AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS for AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE

Accounting ACC

Issues impacting the accounting and auditing profession; Reforms to Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub.L.111-203) and Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Pub.L.107-204), Financial CHOICE Act, H.R. 10; Financial Transparency Act, specifically data transparency standards requirements, HR1530; Formation agent and related beneficial ownership issues. Independence of accounting standard setting.

Contacted: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1530 (115th), H.R. 10 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues impacting multiple areas of the tax law and code including, tax reform; P.L.115-97; INVEST Act of 2017, S. 1144; Tax disaster relief, National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2017, H.R. 3679, Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Extension Act of 2017, H.R. 3823; Identity theft; IRS and Treasury Priority Guidance Plan; IRS regulation of tax practitioners; IRS service; Centralized partnership audits regime; Tax administration and compliance; Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017, HR 1393 and S 540; Identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens, Executive Order 13789; Section 2704 valuation discount regulations.

Contacted: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 3823 (115th), S. 1144 (115th), H.R. 1393 (115th), H.R. 3679 (115th)

Immigration IMM

STEM and mobility of high skilled labor.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Antitrust liability issues; Employer reporting under EEOC rules; Overtime rule.

Contacted: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Treasury, Dept of

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent reform and ICANN domain name. Secure test registration procedures.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Government Issues GOV

Federal government financial statements, H Con Res 8.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 8 (115th)