FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL for FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL

Retirement RET

Retirement plans in tax reform debate; Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation premium increase; Nondiscrimination testing in pension plans; Preserving the tax treatment of retirement savings; Multiemployer defined benefit pension plan reform

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Small Business SMB

S Corporation Modernization; Tax reform; Private company access to capital and tax structure; Consumer financial protection bureau; Healthcare law and its impact on business; Paperwork burden; Jobs act; Small business tax cut act, estate tax H.R. 2429; S.1183

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 1183 (113th), H.R. 2429 (113th)

Government Issues GOV

Federal acquisition and contracting policy; Compensation caps for government contractors NDAA

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Economis recovery; Job creation; Tax policy; Debt ceiling; Burdensome regulations negatively impacting economy; The need to go beyond the 1.2 trillion in deficit reductions: Financial regulatory; Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Defense DEF

The National Defense Authorization Act, Various sections and ammendments having to do with defense acquisitions, e.g., commerical items definition, allowable costs of compensation; limitations on cost type contracts, etc.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Accounting ACC

Complexity in financial reporting; Auditor liability; SEC's interpretive guidance; Accounting Standards (FASB & IASB); Convergence/International Financial Reporting Standards; Dodd-Frank Act; Hedge Accounting; Repeal of Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) accounting methodMoney Market Funds Reform; -The Volcker Rule H.R. 677, The Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act; H.R. 634 and S.888 The Business Risk Mitigation and Prica Stabilization Act

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Bills named: H.R. 677 (113th), S. 888 (113th), H.R. 634 (113th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Volcker rule; Proposed money market fund reforms; Dodd-Frank Act over-the-counter derivatives regulation; Dodd-Frank Title VII; Extra territoriality issues in swaps regulation; Too big to fail; H.R. 634 and S. 888, The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act; H.R. 677, The Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 677 (113th), H.R. 634 (113th), S. 888 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Corporate and individual rate reduction and reform; Proposals to adopt a territorial tax system; Enactment of expired individual and business tax provisions (i.e., the extenders package); Estate tax H.R. 2429; Deductibility of interest; Pension funding stabilization; PBGC premium increase; H.R. 1129 and S. 1645, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act; Preserving the tax treatment of employer-provided retirement and healthcare plans; Expire ActRetirement savings tax incentives; Making research and development credit permanent Base erosion and profit sharing

Contacted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1129 (113th), H.R. 2429 (113th), S. 1645 (113th)