FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL for FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL

Defense DEF

The National Defense Authorization Act, various sections and amendments having to do with defense acquisitions, e.g., commercial items definition, allowable costs of compensation, limitations on cost type contracts, etc. S.1197, H.R. 1960

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1960 (113th), S. 1197 (113th)

Accounting ACC

Complexity in financial reporting; Auditor Liability; SEC's interpretive guidance; Accounting Standards (FASB & IASB); Convergence/International Financial Reporting Standards; Dodd-Frank Act; Hedge Accounting; Repeal of Last - In, First - Out (LIFO) accounting methodMoney Market Funds Reform; -The Volcker rule H.R. 677, The Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act; H.R.634, The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 634 (113th), H.R. 677 (113th)

Small Business SMB

Individual Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) tax rates and deductions; S Corporation Modernization; Tax Reform; Private company access to capital and tax structure; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Healthcare law and its impact on business; paperwork burden; Jobs act; Small Business Tax Cut Act, Estate Tax H.R.2429; S.1183

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1183 (113th), H.R. 2429 (113th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Volcker rule; Proposed money market fund reforms; Dodd-Frank Act over-the-counter derivatives regulation; Dodd-Frank Title VII; Extra territoriality issues in swaps regulation; Too big to fail; H.R. 634, The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act; H.R. 677, The Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 677 (113th), H.R. 634 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Corporate and individual rate reduction and reform; Proposals to adopt a territorial tax system; Enactment of expired individual and business tax provisions (i.e., the extenders package); Estate Tax H.R. 2429; S.1183; Deductibility of interest; Pension funding stabilization; PBGC premium increase; H.R. 1129, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act; Preserving the tax treatment of employer-provided retirement plansretirement savings tax incentives; Making research and development credit permanent Base erosion and profit shifting

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: S. 1183 (113th), H.R. 1129 (113th), H.R. 2429 (113th)

Retirement RET

Retirement plans in tax reform debate; Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation premium increase; nondiscrimination testing in pension plans; preserving the tax treatment of retirement savings; multiemployer defined benefit pension plan reform

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Economic recovery; job creation; tax policy; debt ceiling; Burdensome regulations negatively impacting economy; the need to go beyond $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions; financial regulatory; implementation of Affordable Care Act

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Government Issues GOV

Federal acquisition and contracting policy; compensation caps for government contractors NDAA, S.1197, H.R. 1960; Cost Accounting Standards: CAS 413 Pension Adjustments for Extraordinary Events

Contacted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 1197 (113th), H.R. 1960 (113th)