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.
Retirement RET
HR 2989 (Defined benefit pension funding); HR 3936 (Defined benefit pension funding)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DIANA HUNTRESS DEEM | — |
| MATTHEW IANDOLI | Rep. Chris Cannon, House Western Caucus |
| PETER M KRAVITZ | — |
| THOMAS OCHSENSCHLAGER | — |
| MARK G PETERSON | — |
| MATTHEW T YOUNG | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
S 506/HR 1256 (international tax provisions/economic substance/patents); S 144/HR 690 (Mobile Cell Phone Act); HR 436 (carry-over basis estate tax reform); HR 2110 (Mobile workforce state income tax); IRC Section 67(e) (deductability of trust administration expenses); Section 7216 (confidentiality); Section 6694 (preparer penalty); preparer regulation; alternative minimum tax; tax return due deates; HR 3200 (economic substance, more likely than not standard); Repeal full vesting on partial termination of qualified retirement plans; Harmonize and simplify education incentives; Simplify the Kiddie Tax; Standardize the allowable mileage rates for business expense, medical expense, and charitable contribution purposes; S.437 (Allow certain attorney fees and court costs as deductions for AGI); Revise the due date of the reporting requirements for foreign bank 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) requirement to provide a 20 percent 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 Corporations to have nonresident aliens as shareholders and potential current beneficiiaries of electing small business trusts; modification of information reporting requirements under tax law
| 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 | — |
| THOMAS OCHSENSCHLAGER | — |
| MARK G PETERSON | — |
| ABRAHAM SCHNEIER | — |
| EILEEN SHERR | — |
| JEAN TROMPETER | — |
| 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); financial statement audits for FHA lenders/mortgage brokers; Single Audits; HR 3346 (Sarbanes Oxley Act); HR 4110 (Comptroller General of GAO to be CPA)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JANE COBB | — |
| DIANA HUNTRESS DEEM | — |
| MARY FOELSTER | — |
| CYNTHIA FORNELLI | — |
| MARY MOORE HAMRICK | — |
| MATTHEW IANDOLI | Rep. Chris Cannon; House Western Caucus |
| PETER M KRAVITZ | — |
| CHARLES E LANDES | — |
| MARK G PETERSON | — |
| MATTHEW T YOUNG | — |
Banking BAN
S 664 (financial markets reform); HR 4173 (Financial Regulation; HR 3763 (FTC Red Flags Rule); Dodd Financial Regulation Discussion Draft
| 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 | — |
Torts TOR
S 1504 (Noticed Pleading Restoration Act); S 1551 (aiding and abetting); HR 3126 (Consumer Financail Protection Act); HR 4115 (Open Access to Justice)
| 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 | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
HR 2584 (tax strategy patents); 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); S 515 Patent Reform
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DIANA HUNTRESS DEEM | — |
| MATTHEW IANDOLI | Rep. Chris Cannon; House Western Caucus |
| MARK G PETERSON | — |
| EILEEN SHERR | — |
| 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.