3rd Quarter - Report

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED (NASE) for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED (NASE)

Period 3rd Quarter 2009 Filed Oct 20, 2009 Signed by Michael Beene, General counsel

Official filing
Firm
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED (NASE)
Client
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED (NASE)
Income
—
Expenses
$230,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax reform and simplification.Support standard home office deduction option-Home Office Deduction Simplification Act of 2009(H.R.3615/S.1754).Support sole proprietor FICA tax deduction-Equity for Our Nation's Self-Employed Act(H.R.1470/S.725).Independent Contractor classification issues.Tax gap proposals and issues. COBRA relief reimbursement issues for businesses affected by provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.Net operating loss carryback issues. Small Business Jump Start Act(S.1402).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTIE L ARSLAN —
MICHAEL BEENE —
ROBERT E HUGHES —
KRISTIN OBERLANDER —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1470 (111th), S. 725 (111th), S. 1754 (111th), H.R. 3615 (111th), S. 1402 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

Health care reform and its effect on the self-employed.Pooling mechanisms for health care provision.Small business health insurance cooperatives-Small Business Choice Act(H.R.859)Health care tax credits.Expanding and preserving Health savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements.Leveling the playing field for small business tax treatment-Equity for Our Nation's Self-Employed Act(H.R.1470/S.725).America's Affordable Health Choice Act(H.R.3200).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTIE L ARSLAN —
MICHAEL BEENE —
ROBERT E HUGHES —
KRISTIN OBERLANDER —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 859 (111th), S. 725 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), H.R. 1470 (111th)

Small Business SMB

Small Business Administration programs and funding.Access to capital and credit.Support of Home Office Deduction Simplification Act(H.R.3615/S.1754).Expanding Entrepreneurship Act of 2009(H.R.1842)Compliance burden reduction-Plain Language Act of 2009(H.R.946).Enhancing Small Business Innovation and Research Act(H.R.2965)Technology Development and Outreach Act(H.R.2747).SBIR and STTR Enhancement Act(H.R.2772).Investing In Tomorrow's Technology Act(H.R.2767).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTIE L ARSLAN —
MICHAEL BEENE —
ROBERT E HUGHES —
KRISTIN OBERLANDER —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2767 (111th), H.R. 2747 (111th), H.R. 1842 (111th), H.R. 3615 (111th), H.R. 2772 (111th), H.R. 946 (111th), S. 1754 (111th), H.R. 2965 (111th)

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.