4th Quarter - Report

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

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
Client
Income
$30,000
Expenses
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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
4th Quarter - Report (this page) Jan 17, 2018 $30,000 Replaced
4th Quarter - Amendment Jan 22, 2018 $30,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to duty drawback and 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: Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to Craft Beverage Modernization Act (HR 747 and S. 236), issues related to IRC section 7652, issues related to stock attribution rules and issues related to corporate and international tax reform (HR 1).

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: Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 747 (115th), S. 236 (115th), H.R. 1 (115th)

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.