AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS for AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
What was lobbied
6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Banking BAN
S 664 (financial markets reform); HR 3126 (CFPA); HR 4173 - Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform; S 3217 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010; HR 3763/S 3416 - FTC Red Flags Rules; HR 6038 - Financial Industry Transparency Act; S 3717/HR 6086/HR 5924 - SEC FOIA Restoration; S 3987/HR 6420 - Red Flag Clarification Act of 2010
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DIANA HUNTRESS DEEM | — |
| MATTHEW IANDOLI | Rep Chris Cannon; House Western Caucus |
| PETER M KRAVITZ | — |
| MARK G PETERSON | — |
| MATTHEW T YOUNG | — |
Accounting ACC
HR 607 (fair value accounting); HR 1212 (Sarbanes Oxley Act); HR 1349 (Federal Accounting Oversight BOard); HR 1406 (mark to market accounting); HR 1797 (Sarbanes Oxley Act); HR 1909 (mark to market accounting); Single Audits; HR 3346 (Sarbanes Oxley Act); HR 4110 Comptroller General of GAO to be CPA; S 1508 (Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act); PCAOB - draft legislation on disciplinary proceedings
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JANE COBB | — |
| DIANA HUNTRESS DEEM | — |
| MARY FOELSTER | — |
| CYNTHIA FORNELLI | — |
| MATTHEW IANDOLI | Rep Chris Cannon; House Western Caucus |
| PETER M KRAVITZ | — |
| CHARLES E LANDES | — |
| MARK G PETERSON | — |
| MATTHEW T YOUNG | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
HR 2110 State income tax simplification - "mobile workforce"; S 506/HR 1265 - Economic Substances/patents; S 144/HR 690 - Mobile Cell Phone Act; HR 436 - Carry-over Basis Estate Tax Reform; HR 3200 - Economic Substance, More Likely Than Not Standard; S 437 - Allow certain attorney fees and court cost deductions for AGI; IRC Section 67(e) (deductibility of trust administration expenses); Preparer regulation including PTIN, user fee, nonsigning preparers, and Circular 230 regulations; AMT; Tax return due dates; Repeal full vesting on partial termination of qualified retirement plans; Harmonize and simplify education incentives; Pension Funding; Simplify the Kiddie Tax; Standardize the allowable mileage rates for business expense, medical expense, and charitable contribution purposes; Revise the due date of the reporting requirements for foreign banks and financial accounts; Allow for abatement of a Section 6707A penalty if the taxpayer acts reasonably and in good faith; Repeal the Section 7122(c)(1) requiremnet to provide a 20% partial payment with a lump sum offer in compromise; Amend Section 118 to apply to partnerships; Allow spouses (and divorced spouses) to transfer partnership suspended losses to one another; Allow S Corps to have nonresident aliens as shareholders and potential current beneficiares of electing small business trusts; Modification of information reporting requirements under tax law; HR 4213 (American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010); Employment tax treatment of S Corporations; Corrections on Nonqualified deferred compensation plan failures under Section 409(A); Built in gains and losses relating to partnership mergers under Section 704(c); Repeal of Section 9006 of PL 111-148 regarding forms 1099-miscellaneous information returns; HR 5141 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act; Mandatory E-filing; Section 704(c) built in gains and losses; Gift Tax Treatment for transfers to grantor trusts; International Provisions in HR 847/HR 5982/HR 5893/HR 5901/HR 4213; Self Employment Tax for S Corporations shareholder provisions of HR 4213; Uncertain Tax Provisions; Changes to tax return due dates; Extending the due date of employee plan returns (PTW, this was also pushed with PBGC & labor); Exempt status of hospitals; Office visits of tax returns preparers by IRS; Repeal of Section 2101 of PL 111-240 regarding forms 1099-miscellaneous returns; Foreign trust aspects of FBAR; Carryover basis issues;
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DIANA HUNTRESS DEEM | — |
| BENSON S GOLDSTEIN | — |
| MARC ALAN HYMAN | — |
| MATTHEW IANDOLI | Rep Chris Cannon; House Western Caucus |
| EDWARD S KARL | — |
| MICHELLE KOROGHLANIAN | — |
| PETER M KRAVITZ | — |
| MELISSA MARIE LABANT | — |
| MARK G PETERSON | — |
| ABRAHAM SCHNEIER | — |
| EILEEN SHERR | — |
| JEAN TROMPETER | — |
| MATTHEW T YOUNG | — |
Retirement RET
HR 2989 (Defined benefit pension funding); HR 3936 (Defined benefit pension funding); HR 4213 (Provisions relating to defined benefit pension funding); HR 3962 (Provisions relating to defined benefit pension funding)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DIANA HUNTRESS DEEM | — |
| MATTHEW IANDOLI | Rep Chris Cannon; House Western Caucus |
| EDWARD S KARL | — |
| PETER M KRAVITZ | — |
| MARK G PETERSON | — |
| MATTHEW T YOUNG | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
HR 2584 (Tax Strategy Patents); S 515 (Patent Reform); HR 1260 (Patent Reform); HR 1265 (Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act - sections regarding tax strategy patents); S 506 (Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act - sections regarding tax strategy patents)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DIANA HUNTRESS DEEM | — |
| MATTHEW IANDOLI | Rep Chris Cannon; House Western Caucus |
| MARK G PETERSON | — |
| EILEEN SHERR | — |
| MATTHEW T YOUNG | — |
Torts TOR
S 1504 (Notice Pleading Restoration Act); S 1551 (Aiding and Abetting); HR 4115 (Open Access to Courts Act); HR 3216 (Consumer Financial Protection Act); HR 4713/S 3217 (Restoring American Financial Act of 2010 - provisions relating to aiding and abetting)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DIANA HUNTRESS DEEM | — |
| MATTHEW IANDOLI | Rep Chris Cannon; House Western Caucus |
| PETER M KRAVITZ | — |
| MARK G PETERSON | — |
| MATTHEW T YOUNG | — |
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.