1st Quarter - Report

KPMG LLP for KPMG LLP

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$580,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Accounting ACC

Oversight and regulation of the accounting profession including HR 607 (fair value accounting), HR 1212 (Sarabanes-Oxley revisions), HR 1349 (Federal Accounting Oversight Board), HR 1406 (fair value accounting), HR 1797 (Sarbanes-Oxley revisions).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN ALLIS —
PRIYA DAYANANDA —
SCOTT MCLUCAS —

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1212 (111th), H.R. 607 (111th), H.R. 1349 (111th), H.R. 1797 (111th), H.R. 1406 (111th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Regulatory reform of the capital markets (S 664), financial stability plan, and ongoing disbursement of TARP funds.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN ALLIS —
PRIYA DAYANANDA —
SCOTT MCLUCAS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Legislation involving multistate taxation of employee income (not yet introduced)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN ALLIS —
PRIYA DAYANANDA —
SCOTT MCLUCAS —

Contacted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent legislation (including S515 and HR 1260), particularly in the area of tax patents

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN ALLIS —
PRIYA DAYANANDA —
SCOTT MCLUCAS —
THOMAS A STOUT —

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1260 (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.