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Summary
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Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (50)
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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 5: All provisions of the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011; H.R. 1409: All provisions of the Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011; H.R. 891/S. 274: All provisions of the Medication Therapy Management Benefits Act of 2011; H.R. 905 /S. 733: All provisions of the legislation to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare; H.R. 979 - All provisions of the FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act
H.R. 4 /S.18 / S.72 - All provisions of the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
H.R. 605 / S. 312 - All provisions of the Patients Freedom to Choose Act
S. 27 - All provisions of the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act
S. 31 - All provisions of the Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2011
S. 44 - All provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011
H.R. 999 / S. 560 - All provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011
H.R. 1839 - All provisions of the Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2011;
H.R. 1946 - All provisions of the Preserving or Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act of 2011;
H.R. 1971 / S. 1058 - All provisions of the Pharmacy Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2011
Provisions of PL 111-148 and PL 111-152 impacting Medicare Part D such as formulary requirements, PBM disclosure provisions, closing the Part D coverage gap
Regulatory design and coverage of pharmacy benefits in health reform exchanges and the commercial market (essential health benefits, grandfathering, value-based insurance design, e-prescribing, PBM disclosure requirements, and medical loss ratio)
Regulatory and proposed legislative changes to Medicare part D including EGWP waivers, MTM expansion, long term care short-term fills, recovery audit contractors
Implementation of changes to the definition of Average Manufacturer Price in Medicaid
Issues related to the management of Medicaid prescription drug benefits
Legislation to promote generic drugs
Regulatory Implementation of the HITECH Act
FDA issues related to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) (generic user fees, pedigree, REMs), implementation of approval pathway for generic biologic drugs
340b program
H.R. 2245/S. 296 - All provisions of the Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act of 2011
Client expense: $559,998 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Agriculture/food-related provisions of:
H.R.4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
H.R.60, repeals info reporting requirement expansion for $600 and larger payments to corporations. H.R.144, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011.
H.R.584, repeals information reporting requirements added by Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
H.R.705, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
H.R.1075, Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act.
H.R.1188, Repeal Ethanol Subsidies Act of 2011.
S.18, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act.
S.359, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
S.844, Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011.
S.871, Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act.
S.1185, Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act.
S.1291, to amend the 1986 Internal Revenue Code to give a renewable electricity integration credit.
H.R.2959, Charitable Agricultural Research Act.
S.1561, Charitable Agricultural Research Act.
S.3403, Death Tax Repeal
S.3440, to extend estate and gift tax rules for a year.
H.R.6271, Farmily Farm and Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2012.
Issues other than legislation:
Targeted tax reductions.
Tax exemption for farmland sold with residence.
Tax credits for state and local property taxes.
Federal estate tax reform.
Tax deductibility of insurance premiums.
Tax credits for renewable energy.
Tax credits for small businesses.
Client expense: $6,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Please see addendum. Issues related to the Credit Union Tax Status
Issues related to the Presidents Economic Recovery Oversight Board Report
H.R. 4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Replayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act, all provisions
H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act, provisions related to the exclusion from gross income of amounts attributable to the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness
H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act, all provisions
H.R. 1125, Tax Equity with Middle Class Fairness Act, all provisions
H.R. 2568, a bill to prevent the Secretary of Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens, all provisions
H.R. 3313, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act, all provisions
H.R. 6474, the Implementation of the Simpson-Bowles Spending Reduction Act, provisions related to taxation of state and federally chartered credit unions.
S. 1289, TAX GAP Act, all provisions
S. 1506, a bill to prevent the Secretary of Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens, all provisions
S. 1787, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act, all provisions
Issues related to unrelated business income tax and the revised Form 990.
Client expense: $1,407,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act (H.R.4)
Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (S.2068/S.2288)
Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 (H.R.1206)
Draft Legislation to Prevent Enforcement of Grandfathered Health Plan Regulation Draft Research Priorities (PCORI)
EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act of 2011 (H.R.3144)
Essential Health Benefits Data Collection Proposed Rule (HHS)
Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDA User Fee bills, S.3187/H.R.3988)
Guidance on Defining Minimum Essential Value of Employer-Sponsored Insurance (Treasury)
Guidance on Federally Facilitated Exchanges (HHS)
Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R.1213)
Health Care Cost Reduction Act (H.R.436)
Health Equity and Accountability Act (H.R.2954/S.2474)
Health Risk Assessments in Medicare Comments (CDC)
Heart Disease Education, Analysis and Research, and Treatment for Women Act (HEART for Women Act) (S.438/H.R.3526)
H.R. 436, Health Care Cost Reduction Act
Interest Rate Reduction Act (H.R.4628/S.2366) and other legislation using Prevention Fund to offset student loans
Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act (H.R.1377)
Menu Labeling (ACA Section 4205)
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Promotion Act (H.R.3630)
National Prevention Strategy, Request for Comments (HHS - Surgeon General)
Patient-Focused Drug Development Initiative (FDA-2012-N-0967)
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148; P.L. 111-152) - Implementation
Prevention and Public Health Fund (ACA Section 4002)
Proposed rules on essential health benefits (CMS)
Proposed rules on health insurance market reforms (CMS)
Qualified Health Plan Accreditation Proposed Rule (HHS)
Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act (H.R.2)
Request for information on quality in insurance exchanges (CMS)
Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act (H.R.5652)
State Flexibility Act (H.R.1683/S.868)
To Repeal Mandatory Funding Provided to States in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Establish American
To Repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.6079)
Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act (H.R.3630 - Medicare therapy caps exceptions process)
To Repeal Mandatory Funding to States to Establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R.1213)
To Repeal Medical Loss Ratio Requirements (H.R.2077)
To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R.1217)
Unique Device Identification System Proposed Rule (FDA-2011-N-0090)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; 1099 Repeal (H.R.4); State Leadership in Health Care Act (H.R.439); Empowering States to Innovate Act (S.248)
Client expense: $1,480,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $224,984 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; 1099 Repeal (H.R.4); State Leadership in Health Care Act (H.R.439); Empowering States to Innovate Act (S.248)
Client expense: $1,480,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 4 - Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Replacement of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments of 2011
H.R. 144 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011
H.R. 2099 / S. 1171 - Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2011 H.R. 3157 / S. 1693 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the avoidance of tax by insurance companies through reinsurance with non-taxed affiliates.
S. 2237 - Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act (amendment #2491, tax relief extender)
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2519 / S. 437 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases (111th Congress)
Corporate Tax Reform - extenders (active financing); territorial tax
President's Budget - Tax Implications
Client expense: $761,278 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
100-Percent Bonus Depreciation Extension
Amendment 213 to H.R. 1, re. punitive taxes on oil producers
Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) look-through rules
Corporate Tax Rate Derivatives
Dodd-Frank Pay Ratio Repeal
DoL proposed rule - Worker Misclassification (Independent Contractor) with tax impact (Section 530)
End-User Margin Exemption Amendment to S. 3240, the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act
Estate Tax
Fiscal Cliff -- H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act
H.R. 1370, S. 1049, to repeal the Health Insurance Tax (HIT)
H.R. 1439, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 1573, OTC Swaps Market Regulation
H.R. 1864, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 2167, S. 1824, The Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act
H.R. 2682, H.R. 1610, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act
H.R. 2779 To Exempt Inter-Affiliate Swaps from Regulatory Requirements of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
H.R. 3123, re. faster use of AMT credits
H.R. 3606, Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act
H.R. 4, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
H.R. 4196, S. 2240 re. temporary 100% bonus depreciation, AMT credit in lieu of, PCM language
H.R. 436, Protect Medical Innovation Act
H.R. 8, Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act
H.R. 942, American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011
Home Energy Efficiency Tax Extension
Individual Rates
LIFO repeal
Medical Device Excise Tax
Patent/Innovation Box
Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation Premium Increases
Pension plan funding stabilization
Production Tax Credit (PTC) - e.g. wind energy
R&D Tax Credit
Rep. Camp's territorial tax system proposal
Repatriation
Repeal of 3.8% Investment Income Tax
Repeal of Section 199 benefit to oil and gas companies
S. 1577, Greater Research Opportunities with Tax Help (GROWTH) Act
S. 1647, H.R. 3091, to make current tax rate on capital gains and dividends permanent
S. 2204, Repeal Big Oil Subsidies Act
S. 3412, Tax Increases on Small Manufacturers
S. 3413, Tax Hike Prevention Act
S. 3460, to allow R&D credits to offset payroll taxes
S. 3480, to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
S. 3521, Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act
S. 3591, Commercial Bldg. Modernization Act (Snowe), 179D Tax Deduction
S. 825, Job Creation Through Innovation Act
S. 940, Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act
S.A. 1812, Stabenow PTC Extension Amendment to S. 1813
S.A. 1826, Roberts Renew Tax Extenders Amendment to S. 1813
SEC/CFTC Derivatives Regulation
Section 179 Expensing enhanced
Tax deferral for active financing
Client expense: $2,060,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 4/S. 72 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
HR 1546/S829 Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act (Repeal of Medicare Therapy Caps)
HR 3000 Empowering Patients First Act, provisions related to physical therapist opt out
Locum Tenens Inclusion of Physical Therapists in Health IT Incentives
HR 1700 Medicare Patient Empowerment Act, inclusion of PT
HR 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act
HR 6626 - Health Care Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act of 2012
Client expense: $478,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Election Commission (FEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 942 - American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011 (R&D tax credits)
H.R. 4 & S. 18 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (1099 reporting)
H.R. 428, S. 106 & S. 1012 - Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011
H.R. 1002 & S. 543 - Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 H.R. 8 - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012
H.R. 1439 - Business Activity Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 1864 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 2735 - To amend the IRC of 1986 to make permanent the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations
H.R. 3179 - Marketplace Equity Act (to improve the States' rights to enforce the collection of State sales and use tax laws)
H.R. 3630 - Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
H.R. 4016 - Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2012
H.R. 6169 - Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012
H.R. 4196 & S. 2240 - To amend the IRC of 1986 to extend the allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets
H.R. 674, S. 89 & S. 164 - Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011 (to amend the IRC of 1986 to repeal imposition of 3% withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities)
H.R. 1860 & S. 971 - Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011
H.R. 2701 & S. 1452 Main Street Fairness Act
H.R. 3091 - To make permanent the individual tax rates for capital gains and dividends
S. 135 - Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2011
S. 1647 - A bill to repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gains rates
S. 1832 - Marketplace Fairness Act (a bill to restore States' rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws)
S. 2237 - Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act
S. 3412 - Middle Class Tax Cut Act
VoIP Sourcing tax legislation/Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act technical corrections
Internet tax fairness
State and local taxation of telecommunications/the Internet/digital goods
Retirement and pension plan funding
U.S. taxation of foreign earnings
Corporate tax reform/interest deductibility/tax rates
International tax reform
Dividend taxation
Energy tax legislation
Carried interest legislation
Treasury guidance on the Economic Substance Doctrine
IRS rules on uncertain tax positions (Ann. 2010-30)
Telephone excise tax repeal
Cost recovery and depreciation issues, including expensing and bonus depreciation
Telecommunications equipment depreciation
Tax treatment of employer provided cell phones
Tax treatment of gain in certain spin-off transactions
CFC look-through treatment
Research tax credit
Employer education assistance
Federal telecommunications excise tax application to wireless fees
Client expense: $3,480,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 4, to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes.
H.R. 25, to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states. H.R. 9, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 62, to amend the IRC to reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for American businesses.
H.R. 64, to amend the IRC to prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income.
H.R. 99, to amend the IRC to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage.
H.R. 100, to provide for enhanced federal, state, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, to authorize appropriations to carry out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
H.R. 123, to amend the IRC to make certain tax relief permanent, and to repeal the estate tax.
H.R. 134, to amend the IRC to make permanent the credit for increasing research activities.
H.R. 609, to amend the IRC to reduce the corporate income tax rate.
H.R. 749, to amend the IRC to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.
H.R. 871, to amend the IRC to make the credit for research activities permanent and to provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities.
H.R. 880, to amend the IRC to make permanent the deduction for health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes.
H.R. 937, to amend the IRC to reduce the corporate rate of tax and to change to a more territorial method of taxing corporations.
H.R. 1125, to establish a fee on transactions which would eliminate the national debt and replace the income tax on individuals.
H.R. 1478, to amend the IRC to provide for S corporation reform, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1773, to amend the IRC to make the research credit permanent, increase expensing for small businesses, reduce corporate tax rates, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1860, to promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital services.
H.R. 2669, to restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid federal taxation.
H.R. 2701, to promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes.
H.R. 3091, to make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends.
H.R. 3375, to direct the president of the United States to impose duties on merchandise from the People's Republic of China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China.
H.R. 3416, to ensure that persons who form corporations or limited liability companies in the US disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations or limited liability companies, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting U.S. corporations and limited liability companies for criminal gain, to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving U.S. corporations and limited liability companies.
H.R. 6169, to provide for expedited consideration of a bill providing for comprehensive tax reform.
S. 359, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments.
S. 727, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the federal income tax system simpler, fairer, and more fiscally responsible.
S. 971, to promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital services.
S. 1346, to restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid federal taxation.
S. 1373, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for American businesses.
S. 1483, to ensure that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations.
S. 1558, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply payroll taxes to remuneration and earnings from self-employment up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.
S. 2091, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the international tax system of the United States, and for other purposes; to Finance.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
S. 939, H.R. 1802, Sustainable Water Infrastructure Act of 2011, Support Legislation regarding private activity bonds; H.R. 4, American Taxpayer Relief, seek inclusion of private activity bonds
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
PPACA (ACA) implementation; HR2; HR4; HR1213; HR1214; HR1215: HR1217; HR5 the PATH Act; HR 452; HR1117; HR2500 EHR Incentive Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals; S3178; HR5651 The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 5: All provisions of the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011; H.R. 1409: All provisions of the Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011; H.R. 891/S. 274: All provisions of the Medication Therapy Management Benefits Act of 2011; H.R. 905 /S. 733: All provisions of the legislation to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare; H.R. 979 - All provisions of the FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act
H.R. 4 /S.18 / S.72 - All provisions of the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
H.R. 605 / S. 312 - All provisions of the Patients Freedom to Choose Act
S. 27 - All provisions of the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act
S. 31 - All provisions of the Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2011
S. 44 - All provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011
H.R. 999 / S. 560 - All provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011
H.R. 1839 - All provisions of the Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2011;
H.R. 1946 - All provisions of the Preserving or Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act of 2011;
H.R. 1971 / S. 1058 - All provisions of the Pharmacy Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2011
Provisions of PL 111-148 and PL 111-152 impacting Medicare Part D such as formulary requirements, PBM disclosure provisions, closing the Part D coverage gap
Regulatory design and coverage of pharmacy benefits in health reform exchanges and the commercial market (essential health benefits, grandfathering, value-based insurance design, e-prescribing, PBM disclosure requirements, and medical loss ratio)
Regulatory and proposed legislative changes to Medicare part D including EGWP waivers, MTM expansion, long term care short-term fills, recovery audit contractors
Implementation of changes to the definition of Average Manufacturer Price in Medicaid
Issues related to the management of Medicaid prescription drug benefits
Legislation to promote generic drugs
Regulatory Implementation of the HITECH Act
FDA issues related to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) (generic user fees, pedigree, REMs), implementation of approval pathway for generic biologic drugs
340b program
H.R. 2245/S. 296 - All provisions of the Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act of 2011
Client expense: $518,430 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Agriculture/food-related provisions of:
H.R.4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
H.R.60, repeals info reporting requirement expansion for $600 and larger payments to corporations. H.R.144, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011.
H.R.584, repeals information reporting requirements added by Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
H.R.705, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
H.R.1075, Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act.
H.R.1188, Repeal Ethanol Subsidies Act of 2011.
S.18, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act.
S.359, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
S.844, Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011.
S.871, Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act.
S.1185, Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act.
S.1291, to amend the 1986 Internal Revenue Code to give a renewable electricity integration credit.
H.R.2959, Charitable Agricultural Research Act.
S.1561, Charitable Agricultural Research Act.
S.3403, Death Tax Repeal
S.3440, to extend estate and gift tax rules for a year.
H.R.6271, Farmily Farm and Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2012.
Issues other than legislation:
Targeted tax reductions.
Tax exemption for farmland sold with residence.
Tax credits for state and local property taxes.
Federal estate tax reform.
Tax deductibility of insurance premiums.
Tax credits for renewable energy.
Tax credits for small businesses.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 4, to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 25, to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states; to Ways & Means. H.R. 62, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for American businesses; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 64, to prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income.
H.R. 99, to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 100, to provide for enhanced federal, state, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, to authorize appropriations to carry out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
H.R. 123, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain tax relief permanent, and to repeal the estate tax.
H.R. 134, to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the credit for increasing research activities.
H.R. 609, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the corporate income tax rate; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 749, to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 871, to make the credit for research activities permanent and to provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 880, to make permanent the deduction for health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 937, to reduce the corporate rate of tax and to change to a more territorial method of taxing corporations.
H.R. 1125, to establish a fee on transactions which would eliminate the national debt and replace the income tax on individuals.
H.R. 1478, to provide for S corporation reform, and for other purposes; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 1773, to make the research credit permanent, increase expensing for small businesses, reduce corporate tax rates.
H.R. 1860, to promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital services; to Judiciary.
H.R. 2669, to restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid federal taxation.
H.R. 2701, to promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes; to Judiciary.
H.R. 3091, to make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 3375, to direct the president of the United States to impose duties on merchandise from the People's Republic of China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China, and for other purposes; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 3416, to amend title 31, U.S. Code, to ensure that persons who form corporations or limited liability companies in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations or limited liability companies, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting U.S. corporations and limited liability companies for criminal gain, to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving U.S. corporations and limited liability companies, and for other purposes; to Financial Services.
H.R. 9, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses; to Ways & Means.
H.R. 6169, to provide for expedited consideration of a bill providing for comprehensive tax reform.
S. 359, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments.
S. 727, to make the federal income tax system simpler, fairer, and more fiscally responsible.
S. 971, to promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital services; to Finance.
S. 1346, to restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid federal taxation.
S. 1373, to reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for American businesses; to Finance.
S. 1483, to ensure that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting U.S. corporations in ways that threaten homeland security, to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving U.S. corporations.
S. 1558, to apply payroll taxes to remuneration and earnings from self-employment up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.
S. 2091, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the international tax system of the United States, and for other purposes; to Finance.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 2 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act; H.R. 4 Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act; H.R. 1063 Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act; S. 18 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act; S. 19 American Liberty Restoration Act; S. 20/H.R. 1744 American Job Protection Act; Affordable Care Act, all provisions; S. 192 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act; S. 312 Patients Freedom to Choose Act; Health Care Reform; Health Care Mandate Penalties; Employer/Employee Flexibility; Consumer-Directed Health Care; Health Insurance Exchanges; Medicare Secondary Payer Judgments; Comments on FDA's Suggested Questions & Answers for the Final Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act Section 4205 Guidance; Comments on IRS' "Shared Responsibility for Employers Regargding Health Care Coverage (IRC Sec. 1513)"; H.R.1370, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, all provisions; H.R.2077, MLR Repeal Act of 2011, all provisions; S.1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011, all provisions; H.R.5/S.1099, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011, all provisions; H.R.1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011, all provisions; Summary of Benefit NRPM; Comments regarding employer interactions with insurance exchanges, health premium tax credits, and development of an affordability safe harbor for employers; S.1880, Jobs and Premium Protection Act, all provisions; S.1049/H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act of 2011, all provisions; H.R.2206, Auto Enroll Repeal Act, all provisions.; H.R. 6079, Repeal of Obamacare Act, all provisions.
Client expense: $820,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 4 - Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Replacement of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments of 2011
H.R. 144 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011
H.R. 2088 / S. 1171 - Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2011 H.R. 3157 / S. 1693 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the avoidance of tax by insurance companies through reinsurance with non-taxed affiliates.
S. 2237 - Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act (amendment #2491, tax relief extender)
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2519 / S. 437 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases (111th Congress)
Corporate Tax Reform - extenders (active financing); territorial tax
President's Budget - Tax Implications
Client expense: $768,022 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 942 - American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011 (R&D tax credits)
H.R. 4 & S. 18 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (1099 reporting)
H.R. 428, S. 106 & S. 1012 - Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011
H.R. 1002 & S. 543 - Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 H.R. 8 - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012
H.R. 1439 - Business Activity Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 1864 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 2735 - To amend the IRC of 1986 to make permanent the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations
H.R. 3179 - Marketplace Equity Act (to improve the States' rights to enforce the collection of State sales and use tax laws)
H.R. 3630 - Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
H.R. 4016 - Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2012
H.R. 6169 - Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012
H.R. 4196 & S. 2240 - To amend the IRC of 1986 to extend the allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets
H.R. 674, S. 89 & S. 164 - Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011 (to amend the IRC of 1986 to repeal imposition of 3% withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities)
H.R. 1860 & S. 971 - Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011
H.R. 2701 & S. 1452 Main Street Fairness Act
H.R. 3091 - To make permanent the individual tax rates for capital gains and dividends
S. 135 - Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2011
S. 1647 - A bill to repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gains rates
S. 1832 - Marketplace Fairness Act (a bill to restore States' rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws)
S. 2237 - Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act
VoIP Sourcing tax legislation/Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act technical corrections
Internet tax fairness
State and local taxation of telecommunications/the Internet/digital goods
Retirement and pension plan funding
U.S. taxation of foreign earnings
Corporate tax reform/interest deductibility/tax rates
International tax reform
Dividend taxation
Energy tax legislation
Carried interest legislation
Treasury guidance on the Economic Substance Doctrine
IRS rules on uncertain tax positions (Ann. 2010-30)
Telephone excise tax repeal
Telecommunications equipment depreciation
100% expensing
Cost recovery and depreciation issues, including expensing and net operating loss carrybacks
Tax treatment of employer provided cell phones
Tax treatment of gain in certain spin-off transactions
CFC look-through treatment
Research tax credit
Employer education assistance
Federal telecommunications excise tax application to wireless fees
PBGC insurance premiums
Client expense: $3,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; 1099 Repeal (H.R.4); State Leadership in Health Care Act (H.R.439); Empowering States to Innovate Act (S.248)
Client expense: $1,350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 4/S. 72 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
HR 1546/S829 Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act (Repeal of Medicare Therapy Caps)
HR 3000 Empowering Patients First Act, provisions related to physical therapist opt out
Locum Tenens Inclusion of Physical Therapists in Health IT Incentives
HR 1700 Medicare Patient Empowerment Act, inclusion of PT
Client expense: $428,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Election Commission (FEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act (H.R.4)
Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (S.2068/S.2288)
Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 (H.R.1206)
Draft Legislation to Prevent Enforcement of Grandfathered Health Plan Regulation Draft Research Priorities (PCORI)
EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act of 2011 (H.R.3144)
Essential Health Benefits Data Collection Proposed Rule (HHS)
Experimental Study on Consumer Responses to Nutrition Facts Labels with Various Footnote Formats and Declaration of Amount of Added Sugars (FDA-2012-N-0495)
Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDA User Fee bills, S.3187/H.R.3988)
Guidance on Defining Minimum Essential Value of Employer-Sponsored Insurance (Treasury)
Guidance on Federally Facilitated Exchanges (HHS)
Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R.1213)
Health Care Cost Reduction Act (H.R.436)
Health Equity and Accountability Act (H.R.2954/S.2474)
Health Risk Assessments in Medicare Comments (CDC)
Heart Disease Education, Analysis and Research, and Treatment for Women Act (HEART for Women Act) (S.438/H.R.3526)
H.R. 436, Health Care Cost Reduction Act
Interest Rate Reduction Act (H.R.4628/S.2366) and other legislation using Prevention Fund to offset student loans
Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act (H.R.1377)
Menu Labeling (ACA Section 4205)
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Promotion Act (H.R.3630)
National Prevention Strategy, Request for Comments (HHS - Surgeon General)
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148; P.L. 111-152) - Implementation
Prevention and Public Health Fund (ACA Section 4002)
Qualified Health Plan Accreditation Proposed Rule (HHS)
Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act (H.R.2)
Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act (H.R.5652)
State Flexibility Act (H.R.1683/S.868)
To Repeal Mandatory Funding Provided to States in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Establish American
To Repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.6079)
Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act (H.R.3630 - Medicare therapy caps exceptions process)
To Repeal Mandatory Funding to States to Establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R.1213)
To Repeal Medical Loss Ratio Requirements (H.R.2077)
To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R.1217)
Client expense: $136,382 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
100-Percent Bonus Depreciation Extension
Amendment 213 to H.R. 1, re. punitive taxes on oil producers
Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) look-through rules
Corporate Tax Rate Derivatives
Dodd-Frank Pay Ratio Repeal
DoL proposed rule - Worker Misclassification (Independent Contractor) with tax impact (Section 530)
End-User Margin Exemption Amendment to S. 3240, the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act
Estate Tax
H.R. 1370, S. 1049, to repeal the Health Insurance Tax (HIT)
H.R. 1439, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 1573, OTC Swaps Market Regulation
H.R. 1864, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 2167, S. 1824, The Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act
H.R. 2682, H.R. 1610, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act
H.R. 2779 To Exempt Inter-Affiliate Swaps from Regulatory Requirements of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
H.R. 3123, re. faster use of AMT credits
H.R. 3606, Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act
H.R. 4, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
H.R. 4196, S. 2240 re. temporary 100% bonus depreciation, AMT credit in lieu of, PCM language
H.R. 436, Protect Medical Innovation Act
H.R. 6169, Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012
H.R. 674, to repeal requirement that government agencies withhold 3% of payments for goods and services
H.R. 8, Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act
H.R. 942, American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011
Home Energy Efficiency Tax Extension
Individual Rates
LIFO repeal
Medical Device Excise Tax
Patent/Innovation Box
Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation Premium Increases
Pension plan funding stabilization
Production Tax Credit (PTC) - e.g. wind energy
R&D Tax Credit
Rep. Camp's territorial tax system proposal
Repatriation
Repeal of 3.8% Investment Income Tax
Repeal of Section 199 benefit to oil and gas companies
S. 1577, Greater Research Opportunities with Tax Help (GROWTH) Act
S. 1647, H.R. 3091, to make current tax rate on capital gains and dividends permanent
S. 2204, Repeal Big Oil Subsidies Act
S. 3412, Tax Increases on Small Manufacturers
S. 3413, Tax Hike Prevention Act
S. 3460, to allow R&D credits to offset payroll taxes
S. 3480, A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
S. 3521, Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act
S. 825, Job Creation Through Innovation Act
S. 940, Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act
S.A. 1812, Stabenow PTC Extension Amendment to S. 1813
S.A. 1826, Roberts Renew Tax Extenders Amendment to S. 1813
SEC/CFTC Derivatives Regulation
Tax deferral for active financing
Client expense: $2,980,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Please see addendum. Issues related to the Credit Union Tax Status
Issues related to the Presidents Economic Recovery Oversight Board Report
H.R. 4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Replayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act, all provisions
H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act, all provisions
H.R. 1125, Tax Equity with Middle Class Fairness Act, all provisions
H.R. 2568, a bill to prevent the Secretary of Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens, all provisions
H.R. 3313, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act, all provisions
S. 1289, TAX GAP Act, all provisions
S. 1506, a bill to prevent the Secretary of Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens, all provisions
S. 1787, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act, all provisions
Issues related to unrelated business income tax and the revised Form 990.
Client expense: $1,044,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
PPACA (ACA) implementation; HR2; HR4; HR1213; HR1214; HR1215: HR1217; HR5 the PATH Act; HR452; HR1117; HR2500 EHR Incentive Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals; S3178; HR5651 The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act;
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 4, to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes.
H.R. 25, to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states. H.R. 62, to amend the IRC to reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for American businesses.
H.R. 64, to amend the IRC to prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income.
H.R. 99, to amend the IRC to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage.
H.R. 100, to provide for enhanced federal, state, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, to authorize appropriations to carry out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
H.R. 123, to amend the IRC to make certain tax relief permanent, and to repeal the estate tax.
H.R. 134, to amend the IRC to make permanent the credit for increasing research activities.
H.R. 609, to amend the IRC to reduce the corporate income tax rate.
H.R. 749, to amend the IRC to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.
H.R. 871, to amend the IRC to make the credit for research activities permanent and to provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities.
H.R. 880, to amend the IRC to make permanent the deduction for health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes.
H.R. 937, to amend the IRC to reduce the corporate rate of tax and to change to a more territorial method of taxing corporations.
H.R. 1125, to establish a fee on transactions which would eliminate the national debt and replace the income tax on individuals.
H.R. 1478, to amend the IRC to provide for S corporation reform, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1773, to amend the IRC to make the research credit permanent, increase expensing for small businesses, reduce corporate tax rates, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1860, to promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital services.
H.R. 2669, to restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid federal taxation.
H.R. 2701, to promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes.
H.R. 3091, to make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends.
H.R. 3375, to direct the president of the United States to impose duties on merchandise from the People's Republic of China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China.
H.R. 3416, to ensure that persons who form corporations or limited liability companies in the US disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations or limited liability companies, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting U.S. corporations and limited liability companies for criminal gain, to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving U.S. corporations and limited liability companies.
S. 359, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments.
S. 727, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the federal income tax system simpler, fairer, and more fiscally responsible.
S. 971, to promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital services.
S. 1346, to restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid federal taxation.
S. 1373, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for American businesses.
S. 1483, to ensure that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations.
S. 1558, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply payroll taxes to remuneration and earnings from self-employment up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.
S. 2091, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the international tax system of the United States, and for other purposes; to Finance.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 4 - Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Replacement of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments of 2011
H.R. 144 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011
H.R. 2088 / S. 1171 - Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2011 H.R. 3157 / S. 1693 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the avoidance of tax by insurance companies through reinsurance with non-taxed affiliates.
S. 2237 - Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act (amendment #2491, tax relief extender)
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2519 / S. 437 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases (111th Congress)
Corporate Tax Reform - extenders (active financing); territorial tax
President's Budget - Tax Implications
Client expense: $491,523 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 942 - American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011 (R&D tax credits)
H.R. 4 & S. 18 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (1099 reporting)
H.R. 428, S. 106 & S. 1012 - Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011
H.R. 1002 & S. 543 - Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 H.R. 1439 - Business Activity Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 1864 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 2735 - To amend the IRC of 1986 to make permanent the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations
H.R. 3179 - Marketplace Equity Act (to improve the States' rights to enforce the collection of State sales and use tax laws)
H.R. 3630 - Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 (aka Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act; JOBS Act of 2011)
H.R. 4016 - Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2012
H.R. 4196 & S. 2240 - To amend the IRC of 1986 to extend the allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets
H.R. 674, S. 89 & S. 164 - Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011 (to amend the IRC of 1986 to repeal imposition of 3% withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities)
H.R. 1860 & S. 971 - Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011
H.R. 2701 & S. 1452 Main Street Fairness Act
H.R. 3091 - To make permanent the individual tax rates for capital gains and dividends
S. 135 - Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2011
S. 1647 - A bill to repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gains rates
S. 1832 - Marketplace Fairness Act (a bill to restore States' rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws)
S. 2237 - Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act
VoIP Sourcing tax legislation/Mobile Telecomminications Sourcing Act technical corrections
Internet tax fairness
State and local taxation of telecommunications/the internet/digital goods
Retirement and pension plan funding
U.S. taxation of foreign earnings
Corporate tax reform/tax rates
International tax reform
Dividend taxation
Energy tax legislation
Carried interest legislation
Treasury guidance on the Economic Substance Doctrine
IRS rules on uncertain tax positions (Ann. 2010-30)
Telephone excise tax repeal
Telecommunications equipment depreciation
100% expensing
Cost recovery and depreciation issues, including expensing and net operating loss carrybacks
Tax treatment of employer provided cell phones
Tax treatment of gain in certain spin-off transactions
CFC look-through treatment
Research tax credit
Employer education assistance
Federal telecommunications excise tax application to wireless fees
PBGC insurance premiums
Client expense: $3,940,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; 1099 Repeal (H.R.4); State Leadership in Health Care Act (H.R.439); Empowering States to Innovate Act (S.248)
Client expense: $1,670,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 4/S. 72 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
HR 1546/S829 Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act (Repeal of Medicare Therapy Caps)
HR 3000 Empowering Patients First Act, provisions related to physical therapist opt out
Locum Tenens Inclusion of Physical Therapists in Health IT Incentives
HR 1700 Medicare Patient Empowerment Act, inclusion of PT
Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Election Commission (FEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 2 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act; HR 4 Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act; HR 1063 Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act; S. 18 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act; S. 19 American Liberty Restoration Act; S. 20/H.R. 1744 American Job Protection Act; Affordable Care Act, all provisions; S. 192 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act; S. 312 Patients Freedom to Choose Act; Health Care Reform; Health Care Mandate Penalties; Employer/Employee Flexibility; Consumer-Directed Health Care; Health Insurance Exchanges; Medicare Secondary Payer Judgments; Comments on FDA's Suggested Questions & Answers for the Final Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act Section 4205 Guidance; Comments on IRS' "Shared Responsibility for Employers Regargding Health Care Coverage (IRC Sec. 1513)"; H.R.1370, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, all provisions; H.R.2077, MLR Repeal Act of 2011, all provisions; S.1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011, all provisions; H.R.5/S.1099, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011, all provisions; H.R.1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011, all provisions; Summary of Benefit NRPM; Comments regarding employer interactions with insurance exchanges, health premium tax credits, and development of an affordability safe harbor for employers; S.1880, Jobs and Premium Protection Act, all provisions; S.1049/H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act of 2011, all provisions; H.R.2206, Auto Enroll Repeal Act, all provisions.
Client expense: $1,070,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Agriculture/food-related provisions of:
H.R.4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
H.R.60, repeals info reporting requirement expansion for $600 and larger payments to corporations. H.R.144, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011.
H.R.584, repeals information reporting requirements added by Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
H.R.705, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
H.R.1075, Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act.
H.R.1188, Repeal Ethanol Subsidies Act of 2011.
S.18, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act.
S.359, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
S.844, Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011.
S.871, Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act.
S.1185, Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act.
S.1291, to amend the 1986 Internal Revenue Code to give a renewable electricity integration credit.
H.R.2959, Charitable Agricultural Research Act.
S.1561, Charitable Agricultural Research Act.
Issues other than legislation:
Targeted tax reductions.
Tax exemption for farmland sold with residence.
Tax credits for state and local property taxes.
Federal estate tax reform.
Tax deductibility of insurance premiums.
Tax credits for renewable energy.
Tax credits for small businesses.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Please see addendum. Issues related to the Credit Union Tax Status
Issues related to the Presidents Economic Recovery Oversight Board Report
H.R. 4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Replayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act, all provisions
H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act, all provisions
H.R. 1125, Tax Equity with Middle Class Fairness Act, all provisions
H.R. 2568, a bill to prevent the Secretary of Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens, all provisions
H.R. 3313, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act, all provisions
S. 1289, TAX GAP Act, all provisions
S. 1506, a bill to prevent the Secretary of Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens, all provisions
S. 1787, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act, all provisions
Client expense: $1,171,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
100-Percent Bonus Depreciation Extension
Amendment 213 to H.R. 1, re. punitive taxes on oil producers
Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) look-through rules
Corporate Tax Rate Derivatives
Dodd-Frank Pay Ratio Repeal
DoL proposed rule - Worker Misclassification (Independent Contractor) with tax impact (Section 530)
End-User Margin Exemption Amendment to S. 3240, the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act
Estate Tax
H.R. 1370, S. 1049, to repeal the Health Insurance Tax (HIT)
H.R. 1439, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act (Goodlatte/Scott)
H.R. 1573, OTC Swaps Market Regulation
H.R. 1864, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 2682, H.R. 1610, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act
H.R. 2779 to exempt Inter-Affiliate Swaps from Regulatory Requirements of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
H.R. 3606, Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act
H.R. 4, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
H.R. 436, Protect Medical Innovation Act
H.R. 674, to repeal requirement that government agencies withhold 3% of payments for goods and services
H.R. 942, American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011
Home Energy Efficiency Tax Extension
H.R. 3123, re. faster use of AMT credits
H.R. 4196, S. 2240, re. temporary 100% bonus depreciation, AMT credit in lieu of, PCM language
Individual Rates
LIFO repeal
Medical Device Excise Tax
Patent/Innovation Box
Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation Premium Increases
Pension plan funding stabilization
R&D Tax Credit
Rep. Camp's territorial tax system proposal
Repatriation
Repeal of 3.8% Investment Income Tax
Repeal of Section 199 benefit to oil and gas companies
S. 1577, Greater Research Opportunities with Tax Help (GROWTH) Act
S. 1647, H.R. 3091, to make current tax rate on capital gains and dividends permanent
S. 2204, Repeal Big Oil Subsidies Act
S. 825, Job Creation Through Innovation Act
S. 940, Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act
SA 1812, Stabenow PTC Extension Amendment to S. 1813
SA 1826, Roberts Renew Tax Extenders Amendment to S. 1813
SEC/CFTC Derivatives Regulation
Tax deferral for active financing
Client expense: $2,400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Institute of Peace, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
PPACA (ACA) Implementation; HR2; HR4; HR1213; HR1214; HR1215; HR1217; HR5 the PATH Act; HR452; HR1117; HR2500 EHR Incentive Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals; S3187 and HR5651 The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act;
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 5: All provisions of the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011; H.R. 1409: All provisions of the Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011; H.R. 891/S. 274: All provisions of the Medication Therapy Management Benefits Act of 2011; H.R. 905 /S. 733: All provisions of the legislation to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare; H.R. 979 - All provisions of the FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act
H.R. 4 /S.18 / S.72 - All provisions of the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
H.R. 605 / S. 312 - All provisions of the Patients Freedom to Choose Act
S. 27 - All provisions of the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act
S. 31 - All provisions of the Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2011
S. 44 - All provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011
H.R. 999 / S. 560 - All provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011
H.R. 1839 - All provisions of the Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2011;
H.R. 1946 - All provisions of the Preserving or Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act of 2011;
H.R. 1971 / S. 1058 - All provisions of the Pharmacy Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2011
Provisions of PL 111-148 and PL 111-152 impacting Medicare Part D such as formulary requirements, PBM disclosure provisions, closing the Part D coverage gap
Regulatory design and coverage of pharmacy benefits in health reform exchanges and the commercial market (essential health benefits, grandfathering, value-based insurance design, e-prescribing, PBM disclosure requirements, and medical loss ratio)
Regulatory and proposed legislative changes to Medicare part D including EGWP waivers, MTM expansion, long term care short-term fills, recovery audit contractors
Implementation of changes to the definition of Average Manufacturer Price in Medicaid
Issues related to the management of Medicaid prescription drug benefits
Legislation to promote generic drugs
Regulatory Implementation of the HITECH Act
FDA issues related to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) (generic user fees, pedigree, REMs), implementation of approval pathway for generic biologic drugs
340b program
H.R. 2245/S. 296 - All provisions of the Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act of 2011
Client expense: $520,389 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act (H.R.4)
Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (S.2068/S.2288)
Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 (H.R.1206)
Draft Legislation to Prevent Enforcement of Grandfathered Health Plan Regulation Draft Research Priorities (PCORI)
EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act of 2011 (H.R.3144)
Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDA User Fee bills, S.3187/H.R.3988)
Guidance on Defining Minimum Essential Value of Employer-Sponsored Insurance (Treasury)
Guidance on Federally Facilitated Exchanges (HHS)
Health Care Cost Reduction Act (H.R.436)
Health Equity and Accountability Act (H.R.2954/S.2474)
Health Risk Assessments in Medicare Comments (CDC)
Heart Disease Education, Analysis and Research, and Treatment for Women Act (HEART for Women Act) (S.438/H.R.3526)
H.R. 436, Health Care Cost Reduction Act
Interest Rate Reduction Act (H.R.4628/S.2366) and other legislation using Prevention Fund to offset student loans
Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act (H.R.1377)
Menu Labeling (ACA Section 4205)
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Promotion Act (H.R.3630)
National Prevention Strategy, Request for Comments (HHS - Surgeon General)
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148; P.L. 111-152) - Implementation
Prevention and Public Health Fund (ACA Section 4002)
Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act (H.R.2)
Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act (H.R.5652)
State Flexibility Act (H.R.1683/S.868)
To Repeal Mandatory Funding Provided to States in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R.1213)
Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act (H.R.3630 - Medicare therapy caps exceptions process)
To Repeal Mandatory Funding to States to Establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R.1213)
To Repeal Medical Loss Ratio Requirements (H.R.2077)
To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R.1217)
Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Occluders (FDA-2011-N-001)
Client expense: $186,602 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 2 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act; HR 4 Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act; HR 1063 Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act; S. 18 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act; S. 19 American Liberty Restoration Act; S. 20/H.R. 1744 American Job Protection Act; Affordable Care Act, all provisions; S. 192 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act; S. 312 Patients Freedom to Choose Act; Health Care Reform; Health Care Mandate Penalties; Employer/Employee Flexibility; Consumer-Directed Health Care; Health Insurance Exchanges; Medicare Secondary Payer Judgments; Comments on FDA's Suggested Questions & Answers for the Final Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act Section 4205 Guidance; Comments on IRS' "Shared Responsibility for Employers Regargding Health Care Coverage (IRC Sec. 1513)"; H.R.1370, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, all provisions; H.R.2077, MLR Repeal Act of 2011, all provisions; S.1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011, all provisions; H.R.5/S.1099, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011, all provisions; H.R.1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011, all provisions; Summary of Benefit NRPM; Comments regarding employer interactions with insurance exchanges, health premium tax credits, and development of an affordability safe harbor for employers; S.1880, Jobs and Premium Protection Act, all provisions; S.1049/H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act of 2011, all provisions; H.R.2206, Auto Enroll Repeal Act, all provisions.
Client expense: $720,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 4, to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes.
H.R. 25, to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states. H.R. 62, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for American businesses.
H.R. 64, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income.
H.R. 99, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage.
H.R. 100, to provide for enhanced federal, state, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, to authorize appropriations to carry out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
H.R. 123, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain tax relief permanent, and to repeal the estate tax.
H.R. 134, to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the credit for increasing research activities.
H.R. 609, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the corporate income tax rate.
H.R. 749, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.
H.R. 871, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the credit for research activities permanent and to provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities.
H.R. 880, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes.
H.R. 937, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the corporate rate of tax and to change to a more territorial method of taxing corporations.
H.R. 1125, to establish a fee on transactions which would eliminate the national debt and replace the income tax on individuals.
H.R. 1478, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for S corporation reform, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1773, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the research credit permanent, increase expensing for small businesses, reduce corporate tax rates, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1860, to promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital services.
H.R. 2669, to restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid federal taxation.
H.R. 2701, to promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes.
H.R. 3091, to make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends.
H.R. 3375, to direct the president of the United States to impose duties on merchandise from the People's Republic of China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China.
H.R. 3416, to ensure that persons who form corporations or limited liability companies in the US disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations or limited liability companies, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting U.S. corporations and limited liability companies for criminal gain, to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving U.S. corporations and limited liability companies.
S. 359, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments.
S. 727, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the federal income tax system simpler, fairer, and more fiscally responsible.
S. 971, to promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital services.
S. 1346, to restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid federal taxation.
S. 1373, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for American businesses.
S. 1483, to ensure that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations.
S. 1558, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply payroll taxes to remuneration and earnings from self-employment up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.
S. 2091, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the international tax system of the United States, and for other purposes; to Finance.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Agriculture/food-related provisions of:
H.R.4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
H.R.60, repeals info reporting requirement expansion for $600 and larger payments to corporations. H.R.144, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011.
H.R.584, repeals information reporting requirements added by Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
H.R.705, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
H.R.1075, Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act.
H.R.1188, Repeal Ethanol Subsidies Act of 2011.
S.18, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act.
S.359, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act.
S.844, Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011.
S.871, Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act.
S.1185, Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act.
S.1291, to amend the 1986 Internal Revenue Code to give a renewable electricity integration credit.
H.R.2959, Charitable Agricultural Research Act.
S.1561, Charitable Agricultural Research Act.
Issues other than legislation:
Targeted tax reductions.
Tax exemption for farmland sold with residence.
Tax credits for state and local property taxes.
Federal estate tax reform.
Tax deductibility of insurance premiums.
Tax credits for renewable energy.
Tax credits for small businesses.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 4 - Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Projection and Replacement of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments of 2011
H.R. 144 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011
H.R. 2088 - Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2011 H.R. 3157 / S. 1693 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the avoidance of tax by insurance companies through reinsurance with non-taxed affiliates.
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2519 / S. 437 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases (111th Congress)
Client expense: $818,830 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 942 - American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011 (R&D tax credits)
H.R. 4 & S. 18 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (1099 reporting)
H.R. 428, S. 106 & S. 1012 - Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011
H.R. 1002 & S. 543 - Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 H.R. 1439 - Business Activity Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 1864 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act
H.R. 2735 - To amend the IRC of 1986 to make permanent the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations
H.R. 3179 - Marketplace Equity Act (to improve the States' rights to enforce the collection of State sales and use tax laws)
H.R. 3630 - Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 (aka Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act; JOBS Act of 2011)
H.R. 4016 - Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2012
H.R. 4196 & S. 2240 - To amend the IRC of 1986 to extend the allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets
H.R. 674, S. 89 & S. 164 - Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011 (to amend the IRC of 1986 to repeal imposition of 3% withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities)
H.R. 1860 & S. 971 - Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011
H.R. 2701 & S. 1452 Main Street Fairness Act
H.R. 3091 - To make permanent the individual tax rates for capital gains and dividends
S. 135 - Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2011
S. 543 - Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011
S. 1207 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011
S. 1647 - A bill to repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gains rates
S. 1832 - Marketplace Fairness Act (a bill to restore States' rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws)
S. 2237 - Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act
VoIP Sourcing tax legislation
Internet tax fairness
State and local taxation of digital goods
State and local taxation of telecommunications
Retirement and pension plan funding
U.S. taxation of foreign earnings
Corporate tax reform/tax rates
International tax reform
Dividend taxation
Energy tax legislation
Carried interest legislation
Treasury guidance on the Economic Substance Doctrine
IRS rules on uncertain tax positions (Ann. 2010-30)
Telephone excise tax repeal
Telecommunications equipment depreciation
100% expensing
Cost recovery and depreciation issues, including expensing and net operating loss carrybacks
Tax treatment of employer provided cell phones
Tax treatment of gain in certain spin-off transactions
CFC look-through treatment
Research tax credit
Employer education assistance
Federal telecommunications excise tax application to wireless fees
PBGC insurance premiums
Client expense: $4,510,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; 1099 Repeal (H.R.4); State Leadership in Health Care Act (H.R.439); Empowering States to Innovate Act (S.248)
Client expense: $2,660,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Please see addendum. Issues related to the Credit Union Tax Status
Issues related to the Presidents Economic Recovery Oversight Board Report
H.R. 4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Replayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act, all provisions
H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act, all provisions
H.R. 1125, Tax Equity with Middle Class Fairness Act, all provisions
H.R. 2568, a bill to prevent the Secretary of Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens, all provisions
H.R. 3313, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act, all provisions
S. 1289, TAX GAP Act, all provisions
S. 1506, a bill to prevent the Secretary of Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens, all provisions
S. 1787, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act, all provisions
Client expense: $895,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 5: All provisions of the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011; H.R. 1409: All provisions of the Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011; H.R. 891/S. 274: All provisions of the Medication Therapy Management Benefits Act of 2011; H.R. 905 /S. 733: All provisions of the legislation to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare; H.R. 979 - All provisions of the FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act
H.R. 4 /S.18 / S.72 - All provisions of the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
H.R. 605 / S. 312 - All provisions of the Patients Freedom to Choose Act
S. 27 - All provisions of the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act
S. 31 - All provisions of the Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2011
S. 44 - All provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011
H.R. 999 / S. 560 - All provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011
H.R. 1839 - All provisions of the Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2011;
H.R. 1946 - All provisions of the Preserving or Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act of 2011;
H.R. 1971 / S. 1058 - All provisions of the Pharmacy Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2011
Provisions of PL 111-148 and PL 111-152 impacting Medicare Part D such as formulary requirements, PBM disclosure provisions, closing the Part D coverage gap
Regulatory design and coverage of pharmacy benefits in health reform exchanges and the commercial market (essential health benefits, grandfathering, value-based insurance design, e-prescribing, PBM disclosure requirements, and medical loss ratio)
Regulatory and proposed legislative changes to Medicare part D including EGWP waivers, MTM expansion, long term care short-term fills, recovery audit contractors
Implementation of changes to the definition of Average Manufacturer Price in Medicaid
Issues related to the management of Medicaid prescription drug benefits
Legislation to promote generic drugs
Regulatory Implementation of the HITECH Act
FDA issues related to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) (generic user fees, pedigree, REMs), implementation of approval pathway for generic biologic drugs
340b program
H.R. 2245/S. 296 - All provisions of the Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act of 2011
Health care issues before the Joint Select Committee of Deficit Reduction
H.R.4215 - All provisions of the Medicare Pharmacy Transparency and Fair Auditing Act
H.R.2182 - All Provisions of the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now Act of 2011
Client expense: $519,436 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)