FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL for FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL

Government Issues GOV

Federal Acquisition and Contracting Policy; Compensation Caps for Government Contractors; STOCK Act (S.2038) regarding Political intelligence; S.1222, and H.R 2146, The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 1222 (113th), S. 2038 (113th), H.R. 2146 (113th)

Defense DEF

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 method;Money Market Funds reform; - The Volcker rule H.R. 677, The Inter-Affilate Swap Clarification Act; H.R. 634, The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

Accounting ACC

The National Defense Authorization Act, various sections and amendents having to do with defense acquisitions, e.g commerical items definition, allowable costs of compensation, limitations on cost type contracts, etc.

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of

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-Affililate Swap Clarification Act

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 634 (113th), H.R. 677 (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; Deductibility of interest; Pension funding stabilization; PBGC premium increase; Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act; Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR); Preserving the tax treatment of employer-provided retirement plans; retirement savings tax incentives;Making research and development credit permanent - H.R 25 and S.122, The Fair Tax Act of 2013 - H.R. 352, The Tax Code Termination Act

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 25 (113th), H.R. 352 (113th), S. 122 (113th)

Retirement RET

Pension harmonization; Retirement plans in tax reform debate; Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation premium increase; Hedging pension plan risk with swaps; nondiscrimination testing in pension plans; preserving the tax treatment of retirment savings

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Economic recovery; job creation; tax policy; debt ceiling; Burdensome regulations negatively impacting ecomony; the need to go beyond $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions; Financial regulatory; Healthcare law impact on employers; FY2014 Congressional budget resolutions

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Small Business SMB

Individual Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) tax rates & 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

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System