a letter to investors on Thursday. Although the letter did not disclose the specific settlement amount, U.S. Senate investigators determined in 2014 that the case amounted to $6.8 billion in unpaid taxes before interest and penalties.</p><p>The IRS has long argued that Renaissance mischaracterized the profits of its flagship fund, Medallion, by using a sophisticated options arrangement that converts short-term capital gains into long-term gains, which are taxed at a lower rate.</p><p>Medallion is one of the best-performing funds in history, returning approximately 40% annualized since its inception in 1988. The fund is almost entirely owned by current and former employees of Renaissance. 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Although the letter did not disclose the specific settlement amount, U.S. Senate investigators determined in 2014 that the case amounted to $6.8 billion in unpaid taxes before interest and penalties.</p><p>The IRS has long argued that Renaissance mischaracterized the profits of its flagship fund, Medallion, by using a sophisticated options arrangement that converts short-term capital gains into long-term gains, which are taxed at a lower rate.</p><p>Medallion is one of the best-performing funds in history, returning approximately 40% annualized since its inception in 1988. The fund is almost entirely owned by current and former employees of Renaissance. Funds open to the outside world, such as the Renaissance Institutional Equity Fund, are not covered by the tax dispute.</p><p>Under the terms of the agreement, Simmons and six other current and former members of the Renaissance board will pay a 100% surtax if they describe the gains as short-term capital gains, as required by the IRS.</p><p>These include Brown, the current CEO of Renaissance, and Robert Mercer, the former CEO, a prominent conservative political donor and a key supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump. Renaissance board members will also pay interest and penalties in an unspecified amount.</p><p>Other Medallion investors will pay an 80% surtax on short-term capital gains, as well as interest.</p><p>In addition, Simons paid another $670 million to the IRS to settle another issue the IRS identified in Renaissance's options arrangement, involving Dividend withholding taxes.</p><p>The Renaissance board chose to settle \"instead of risking a lawsuit that could lead to worse outcomes, including harsher terms and penalties,\" Brown wrote in the letter. The company spent years dealing with the IRS Office of Appeals, he said. If the taxpayer is unable to reach a resolution there, the dispute typically moves to the U.S. Tax Court or another federal court.</p>","source":"sina_us","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>The Biggest Tax Evasion Scandal Ever! 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Renaissance Fund or pay back nearly $7 billion in taxes\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"head\">\n<strong class=\"h-name small\">新浪美股</strong><span class=\"h-time small\">2021-09-04 10:17</span>\n</p>\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>Jim Simons, one of the world's most successful investors and founder of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, has just suffered a rare setback.</p><p>Under a settlement reached between Renaissance Technologies and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Simmons and several of his colleagues will pay back billions of dollars in taxes, interest and penalties to settle one of the largest tax disputes the country has ever seen.</p><p>Peter Brown, the current CEO of Renaissance, disclosed the settlement agreement in a letter to investors on Thursday. Although the letter did not disclose the specific settlement amount, U.S. Senate investigators determined in 2014 that the case amounted to $6.8 billion in unpaid taxes before interest and penalties.</p><p>The IRS has long argued that Renaissance mischaracterized the profits of its flagship fund, Medallion, by using a sophisticated options arrangement that converts short-term capital gains into long-term gains, which are taxed at a lower rate.</p><p>Medallion is one of the best-performing funds in history, returning approximately 40% annualized since its inception in 1988. The fund is almost entirely owned by current and former employees of Renaissance. Funds open to the outside world, such as the Renaissance Institutional Equity Fund, are not covered by the tax dispute.</p><p>Under the terms of the agreement, Simmons and six other current and former members of the Renaissance board will pay a 100% surtax if they describe the gains as short-term capital gains, as required by the IRS.</p><p>These include Brown, the current CEO of Renaissance, and Robert Mercer, the former CEO, a prominent conservative political donor and a key supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump. Renaissance board members will also pay interest and penalties in an unspecified amount.</p><p>Other Medallion investors will pay an 80% surtax on short-term capital gains, as well as interest.</p><p>In addition, Simons paid another $670 million to the IRS to settle another issue the IRS identified in Renaissance's options arrangement, involving Dividend withholding taxes.</p><p>The Renaissance board chose to settle \"instead of risking a lawsuit that could lead to worse outcomes, including harsher terms and penalties,\" Brown wrote in the letter. The company spent years dealing with the IRS Office of Appeals, he said. 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