3rd Quarter - Report

THE WASHINGTON TAX & PUBLIC POLICY GROUP for SUNTORY GLOBAL SPIRITS (FORMERLY BEAM SUNTORY INC.)

Firm
Client
Income
$30,000
Expenses
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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

Issues related to Craft Beverage Modernization Act (HR 747 and S. 236), issues related to IRC section 7652 and issues related to tax reform.

Foreign entity interest: Beam Suntory Inc., an Illinois corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Limited, a Japanese corporation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRIAN DIFFELL Policy Adv., Senate Rep. Conf.; Leg Dir. Sen. Blunt; Leg. Dir. Rep. Blunt; Sr. Policy Adv. Rep. Maj. Whip; Sr. Policy Adv. House Maj. Whip; Research Analyst, House Maj. Whip; Spec. Asst. to the Chief Deputy Whip
JAN FOWLER Leg. Asst, Sen. Voinovich; Leg. Asst, Leg Correspondent, Staff Asst, Intern Rep. McCrery
GREGORY NICKERSON Tax Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means; Staff Director, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 236 (115th), H.R. 747 (115th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to NAFTA.

Foreign entity interest: Beam Suntory Inc., an Illinois corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Limited, a Japanese corporation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRIAN DIFFELL Pol. Adv. Sen. Rep. Conf; Leg. Dir. Sen. Blunt; Leg. Dir. Rep. Blunt; Sr. Pol. Adv. Maj. Whip; Sr. Pol. Adv. House Maj Whip; Research Analyst, House Maj Whip: Spec. Asst. to the Chief Dep. Whip

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC)

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.