1st Quarter - Report — FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL for FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL (2017)

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm

FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL

Client

FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL

Income

—

Expenses

$25,674

Expense method

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

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
1st Quarter - Report (this page)	Apr 20, 2017	$25,674	Replaced
1st Quarter - Report	Apr 20, 2017	$25,674	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Defense DEF

National Defense Authorization, defense acquisition and contracting issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER	—

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Job creation, tax policy, debt ceiling, burdensome regulations negatively impacting the economy, financial regulations, implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Reserve System; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Accounting ACC

Complexity in financial reporting; auditor liability, SEC's interpretative 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; impact of tax reform on accounting standards

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN COVE New	—
ROBERT KRAMER	—

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Volcker Rule, money market reforms, Dodd-Frank Act, over the counter derivatives regulation,"too big to fail" issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER	—

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Corporate and individual rate reduction, pass-through entity tax treatment, territorial tax system, repatriation of foreign profits, border adjustment tax, deductibility of interest/immediate expensing; IRS audit and exam process reform, base erosion and profit shifting

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN COVE New	—

Contacted: SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of; Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Retirement RET

Retirement plans; tax policy related to retirement plans, nondiscrimination testing in pension plans, multiemployer defined benefit pension plans; PBGC premium increases

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN COVE New	—

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Small Business SMB

Taxation of pass-through entities, S-corporation modernization, tax reform, private company access to capital; Affordable Care Act, estate tax issues.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRIAN COVE New	—

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Government Issues GOV

Federal acquisition and contracting policy; compensation caps for government contractors, National Defense Authorization Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER	—

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); 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.