4th Quarter - Report — THE OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION for OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION (2012)

Firm

THE OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION

Client

OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION

Income

—

Expenses

$256,610

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Proposed IRS Regulations that would impose U.S. Withholding Tax on Certain Options Transactions Enter into by Non-U.S. Persons; "60-40" Tax Treatment for Options Market-Makers and Professional Futures Traders

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOSEPH P CORCORAN	—
TED DAHLSTROM	—

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Clearing and Risk Management for Over-The-Counter Derivatives; Futures and Securities Regulatory Restructuring; Implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; Governance and Risk Management Requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organizations and Clearing Agencies; S. 3497 and H.R. 6317, the Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-To-Fail Act of 2012.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOSEPH P CORCORAN	—
TED DAHLSTROM	—

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 3497 (112th), H.R. 6317 (112th)

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.