Could someone a little more savvy in tax law explain what this means? I wasn't sure what exactly carried interest is, I found this on Wikipedia: http://en.wiki

Could someone a little more savvy in tax law explain what this means? I wasn't sure what exactly carried interest is, I found this on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carried_interest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carried_interest Not sure how carried interest differs from dividends. Will this just require different structuring of payouts to get lower tax rates, or does this fundamentally change investing strategies?