3rd Quarter - Report

FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL for FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL

Period 3rd Quarter 2009 Filed Oct 5, 2009 Signed by Sherri Thomas - Manager

Official filing
Firm
FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL
Client
FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL
Income
—
Expenses
$70,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Tax issues for small business; competitiveness for US businesses; S corps

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM New Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS New Policy Analyst

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Credit Rating Agencies; Regulation of Derivatives

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM New Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH New Policy Analyst

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Retirement RET

Defined Benefit & Defined Contribution Plans, Pension Harmonization

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM New Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS New Policy Analyst

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Budget

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM New Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS New Policy Analyst

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Union Card Check issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS New Policy Analyst

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Health Issues HCR

Healthcare Reform

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM New Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH New Policy Analyst

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Economic recovery and tax policy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM New Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS New Policy Analyst

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Accounting ACC

Complexity in Financial Reporting; Auditor Liability; Private Company Standard Issues/Financial Statements; PCAOB's proposed auditing standards; SEC's interpretive guidance Accounting Standards (FASB & IASB); Convergence/International Financial Reporting Standards; Financial Regulation Reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM New Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS New Policy Analyst

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Interest Charge Domestic International Sales Corporation, Individual Alternative Minimum Tax (individual AMT); Tax Accrual Workpapers & privilage doctrine; R&D Tax credit & extenders generally; Accounting for uncertain tax positions (FIN48); Corporate taxation & policy (domestic & international);estate tax; S Corporation modernization & policies for passthrough entities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM New Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS New Policy Analyst

Contacted: SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Small Business SMB

Interest Charge Domestic International Sales Corporation (IC-DISC); Individual Alternative Minimum Tax (individual AMT); Tax rates & deductions; S Corporation modernization

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM New Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS New Policy Analyst

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Government Issues GOV

Federal acquisition and contracting policy; 3% Withholding provision

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM New Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS New Policy Analyst

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Climate change legislative related issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS New Policy Analyst

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

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.