American Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2009

Extension of First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit for Service Members HR 2398- Service Members First-Time Homebuyer Relief Act of 2009 HR 2562- Service Members Home Ownership Act of 2009 Expanding and Extending Tax Credits for Home Purchases and Allowing their Application Beyond First-Time Buyers HR 2655- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and extend the first-time homebuyer credit HR 3640- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the first-time homebuyers credit and to provide a loss deduction on the sale of a principal residence HR 3902- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit and to eliminate the first-time homebuyer requirement and increase the adjusted gross income limitations with respect to such credit, and for other purposes S 1230- Home Buyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 HR 1453- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the homebuyer tax credit Expansion of First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credits HR 2606- Home Buying Credit Expansion Act HR 2619- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers to all homebuyers and to allow individuals a temporary refundable credit against income tax for the costs of refinancing acquisition indebtedness secured by their principal residence HR 2905- Homebuyer Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2009 Expansion of Small Business Health Coverage; Possible Limits on Itemized Deductions as Pay-Fors; Affordability Tax Credits HR 3200- America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 HR 3962- Affordable Health Care for America Act S 1679- Affordable Health Choices Act S 1796- America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 S 979- Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act HR 2360- Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act of 2009 Extension of First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit HR 1993- First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009 HR 3761- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit, and for other purposes S 1678- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax c... HR 1344- Real Help for Homebuyers Act of 2009 HR 1767- Fair Housing Tax Credit Extension Act of 2009 HR 5168- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit through December 31, 2010, and for other purposes HR 5183- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit through December 31, 2010, and for other purposes HR 5188- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit through December 31, 2010, and for other purposes HR 525- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the recapture rule of the first-time homebuyer credit and to extend the application of the credit through 2009 Home Purchase Tax Credit for First-Time Homebuyers S 253- Fix Housing First Homebuyer Tax Credit Act S 312- First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit Act of 2009 Homebuyer Tax Credit Administration HR 3901- Homebuyer Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2009 Modification of Homebuyer Tax Credits; Making Mortgage Interest Deduction Permanent HR 1805- American Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2009 Payroll Tax Treatment of Health Insurance Premiums Paid for Self-Employed Individuals HR 1470- Equity for Our Nation's Self-Employed Act of 2009 S 725- Equity for Our Nation's Self-Employed Act of 2009 Permission for Developers of Housing Financed through Disaster Relief Programs to Receive Tax Benefits as Grants Rather than Tax Credits HR 2995 - Disaster State Housing Recovery Act of 2009 Tax Credits for Certain Home Purchases HR 1119- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the application of the homebuyer credit, and for other purposes HR 3760- Home Buyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 HR 3825- Helping Homebuyers Act of 2009 HR 1245- Homebuyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 Tax Deductions for Start-Up Expenditures; Home Office Deductions HR 4637- Help Small Businesses Start and Grow Act of 2010 Tax Incentives for Historic Home Rehabilitation HR 3670- Historic Homeowners Revitalization Act of 2009 Tax Liability of Real Estate Partnerships/Treating Carried Interest as Ordinary Income Rather than Capital Gains HR 1935- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of partnership interests held by partners providing services HR 4213- American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 Relief for Victims of Gulf Cost Oil Spill HR 5598 - Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2010 Tax Credit for Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Expenditures HR 308 - Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2009 Tax Credits for Energy/Water Efficiency HR 4226 - Expanding Building Efficiency Incentives Act of 2009 HR 1908 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for property certified by the Environmental Protection Agency under the WaterSense program S 1321 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for property labeled under the Environmental Protection Agency Water Sense program Changes to Information Reporting Requirements Related to Health Laws S 3578 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act Clarifications of Individuals' Employment Status S 3786 - Fair Playing Field Act of 2010 HR 6128Fair Playing Field Act of 2010 Changes to Energy-Related Tax Provisions S 3935 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and extend certain energy-related tax provisions, and for other purposes. Tax incentives for Commercial Real Estate Investment HR 6317 - A bill to amend federal law, including the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to reform and encourage investment in commercial real estate, and for other purposes.

Client expense: $4,500,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 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), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

Extension of First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit for Service Members HR 2398- Service Members First-Time Homebuyer Relief Act of 2009 HR 2562- Service Members Home Ownership Act of 2009 Expanding and Extending Tax Credits for Home Purchases and Allowing their Application Beyond First-Time Buyers HR 2655- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and extend the first-time homebuyer credit HR 3640- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the first-time homebuyers credit and to provide a loss deduction on the sale of a principal residence HR 3902- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit and to eliminate the first-time homebuyer requirement and increase the adjusted gross income limitations with respect to such credit, and for other purposes S 1230- Home Buyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 HR 1453- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the homebuyer tax credit Expansion of First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credits HR 2606- Home Buying Credit Expansion Act HR 2619- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers to all homebuyers and to allow individuals a temporary refundable credit against income tax for the costs of refinancing acquisition indebtedness secured by their principal residence HR 2905- Homebuyer Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2009 Expansion of Small Business Health Coverage; Possible Limits on Itemized Deductions as Pay-Fors; Affordability Tax Credits HR 3200- America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 HR 3962- Affordable Health Care for America Act S 1679- Affordable Health Choices Act S 1796- America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 S 979- Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act HR 2360- Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act of 2009 Extension of First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit HR 1993- First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009 HR 3761- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit, and for other purposes S 1678- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax c... HR 1344- Real Help for Homebuyers Act of 2009 HR 1767- Fair Housing Tax Credit Extension Act of 2009 HR 5168- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit through December 31, 2010, and for other purposes HR 5183- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit through December 31, 2010, and for other purposes HR 5188- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit through December 31, 2010, and for other purposes HR 525- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the recapture rule of the first-time homebuyer credit and to extend the application of the credit through 2009 Home Purchase Tax Credit for First-Time Homebuyers S 253- Fix Housing First Homebuyer Tax Credit Act S 312- First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit Act of 2009 Homebuyer Tax Credit Administration HR 3901- Homebuyer Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2009 Modification of Homebuyer Tax Credits; Making Mortgage Interest Deduction Permanent HR 1805- American Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2009 Payroll Tax Treatment of Health Insurance Premiums Paid for Self-Employed Individuals HR 1470- Equity for Our Nation's Self-Employed Act of 2009 S 725- Equity for Our Nation's Self-Employed Act of 2009 Permission for Developers of Housing Financed through Disaster Relief Programs to Receive Tax Benefits as Grants Rather than Tax Credits HR 2995 - Disaster State Housing Recovery Act of 2009 Tax Credits for Certain Home Purchases HR 1119- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the application of the homebuyer credit, and for other purposes HR 3760- Home Buyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 HR 3825- Helping Homebuyers Act of 2009 HR 1245- Homebuyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 Tax Deductions for Start-Up Expenditures; Home Office Deductions HR 4637- Help Small Businesses Start and Grow Act of 2010 Tax Incentives for Historic Home Rehabilitation HR 3670- Historic Homeowners Revitalization Act of 2009 Tax Liability of Real Estate Partnerships/Treating Carried Interest as Ordinary Income Rather than Capital Gains HR 1935- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of partnership interests held by partners providing services HR 4213- American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 Relief for Victims of Gulf Cost Oil Spill HR 5598 - Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2010 Tax Credit for Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Expenditures HR 308 - Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2009 Tax Credits for Energy/Water Efficiency HR 4226 - Expanding Building Efficiency Incentives Act of 2009 HR 1908 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for property certified by the Environmental Protection Agency under the WaterSense program S 1321 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for property labeled under the Environmental Protection Agency Water Sense program

Client expense: $3,940,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

H.R. 205 - Death Tax Repeal Act - Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. H.R. 214 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow purchasers of a single-family principal residence a one-time tax credit for up to $15,000 of the purchase price. Requires such a residence to be purchased after February 29, 2008, and before March 1, 2009, and that it be: (1) a new previously unoccupied residence for which a building permit has been issued and construction began on or before September 1, 2007; (2) an owner-occupied residence with a mortgage indebtedness in default on or before March 1, 2008; or (3) in foreclosure and owned by the mortgagor or the mortgagor's agent. H.R. 436 - Certain Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Restores the tax on estates and generation-skipping transfers and the step-up in basis provisions for property acquired from a decedent, previously repealed by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA). Declares that the sunset provision (general terminating date of December 10, 2010) of EGTRRA shall not apply to title V of such Act ( Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Provisions). H.R. 498 - Capital Gains and Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Makes permanent the reduction in capital gains tax rates (from 20 to 15%) enacted by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003. H.R. 755 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an exclusion from gross income of the gain from the sale or exchange of up to two residences (other than a principal residence) acquired after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2012. Limits the amount of such exclusion to $250,000 ($500,000 for married taxpayers filing a joint return). Allows a $500,000 exclusion amount for a surviving spouse who sells a residence within two years of the death of a spouse. H.R. 1245 - Homebuyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the current tax credit for first-time homebuyers with a one-time credit for 10% of the purchase price of a principal residence, up to $15,000. Requires repayment of credit amounts if the taxpayer sells or fails to occupy the residence within 24 months after the date of purchase. H.R. 1301 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions allowing nonrecognition of gain from like-kind exchanges to suspend the 180-day period for completing such exchanges in cases involving exchange facilitators who have filed a bankruptcy petition. S. 2 - Middle Class Opportunity Act of 2009 - Declares that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to improve the lives of middle class families and provide them with greater opportunity to achieve the American dream by: providing middle class tax relief while making the tax laws simpler and more reliable. H.R. 1560 - To make the moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce permanent. H.R. 1629 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide penalty free distributions and loans from certain retirement plans for the purchase and refinancing of principal residences. H.R. 1632 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income of long-term capital gains on property purchased before the end of 2009. H.R. 1716 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for real property taxes on the principal residences to all individuals whether or not they itemize other deductions. H.R. 1805 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for State and local sales tax, the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses, and the deduction for mortgage interest premiums, and to modify to the homebuyer credit. S. 156 - Small Business Stimulus Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2010 the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business assets; and (2) extend from two to five years the carryback period for net operating losses in 2008 or 2009. S. 201 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the additional standard tax deduction for real property taxes for taxpayers who do not itemize their tax deductions. S. 253 - Fix Housing First Homebuyer Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for first-time homebuyers by: (1) eliminating the first-time homebuyer requirement (thus making such credit available to all homebuyers); (2) eliminating the repayment requirement for such credit except for resales of a principal residence, or failure to occupy such residence, at any time within three years of purchase; (3) exempting from the repayment requirement members of the Armed Forces who are ordered to relocate; (4) extending the period for purchasing a residence until December 31, 2009. S. 567 - Repeals the termination date in the Jobs Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 for provisions reducing individual tax rates on capital gains and dividend income. S. 1678 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the first-time homebuyer tax credit to: (1) extend such tax credit through May 31, 2010; (2) extend through December 31, 2009, the date until which purchases of a principal residence may be treated as made on December 31, 2008, for tax purposes; and (3) extend through May 31, 2010, the waiver of recapture requirements for residences purchased after December 31, 2008. C.A.R. is following a CBO report discussing the possibility of reducing the mortgage interest deduction (MID) from the present $1.1 million cap to $500,000, replacing the MID with a flat tax credit that is 15% of mortgage interest paid, and/or eliminating the deduction for all state and local taxes, including property taxes.

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)