Tax Simplification Act of 2002

H.R.333 Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001 H.R.1026 Increased IRAs for All Act of 2001 H.R.1487 AMT Relief for ISOs. H.R.1838 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to modify the provisions relating to drawback claims, and for other purposes. H.R.2036 Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2001 H.R.2036 Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2001 H.R.2269 Retirement Security Advice Act of 2001 H.R.2282 Preservation of Civil Rights Protections Act of 2001 H.R.2558 Teacher Voluntary Early Retirement Act of 2001 H.R.2695 Treatment of ISOs and ESPPs H.R.2794 AMT Relief for ISOs H.R.2884 Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001; Title I H.R.2968 Aviation Employee Assistance Relief Act of 2001 H.R.3090 Economic Security and Recovery Act of 2001; Title III H.R.3463 The Pension Protection Act H.R.3488 Retirement Opportunity Expansion Act of 2001 H.R.3509 Retirement Account Protection Act of 2001 H.R.3622 Emergency Worker and Investor Protection Act of 2002 H.R.3623 Employee Savings Protection Act of 2002 H.R.3640 Pension Protection adn Diversification Act of 2002 H.R.3642 401(k) Right to Know Act of 2002 H.R.3657 Employee Pension Freedom Act of 2002 H.R.3669 Employee Retirement Savings Bill of Rights H.R.3677 Safeguarding America's Retirement Act of 2002 H.R.3762 Pension Security Act of 2002 H.R.3763 Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act of 2002 H.R.3763 Sarbanes0Oxley Act of 2002 H.R.4931 Retirement Savings Security Act of 2002 H.R.4972 To clarify the effective date of the modification of treatment for retirement annuity purposes of part-time service before April 7, 1986, of certain Department of Veterans Affairs health-care professionals. H.R.5095 American Competitiveness and Corporate Accountability Act of 2002 H.R.5120 Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2003 H.R.5166 To simplify the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. H.R.5242 Workplace Employee Stock Option Act of 2002 H.R.5553 Protecting America's Savings Act of 2002 H.R.5558 Retirement Savings and Security Act of 2002 S.220 Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001; §224 S.848 Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act of 2002 S.1055 The Privacy Act of 2001; Titles II S.1142 AMT Relief for ISOs S.1383 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases. S.1677 Independent Investment Advice Act of 2001 S.1838 Pension Protection and Diversification Act of 2001 S.1921 Pension Plan Protection Act S.1969 Pension Security Act of 2002 S.1971 National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarentee Act S.1992 Protecting America's Pension Act of 2002 S.2190 Worker Investment and Retirement Education Act of 2002 S.2460 Shareholder Bill of Rights S.2673 Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 S.2707 The Women's Pension Protection Act of 2002 S.2740 FY03 Treasury-General Government Appropriations Bill S.2760 Stock Option Fairness and Accountability Act S.2766 FY03 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill S.2822 Prevention of Stock Option Abuse Act S.2877 Rank and File Stock Option Act of 2002 S.3010 A bill to provide information and advice to pension plan participants to assist them in making decisions regarding the investment of their pension plan assets, and for other purposes.

Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

HR 437, IRS REG 133254-02, IRS FR Doc. 02-19835, S 1924, HR 2485, HR 5193, HR 5323, S 616, S 492, HR 15, S 1492, S 1336, HR 2551, HR 4716, HR 1836, HR 5166, HR 1619, HR 5380, HR 5212

Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Economic Analysis, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), President of the U.S., SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

S. 676-- (Sen Hatch, Orrin G.)A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend permanently the subpart F exemption for active financing income. S.795 -- (Thompson, Conrad) A bill to amend the Internal Tax Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies. S.992 -- (Nickles, Conrad) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the provision taxing policy holder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and to repeal the policyholders surplus account provisions. HR 3 – Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001. HR.661 --Life Insurance Tax Simplification Act of 2001 (Rep. Houghton, R-NY) A bill to repeal the provision taxing policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and to repeal the policyholders surplus account provisions. HR. 1357-- (McCrery) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income. HR.1514 --Structured Settlement Protection Act (Rep. Shaw, R-FL) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions. HR.1675 --Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act (Rep. Cox R-CA) A bill to permanently extend the moratorium enacted by the Internet Tax Freedom Act. HR.1755 --Reinsurance Tax Equity Act of 2001 (Rep. Johnson R-CT, Rep. Neal, D-GA) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the use of reinsurance with foreign persons to enable domestic nonlife insurance companies to evade U.S. income taxation. HR.1719 -- (Rep. Lewis D-GA) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude United States savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses. HR.1836 --2001 Tax RELIEF Act H.R. 2884 – the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001 – Provides tax relief to the victims and families hurt by the terrorist attacks of September 11. Provides tax clarification for insurers that provide structured settlements that may be subsequently factored. H.R. 3320 – the Lifetime Annuity Payout Act. – Imposes a lower tax rate on annuity benefits provided the payments are guaranteed for the life of the beneficiary. H.R. 3529 – The Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act of 2001 – Provides tax incentives intended to stimulate economic recovery. Contains three-year suspension of Sec. 809 and five-year extension of the active financing income exception from subpart F. H.R. 5166 – To simplify the Internal Revenue Code of 1906. Various tax issues governing life insurance products.

Client expense: $3,086,454 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of