3rd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS for AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$1,288,791
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

8 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

HR 1908 (Patent Reform), HR 2136 (Tax Strategy Patents), HR 2365 (Tax Strategy Patents), S 681 (Tax Strategy Patents), S 1145 (Patent Reform), S 2369 (Tax Patents)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA DINACKUS —
EDWARD S KARL —
PETER M KRAVITZ —
THOMAS OCHSENSCHLAGER —
MARK G PETERSON —
EILEEN SHERR —
MATTHEW T YOUNG —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2365 (110th), H.R. 1908 (110th), H.R. 2136 (110th)

Banking BAN

HR 1752 (Financial Statements Audits for FHA Lenders/Mortgage Brokers), HR 1852 (Financial Statements Audits for FHA Lenders/Mortgage Brokers), S 2338 (FHA Modernization Act), Audit issues of interest to the AICPA's Governmental Audit Quality Center, S. 2325 (Financial Statement Audits for FHA Lenders/Mortgage Brokers), H.R. 6254 (Temporary Participation of FHA Mortgage Brokers/Lenders), HUD Proposal to Establish an Independent Public Accountant Roster HR 1452 (Financial Statement Audits for FHA Lenders/Mortgage Brokers), HR 6790 (Financial Statement Audits for FHA Lenders/Mortgage Brokers), HR 3221 (Financial Statement Audits for FHA Lenders/Mortgage Brokers), HR 6790 (Financial Statement Audits for FHA Lenders/Mortgage Brokers)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA DINACKUS —
MARY FOELSTER —
PETER M KRAVITZ —
MARK G PETERSON —
MATTHEW T YOUNG —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 6254 (110th), H.R. 3221 (110th), H.R. 1752 (110th), H.R. 1452 (110th), H.R. 1852 (110th), H.R. 6790 (110th), S. 2325 (110th)

Accounting ACC

HR 1424 (Mark-to-Market Accounting), HR 7190 (Fair Value Accounting), HR 1049 (Sarbanes Oxley Act), HR 1508 (Sarbanes Oxley Act). HR 1550 (Sarbanes Oxley Act), HR 1780 (Sarbanes Oxley Act), HR 1869 (Sarbanes Oxley Act), HR 2727 (Sarbanes Oxley Act), S 869 (Sarbanes Oxley Act), S 1405 (Sarbanes Oxley Act), HR 2829 (SEC Funding Bill), Audit quality issues of interest to the AICPA's Center for Audit Quality, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Fair Value Accounting

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT EDWARD BURNS —
JANE COBB Director of Legislative Affairs, SEC
CYNTHIA FORNELLI —
CHARLES E LANDES —
MARK G PETERSON —
MATTHEW T YOUNG —

Contacted: SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1869 (110th), H.R. 1049 (110th), H.R. 2727 (110th), H.R. 2829 (110th), H.R. 7190 (110th), H.R. 1550 (110th), H.R. 1780 (110th), H.R. 1508 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th)

Agriculture AGR

HR 6124 (Farm Credit System Loans), HR 2419 (Farm Credit System Loans), S 2302 (Farm Credit System Loans)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA DINACKUS —
PETER M KRAVITZ —
MARK G PETERSON —
MATTHEW T YOUNG —

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 6124 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 1360 (Non-resident Telecommuter Taxation), HR 1591 (Non-resident Alien Provision), HR 2206 (Tax Preparer Standards, Non-resident Alien Provision), HR 2345 (Economic Substance), S 785 (Non-resident Telecommuter Taxation), S 832 (Regulation of Preparers), S 1321 (Confidentiality and Penalty Provisions), HR 3359 (Mobile Workforce State Income Tax and Simplification Act), HR 4318 (Restore Tax Preparer Standard at "Substantial Authority"), S 2242 (Economic Substance) HR 3970 (Economic Substance), HR 3997 (Expatriation), HR 2419 (Economic Substance), HR 3970 (Economic Substance), HR 3056 (Expatriation Tax), HR 3396 (Expatriation Tax), S 2345 (Expatriation Tax), HR 3170 (Estate Tax), HR 3475 (Estate Tax), HR 4172 (Estate Tax), HR 4235 (Estate Tax), HR 4242 (Estate Tax), H.R. 6049 (Tax Preparer Penalties), S. 2851 (Tax Preparer Penalties), H.R. 5719 (Tax Preparer Penalties and Listed Property - Communication Devices), S. 2668 (Listed Property - Communication Devices), H.R. 5450 (Listed Property - Communication Devices), H.R. 6081 (Tax Expatriation), S. 1219 (Taxpayer Protection and Assistance Act of 2007), H.R. 5716 (Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2008), S. 3335 (Extenders; Tax Preparer Penalties), HR 1424 (Tax Prepare Penalties), Estate & Trust Administrative Costs (Knight v. CIR)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 1591 (110th), H.R. 3396 (110th), H.R. 3359 (110th), H.R. 5716 (110th), H.R. 6081 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 6049 (110th), H.R. 2345 (110th), H.R. 2206 (110th), H.R. 4242 (110th), S. 1219 (110th), H.R. 3170 (110th), S. 2668 (110th), H.R. 1360 (110th), H.R. 3475 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th), S. 2851 (110th), H.R. 4318 (110th), H.R. 4235 (110th), S. 3335 (110th), H.R. 5719 (110th), H.R. 3970 (110th), H.R. 3056 (110th), H.R. 3997 (110th), H.R. 4172 (110th), H.R. 5450 (110th)

Small Business SMB

HR 46 (Small Business Tax Flexibility), S 270 (Small Business Tax Flexibility), S 2818 (Small Business Health Plans), S. 2795 (Small Business Health Purchasing Pool), H.R. 5918 (Small Business Health Options)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA DINACKUS —
EDWARD S KARL —
PETER M KRAVITZ —
THOMAS OCHSENSCHLAGER —
MARK G PETERSON —
MATTHEW T YOUNG —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 5918 (110th), H.R. 46 (110th), S. 2795 (110th)

Education EDU

HR 1429 (Audit Partner Rotation), HR 1630 (Rotation), S 556 (Audit Partner Rotation)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA DINACKUS —
PETER M KRAVITZ —
MARK G PETERSON —
MATTHEW T YOUNG —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1630 (110th), H.R. 1429 (110th)

Homeland Security HOM

Department of Homeland Security Optical Practical Training Interim Final Rule

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW T YOUNG —

Contacted: SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.