Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program Act of 2020

In advance of the year-end omnibus/additional coronavirus emergency relief package, NACD again lobbied for tariff relief and other business support measures. NACD offered support and advocated for inclusion of loan forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers under $150,000. On June 30, 2020, Senator Kevin Kramer introduced S. 4117, the Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Forgiveness Act, a bill that would modify loan forgiveness under PPP by providing automatic forgiveness of PPP loans that are not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. NACD supports and advocated for the passage of S. 4117 or inclusion of its text in any coronavirus emergency relief package. Maintaining Standard Business Deductions - When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service took the step of determining that companies that use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover normally deductible expenses would no longer be able to do so. NACD, like much of congress, opposes the IRS decision on the grounds that it largely weakens the impact of the aid. NACD supports measures such as HR6754 and S3612 that would restore these standard business deductions.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) SBA 7(a) loans, PPP forgiveness calculations and applications, legislative changes to PPP, including 501(c)(6) inclusion in the program, allowing for expense deductibility (the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, S. 3612 and H.R. 6821, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program of 2020, H.R. 6754), and requiring SBA and Treasury to create or certify a PPP loan forgiveness calculator (H.R. 7413); and Economic Injury Disaster Loans; request for other short-term lending facilities; Delivering Immediate Relief to America's Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act, S.4775; and Heroes Act 2.0, the H.Amdt. to the S.Amdt. to H.R. 925; Liability relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of

Highway Trust Fund Solvency including federal user fees; Financial Accounting Standards Board issues; Repeal of health insurance tax; POC method accounting; Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act (179D);Sustainable Water Infrastructure Act; Private Activity Bond CAP Increase for Qualified Highway and Freight Facilities; Lookback Accounting; Estate Tax; Pass-through business taxation; Implementation of 199A; Cash accounting; State and Local Tax Deduction (SALT); Net operating losses (NOLs); Municipal bonds depreciation; Advance Refunding of Municipal Bonds; Limitation on net interest expense, 163(j); Main Street Tax Certainty Act, (H.R. 216/S.1149); Opportunity Zones; Death Tax Repeal Act (H.R. 218/ S.215); Move America Act (S. 146/ H.R. 1508); Public Building Renewal Act (H.R. 1251/ S. 932); Build Act (S. 352/H.R.2541); Rapid Act (S. 353/H.R.2475; Infrastructure Package; Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act; Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC); H.R.3301- the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019; New Market Tax Credits (NMTC); Infrastructure funding and financing; H.R. 6201- Families First Coronavirus Response Act; H.R. 748- the CARES Act; Section 461(l) loss limitation; Mandatory paid leave refundable tax credits; Payroll tax deferral; Delay in tax filing deadline; H.R. 2, the INVEST in America Act; Moving Forward Act; H.R. 6821 / S. 3612, Small Business Expense Protection Act; PPP loan forgiveness deductibility; H.R. 6776, JOBS Credit Act; Moving Forward Act; Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act; HEALS ACT and several of its corresponding bills, including the Continuing Small Business Recovery and Paycheck Protection Program Act (S. 4321) and Time to Rescue United States Trusts Act or the TRUST Act (S. 2733); H.R. 6800 - HEROES Act; H.R. 925 - Revised Heroes Act; House Amendment to S. 178 with Amendment No. 2652 - Delivering Immediate Relief to America's Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act; H.R. 6754, Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program Act of 2020; Employee Retention Tax Credit; H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act; H.R. 8930, the Energy Efficient Qualified Improvement Property (E-QUIP) Act;

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) SBA 7(a) loans, PPP forgiveness calculations and applications, loan necessity questionnaires, legislative changes to PPP, including 501(c)(6) inclusion in the program, allowing for expense deductibility (the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, S.3612 and H.R.6821, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program of 2020, H.R.6754, Delivering Immediate Relief to America's Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act, S.4775); and Heroes Act 2.0, the H.Amdt. to the S.Amdt. to H.R. 925. H.R.133 [116th]: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. Liability relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Government targets: SENATE

Private Activity Bonds Used for Infrastructure Finance; Advanced Refinancing; Highway Trust Fund; Net Operating Losses; Interest Deductibility; Highway Trust Fund solvency as it relates to revenue declines from COVID; Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 8337) which includes funding to offset losses to the Airport and Airways Trust Fund caused by COVID; Paycheck Protection Program, PPP Deductibility (H.R. 6754)

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

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) SBA 7(a) loans, PPP forgiveness calculations and applications, legislative changes to PPP, including 501(c)(6) inclusion in the program, allowing for expense deductibility (the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, S. 3612 and H.R. 6821, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program of 2020, H.R. 6754), and requiring SBA and Treasury to create or certify a PPP loan forgiveness calculator (H.R. 7413); and Economic Injury Disaster Loans; request for other short-term lending facilities; Liability relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) SBA 7(a) loans, PPP forgiveness calculations and applications, loan necessity questionnaires, legislative changes to PPP, including 501(c)(6) inclusion in the program, allowing for expense deductibility (the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, S. 3612 and H.R. 6821, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program of 2020, H.R. 6754), and requiring SBA and Treasury to create or certify a PPP loan forgiveness calculator (H.R. 7413); and Economic Injury Disaster Loans; request for other short-term lending facilities; Delivering Immediate Relief to America's Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act, S.4775; and Heroes Act 2.0, the H.Amdt. to the S.Amdt. to H.R. 925; Liability relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Client expense: $1,160,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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 (Rob Woodall, R-GA) H.R.216 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income (Jason Smith, R-MO) S.3280 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that high-taxed amounts are excluded from tested income for purposes of determining global intangible low-taxed income only if such amounts would be foreign base company income or insurance income (Ron Wyden, D-OR) H.R.6354 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a one-time emergency tax credit to small businesses to cover rent and mortgage payments (Ron Kind, D-WI-3) S.3553 - A bill to modify the schedule for estimated tax payments for 2020 (David Perdue, R-GA) H.R.6551 - To amend the CARES Act to ensure that the temporary relief from CECL standards does not terminate in the middle of a company's fiscal year (Brad Sherman, D-CA-30) H.R.6619 - Restore America's Main Street Act - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide advance tax refunds to small businesses, and for other purposes (Madeline Dean, D-PA-4) H.R.6629 - To provide a payroll tax credit to employers for employee bonuses (Bill Huizenga, R-MI-2) S.3596 - A bill to make technical corrections to the CARES Act to remove all tax liability associated with loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program (Mike Braun, R-IN) H.R.6781 - To provide for improved coordination between the paycheck protection program and the employee retention tax credit (Chris Pappas, D-NH-1) H.R.6776 - To provide for improvements related to the employee retention tax credit (Stephanie Murphy, D-FL-7) H.R.6754 - To provide clarification regarding the tax treatment of expenses paid or incurred with proceeds from Paycheck Protection Program loans (Lizzie Fletcher, D-TX-7) H.R.6821 - To clarify for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that receipt of coronavirus assistance does not affect the tax treatment of ordinary business expenses (George Holding, R-NC-2) H.R.6886 - To amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to the forgiveness of loans under the paycheck protection program, to allow recipients of loan forgiveness under the paycheck protection program to defer payroll taxes, and for other purposes (Chip Roy, R-TX-21) H.R.6920 - To temporarily suspend payroll taxes during the emergency relating to COVID-19 (Ross Spano, R-FL-15) S.3793 - A bill to amend the CARES Act to modify the employee retention tax credit to secure the paychecks and benefits of workers, to provide a refundable credit against payroll taxes for the operating costs of employers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a small business rebate, and for other purposes (Mark Warner, D-VA) H.R.7058 - To provide a payroll tax credit for certain bonuses paid to employees who worked continuously during the COVID-19 pandemic (Tom Reed, R-NY-23) H.R.7079 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit ensure that businesses are properly cleaned and disinfected when "stay-at-home" restrictions are lifted and to help prevent further infections (Darin LaHood, R-IL-18) H.R.7216 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for personal protective equipment to small businesses, non-profits, independent contractors, veterans' organizations, and farmers, among other entities, in any year in which the President declares a national emergency relating to COVID-19 (Brenda Lawrence, D-MI-14) H.R.7222 - To provide for a credit against employment taxes for certain virus transmission prevention expenses, and for other purposes (Jimmy Panetta, D-CA-20) S.3966 - A bill to provide a tax credit to businesses that provide testing for COVID-19 to their employees (Ted Cruz, R-TX)

In advance of an additional coronavirus emergency relief package, NACD again lobbied for tariff relief and other business support measures. NACD offered support and advocated for inclusion of loan forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers under $150,000. On June 30, 2020, Senator Kevin Kramer introduced S. 4117, the Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Forgiveness Act, a bill that would modify loan forgiveness under PPP by providing automatic forgiveness of PPP loans that are not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. NACD supports and advocated for the passage of S. 4117 or inclusion of its text in any coronavirus emergency relief package. Maintaining Standard Business Deductions - When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service took the step of determining that companies that use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover normally deductible expenses would no longer be able to do so. NACD, like much of congress, opposes the IRS decision on the grounds that it largely weakens the impact of the aid. NACD supports measures such as HR6754 and S3612 that would restore these standard business deductions.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

In any upcoming coronavirus response package, NACD lobbied for business relief measures to be included as part of the text including tariff eliminations or deferrals. Additionally, NACD supported loan forgiveness feature covering payroll expenses for paid sick and family medical leave time. In advance of an additional coronavirus emergency relief package, NACD again lobbied for tariff relief and other business support measures. NACD offered support and advocated for inclusion of loan forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers under $150,000. On June 30, 2020, Senator Kevin Kramer introduced S. 4117, the Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Forgiveness Act, a bill that would modify loan forgiveness under PPP by providing automatic forgiveness of PPP loans that are not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. NACD supports and advocated for the passage of S. 4117 or inclusion of its text in any coronavirus emergency relief package. Maintaining Standard Business Deductions - When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service took the step of determining that companies that use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover normally deductible expenses would no longer be able to do so. NACD, like much of congress, opposes the IRS decision on the grounds that it largely weakens the impact of the aid. NACD supports measures such as HR6754 and S3612 that would restore these standard business deductions. Additionally, NACD advocated for the inclusion of the Senates infrastructure language in any upcoming package. NACD lobbied against inclusion of HR 397, otherwise known as the Butch-Lewis Act, any future coronavirus emergency relief bill as the bill does not address the underlying structural issues of the multiemployer pension crisis.

HR 397 - Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act - Otherwise known as the Butch-Lewis Act, this serves as the Democrats solution to the Multiemployer Pension Solvency Crisis by creating a new administration within the Treasury Department to issue loans to plans with (a) critical and declining, (b) critical, or (c) insolvent status. While generally supporting an immediate resolution the crisis as well as moving debate to the Senate, NACD is in opposition to bills that do not address underlying structural issues impacting Multiemployer pensions. HR 4069 - Modern Worker Empowerment Act - H.R. 4069 would bring the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) into the 21st century by updating the definition of employee, conforming the definition of employee with other New Deal era statutes that already apply a common-law definition for the term, and reconciling the FLSA with more recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. HR2474/S1306 - PRO Act or Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 - The bill, among several different provisions, would (a) force companies to turn over personally identifying information such as addresses, contact information, and shift information on employees to unions, (b) shorten the amount of time businesses would have to prepare for union certifying elections (c) modify the tests for independent-contractor and joint-employer to definitions not consistent with current employment trends, and make many other changes to labor and employment law that would be better debated individually. NACD is in opposition to this bill. In any upcoming coronavirus response package, NACD lobbied for business relief measures to be included as part of the text including tariff eliminations or deferrals. Additionally, NACD supported loan forgiveness feature covering payroll expenses for paid sick and family medical leave time. In advance of an additional coronavirus emergency relief package, NACD again lobbied for tariff relief and other business support measures. NACD offered support and advocated for inclusion of loan forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers under $150,000. On June 30, 2020, Senator Kevin Kramer introduced S. 4117, the Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Forgiveness Act, a bill that would modify loan forgiveness under PPP by providing automatic forgiveness of PPP loans that are not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. NACD supports and advocated for the passage of S. 4117 or inclusion of its text in any coronavirus emergency relief package. Maintaining Standard Business Deductions - When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service took the step of determining that companies that use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover normally deductible expenses would no longer be able to do so. NACD, like much of congress, opposes the IRS decision on the grounds that it largely weakens the impact of the aid. NACD supports measures such as HR6754 and S3612 that would restore these standard business deductions. Additionally, NACD advocated for the inclusion of the Senates infrastructure language in any upcoming package. NACD lobbied against inclusion of HR 397, otherwise known as the Butch-Lewis Act, any future coronavirus emergency relief bill as the bill does not address the underlying structural issues of the multiemployer pension crisis.

In any additional coronavirus response package, NACD lobbied for business relief measures to be included as part of the text including tariff eliminations or deferrals. Additionally, NACD supported loan forgiveness feature covering payroll expenses for paid sick and family medical leave time. In advance of an additional coronavirus emergency relief package, NACD again lobbied for tariff relief and other business support measures. NACD offered support and advocated for inclusion of loan forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers under $150,000. On June 30, 2020, Senator Kevin Kramer introduced S. 4117, the Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Forgiveness Act, a bill that would modify loan forgiveness under PPP by providing automatic forgiveness of PPP loans that are not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. NACD supports and advocated for the passage of S. 4117 or inclusion of its text in any coronavirus emergency relief pacage. Maintaining Standard Business Deductions - When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service took the step of determining that companies that use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover normally deductible expenses would no longer be able to do so. NACD, like much of congress, opposes the IRS decision on the grounds that it largely weakens the impact of the aid. NACD supports measures such as HR6754 and S3612 that would restore these standard business deductions. Additionally, NACD advocated for the inclusion of the Senates infrastructure language in any upcoming package. NACD lobbied against inclusion of HR 397, otherwise known as the Butch-Lewis Act, any future coronavirus emergency relief bill as the bill does not address the underlying structural issues of the multiemployer pension crisis.

In any upcoming coronavirus response package, NACD lobbied for business relief measures to be included as part of the text including tariff eliminations or deferrals. Additionally, NACD supported loan forgiveness feature covering payroll expenses for paid sick and family medical leave time. In advance of an additional coronavirus emergency relief package, NACD again lobbied for tariff relief and other business support measures. NACD offered support and advocated for inclusion of loan forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers under $150,000. On June 30, 2020, Senator Kevin Kramer introduced S. 4117, the Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Forgiveness Act, a bill that would modify loan forgiveness under PPP by providing automatic forgiveness of PPP loans that are not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. NACD supports and advocated for the passage of S. 4117 or inclusion of its text in any coronavirus emergency relief package. Maintaining Standard Business Deductions - When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service took the step of determining that companies that use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover normally deductible expenses would no longer be able to do so. NACD, like much of congress, opposes the IRS decision on the grounds that it largely weakens the impact of the aid. NACD supports measures such as HR6754 and S3612 that would restore these standard business deductions. Additionally, NACD advocated for the inclusion of the Senates infrastructure language in any upcoming package. NACD lobbied against inclusion of HR 397, otherwise known as the Butch-Lewis Act, any future coronavirus emergency relief bill as the bill does not address the underlying structural issues of the multiemployer pension crisis.

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) SBA 7(a) loans, PPP forgiveness calculations and applications, legislative changes to PPP, including 501(c)(6) inclusion in the program, allowing for expense deductibility (the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, S. 3612 and H.R. 6821, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program of 2020, H.R. 6754), and requiring SBA and Treasury to create or certify a PPP loan forgiveness calculator (H.R. 7413); and Economic Injury Disaster Loans; request for other short-term lending facilities; Delivering Immediate Relief to America's Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act, S.4775; and Heroes Act 2.0, the H.Amdt. to the S.Amdt. to H.R. 925; Liability relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) SBA 7(a) loans, PPP forgiveness calculations and applications, legislative changes to PPP, including 501(c)(6) inclusion in the program, allowing for expense deductibility (the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, S.3612 and H.R.6821, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program of 2020, H.R.6754, Delivering Immediate Relief to America's Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act, S.4775); and Heroes Act 2.0, the H.Amdt. to the S.Amdt. to H.R. 925. Liability relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Government targets: Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Support efforts to ensure independent agents continue to qualify for S corporation passthrough deduction; support efforts to make pass through deduction permanent; Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2019 (H.R. 216/S. 1149); Jumpstarting Our Businesses Success Credit (JOBS Credit) Act of 2020 (H.R. 6776); Small Business Expense Protection Act (S. 3612/H.R. 6821); Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program Act (H.R. 6754).

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Risk Management Agency, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) SBA 7(a) loans, PPP forgiveness calculations and applications, legislative changes to PPP, including 501(c)(6) inclusion in the program, allowing for expense deductibility (the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, S. 3612 and H.R. 6821, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program of 2020, H.R. 6754), and requiring SBA and Treasury to create or certify a PPP loan forgiveness calculator (H.R. 7413); and Economic Injury Disaster Loans; request for other short-term lending facilities; Delivering Immediate Relief to America's Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act, S.4775; and Heroes Act 2.0, the H.Amdt. to the S.Amdt. to H.R. 925; Liability relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Client expense: $1,240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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 (Rob Woodall, R-GA) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.216 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income (Jason Smith, R-MO) , ALL PROVISIONS S.3280 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that high-taxed amounts are excluded from tested income for purposes of determining global intangible low-taxed income only if such amounts would be foreign base company income or insurance income (Ron Wyden, D-OR) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.6354 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a one-time emergency tax credit to small businesses to cover rent and mortgage payments (Ron Kind, D-WI-3) , ALL PROVISIONS S.3553 - A bill to modify the schedule for estimated tax payments for 2020 (David Perdue, R-GA) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.6551 - To amend the CARES Act to ensure that the temporary relief from CECL standards does not terminate in the middle of a company's fiscal year (Brad Sherman, D-CA-30) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.6619 - Restore America's Main Street Act - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide advance tax refunds to small businesses, and for other purposes (Madeline Dean, D-PA-4) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.6629 - To provide a payroll tax credit to employers for employee bonuses (Bill Huizenga, R-MI-2) , ALL PROVISIONS S.3596 - A bill to make technical corrections to the CARES Act to remove all tax liability associated with loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program (Mike Braun, R-IN) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.6781 - To provide for improved coordination between the paycheck protection program and the employee retention tax credit (Chris Pappas, D-NH-1) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.6776 - To provide for improvements related to the employee retention tax credit (Stephanie Murphy, D-FL-7) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.6754 - To provide clarification regarding the tax treatment of expenses paid or incurred with proceeds from Paycheck Protection Program loans (Lizzie Fletcher, D-TX-7) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.6821 - To clarify for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that receipt of coronavirus assistance does not affect the tax treatment of ordinary business expenses (George Holding, R-NC-2) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.6886 - To amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to the forgiveness of loans under the paycheck protection program, to allow recipients of loan forgiveness under the paycheck protection program to defer payroll taxes, and for other purposes (Chip Roy, R-TX-21) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.6920 - To temporarily suspend payroll taxes during the emergency relating to COVID-19 (Ross Spano, R-FL-15) , ALL PROVISIONS S.3793 - A bill to amend the CARES Act to modify the employee retention tax credit to secure the paychecks and benefits of workers, to provide a refundable credit against payroll taxes for the operating costs of employers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a small business rebate, and for other purposes (Mark Warner, D-VA) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.7058 - To provide a payroll tax credit for certain bonuses paid to employees who worked continuously during the COVID-19 pandemic (Tom Reed, R-NY-23) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.7079 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit ensure that businesses are properly cleaned and disinfected when "stay-at-home" restrictions are lifted and to help prevent further infections (Darin LaHood, R-IL-18) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.7216 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for personal protective equipment to small businesses, non-profits, independent contractors, veterans' organizations, and farmers, among other entities, in any year in which the President declares a national emergency relating to COVID-19 (Brenda Lawrence, D-MI-14) , ALL PROVISIONS H.R.7222 - To provide for a credit against employment taxes for certain virus transmission prevention expenses, and for other purposes (Jimmy Panetta, D-CA-20) , ALL PROVISIONS S.3966 - A bill to provide a tax credit to businesses that provide testing for COVID-19 to their employees (Ted Cruz, R-TX) , ALL PROVISIONS

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) SBA 7(a) loans, PPP forgiveness calculations and applications, legislative changes to PPP, including 501(c)(6) inclusion in the program, allowing for expense deductibility (the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, S. 3612 and H.R. 6821, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program of 2020, H.R. 6754), and requiring SBA and Treasury to create or certify a PPP loan forgiveness calculator (H.R. 7413); and Economic Injury Disaster Loans; request for other short-term lending facilities; Liability relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

In any upcoming coronavirus response package, NACD lobbied for business relief measures to be included as part of the text including tariff eliminations or deferrals. Additionally, NACD supported loan forgiveness feature covering payroll expenses for paid sick and family medical leave time. In advance of an additional coronavirus emergency relief package, NACD again lobbied for tariff relief and other business support measures. NACD offered support and advocated for inclusion of loan forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers under $150,000. On June 30, 2020, Senator Kevin Kramer introduced S. 4117, the Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Forgiveness Act, a bill that would modify loan forgiveness under PPP by providing automatic forgiveness of PPP loans that are not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. NACD supports and advocated for the passage of S. 4117 or inclusion of its text in any coronavirus emergency relief package. Maintaining Standard Business Deductions - When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service took the step of determining that companies that use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover normally deductible expenses would no longer be able to do so. NACD, like much of congress, opposes the IRS decision on the grounds that it largely weakens the impact of the aid. NACD supports measures such as HR6754 and S3612 that would restore these standard business deductions. Additionally, NACD advocated for the inclusion of the Senates infrastructure language in any upcoming package. NACD lobbied against inclusion of HR 397, otherwise known as the Butch-Lewis Act, any future coronavirus emergency relief bill as the bill does not address the underlying structural issues of the multiemployer pension crisis.

In any additional coronavirus response package, NACD lobbied for business relief measures to be included as part of the text including tariff eliminations or deferrals. Additionally, NACD supported loan forgiveness feature covering payroll expenses for paid sick and family medical leave time. In advance of an additional coronavirus emergency relief package, NACD again lobbied for tariff relief and other business support measures. NACD offered support and advocated for inclusion of loan forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers under $150,000. On June 30, 2020, Senator Kevin Kramer introduced S. 4117, the Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Forgiveness Act, a bill that would modify loan forgiveness under PPP by providing automatic forgiveness of PPP loans that are not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. NACD supports and advocated for the passage of S. 4117 or inclusion of its text in any coronavirus emergency relief pacage. Maintaining Standard Business Deductions - When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service took the step of determining that companies that use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover normally deductible expenses would no longer be able to do so. NACD, like much of congress, opposes the IRS decision on the grounds that it largely weakens the impact of the aid. NACD supports measures such as HR6754 and S3612 that would restore these standard business deductions. Additionally, NACD advocated for the inclusion of the Senates infrastructure language in any upcoming package. NACD lobbied against inclusion of HR 397, otherwise known as the Butch-Lewis Act, any future coronavirus emergency relief bill as the bill does not address the underlying structural issues of the multiemployer pension crisis.

In any upcoming coronavirus response package, NACD lobbied for business relief measures to be included as part of the text including tariff eliminations or deferrals. Additionally, NACD supported loan forgiveness feature covering payroll expenses for paid sick and family medical leave time. In advance of an additional coronavirus emergency relief package, NACD again lobbied for tariff relief and other business support measures. NACD offered support and advocated for inclusion of loan forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers under $150,000. On June 30, 2020, Senator Kevin Kramer introduced S. 4117, the Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Forgiveness Act, a bill that would modify loan forgiveness under PPP by providing automatic forgiveness of PPP loans that are not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. NACD supports and advocated for the passage of S. 4117 or inclusion of its text in any coronavirus emergency relief package. Maintaining Standard Business Deductions - When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service took the step of determining that companies that use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover normally deductible expenses would no longer be able to do so. NACD, like much of congress, opposes the IRS decision on the grounds that it largely weakens the impact of the aid. NACD supports measures such as HR6754 and S3612 that would restore these standard business deductions. Additionally, NACD advocated for the inclusion of the Senates infrastructure language in any upcoming package. NACD lobbied against inclusion of HR 397, otherwise known as the Butch-Lewis Act, any future coronavirus emergency relief bill as the bill does not address the underlying structural issues of the multiemployer pension crisis.

HR 397 - Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act - Otherwise known as the Butch-Lewis Act, this serves as the Democrats solution to the Multiemployer Pension Solvency Crisis by creating a new administration within the Treasury Department to issue loans to plans with (a) critical and declining, (b) critical, or (c) insolvent status. While generally supporting an immediate resolution the crisis as well as moving debate to the Senate, NACD is in opposition to bills that do not address underlying structural issues impacting Multiemployer pensions. HR 4069 - Modern Worker Empowerment Act - H.R. 4069 would bring the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) into the 21st century by updating the definition of employee, conforming the definition of employee with other New Deal era statutes that already apply a common-law definition for the term, and reconciling the FLSA with more recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. HR2474/S1306 - PRO Act or Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 - The bill, among several different provisions, would (a) force companies to turn over personally identifying information such as addresses, contact information, and shift information on employees to unions, (b) shorten the amount of time businesses would have to prepare for union certifying elections (c) modify the tests for independent-contractor and joint-employer to definitions not consistent with current employment trends, and make many other changes to labor and employment law that would be better debated individually. NACD is in opposition to this bill. In any upcoming coronavirus response package, NACD lobbied for business relief measures to be included as part of the text including tariff eliminations or deferrals. Additionally, NACD supported loan forgiveness feature covering payroll expenses for paid sick and family medical leave time. In advance of an additional coronavirus emergency relief package, NACD again lobbied for tariff relief and other business support measures. NACD offered support and advocated for inclusion of loan forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers under $150,000. On June 30, 2020, Senator Kevin Kramer introduced S. 4117, the Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Forgiveness Act, a bill that would modify loan forgiveness under PPP by providing automatic forgiveness of PPP loans that are not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. NACD supports and advocated for the passage of S. 4117 or inclusion of its text in any coronavirus emergency relief package. Maintaining Standard Business Deductions - When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service took the step of determining that companies that use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover normally deductible expenses would no longer be able to do so. NACD, like much of congress, opposes the IRS decision on the grounds that it largely weakens the impact of the aid. NACD supports measures such as HR6754 and S3612 that would restore these standard business deductions. Additionally, NACD advocated for the inclusion of the Senates infrastructure language in any upcoming package. NACD lobbied against inclusion of HR 397, otherwise known as the Butch-Lewis Act, any future coronavirus emergency relief bill as the bill does not address the underlying structural issues of the multiemployer pension crisis.

In advance of an additional coronavirus emergency relief package, NACD again lobbied for tariff relief and other business support measures. NACD offered support and advocated for inclusion of loan forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers under $150,000. On June 30, 2020, Senator Kevin Kramer introduced S. 4117, the Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Forgiveness Act, a bill that would modify loan forgiveness under PPP by providing automatic forgiveness of PPP loans that are not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. NACD supports and advocated for the passage of S. 4117 or inclusion of its text in any coronavirus emergency relief package. Maintaining Standard Business Deductions - When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service took the step of determining that companies that use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to cover normally deductible expenses would no longer be able to do so. NACD, like much of congress, opposes the IRS decision on the grounds that it largely weakens the impact of the aid. NACD supports measures such as HR6754 and S3612 that would restore these standard business deductions.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) SBA 7(a) loans, PPP forgiveness calculations and applications, legislative changes to PPP, including 501(c)(6) inclusion in the program, allowing for expense deductibility (the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, S. 3612 and H.R. 6821, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program of 2020, H.R. 6754). Liability relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Government targets: Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Support efforts to ensure independent agents continue to qualify for S corporation passthrough deduction; support efforts to make pass through deduction permanent; Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2019 (H.R. 216/S. 1149); Jumpstarting Our Businesses Success Credit (JOBS Credit) Act of 2020 (H.R. 6776); Small Business Expense Protection Act (S. 3612/H.R. 6821); Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program Act (H.R. 6754); IRS Notice 2020-15 regarding the creation of the Paycheck Protection Program.

Client expense: $109,363 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Risk Management Agency, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of

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 (Rob Woodall, R-GA) H.R.216 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income (Jason Smith, R-MO) S.3280 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that high-taxed amounts are excluded from tested income for purposes of determining global intangible low-taxed income only if such amounts would be foreign base company income or insurance income (Ron Wyden, D-OR) H.R.6354 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a one-time emergency tax credit to small businesses to cover rent and mortgage payments (Ron Kind, D-WI-3) S.3553 - A bill to modify the schedule for estimated tax payments for 2020 (David Perdue, R-GA) H.R.6551 - To amend the CARES Act to ensure that the temporary relief from CECL standards does not terminate in the middle of a company's fiscal year (Brad Sherman, D-CA-30) H.R.6619 - Restore America's Main Street Act - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide advance tax refunds to small businesses, and for other purposes (Madeline Dean, D-PA-4) H.R.6629 - To provide a payroll tax credit to employers for employee bonuses (Bill Huizenga, R-MI-2) S.3596 - A bill to make technical corrections to the CARES Act to remove all tax liability associated with loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program (Mike Braun, R-IN) H.R.6781 - To provide for improved coordination between the paycheck protection program and the employee retention tax credit (Chris Pappas, D-NH-1) H.R.6776 - To provide for improvements related to the employee retention tax credit (Stephanie Murphy, D-FL-7) H.R.6754 - To provide clarification regarding the tax treatment of expenses paid or incurred with proceeds from Paycheck Protection Program loans (Lizzie Fletcher, D-TX-7) H.R.6821 - To clarify for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that receipt of coronavirus assistance does not affect the tax treatment of ordinary business expenses (George Holding, R-NC-2) H.R.6886 - To amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to the forgiveness of loans under the paycheck protection program, to allow recipients of loan forgiveness under the paycheck protection program to defer payroll taxes, and for other purposes (Chip Roy, R-TX-21) H.R.6920 - To temporarily suspend payroll taxes during the emergency relating to COVID-19 (Ross Spano, R-FL-15) S.3793 - A bill to amend the CARES Act to modify the employee retention tax credit to secure the paychecks and benefits of workers, to provide a refundable credit against payroll taxes for the operating costs of employers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a small business rebate, and for other purposes (Mark Warner, D-VA) H.R.7058 - To provide a payroll tax credit for certain bonuses paid to employees who worked continuously during the COVID-19 pandemic (Tom Reed, R-NY-23) H.R.7079 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit ensure that businesses are properly cleaned and disinfected when "stay-at-home" restrictions are lifted and to help prevent further infections (Darin LaHood, R-IL-18) H.R.7216 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for personal protective equipment to small businesses, non-profits, independent contractors, veterans' organizations, and farmers, among other entities, in any year in which the President declares a national emergency relating to COVID-19 (Brenda Lawrence, D-MI-14) H.R.7222 - To provide for a credit against employment taxes for certain virus transmission prevention expenses, and for other purposes (Jimmy Panetta, D-CA-20) S.3966 - A bill to provide a tax credit to businesses that provide testing for COVID-19 to their employees (Ted Cruz, R-TX)

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) SBA 7(a) loans, PPP forgiveness calculations and applications, legislative changes to PPP, including 501(c)(6) inclusion in the program, allowing for expense deductibility (the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, S. 3612 and H.R. 6821, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program of 2020, H.R. 6754), and requiring SBA and Treasury to create or certify a PPP loan forgiveness calculator (H.R. 7413); and Economic Injury Disaster Loans; request for other short-term lending facilities; Liability relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program SBA 7(a) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans. PPP forgiveness calculations and applications, legislative changes to PPP, including 501(c)(6) inclusion in the program, allowing for expense deductibility (the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, S. 3612 and H.R. 6821, the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program of 2020, H.R. 6754), and requiring SBA and Treasury to create or certify a PPP loan forgiveness calculator (H.R. 7413); and Economic Injury Disaster Loans; request for other short-term lending facilities; Liability relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Client expense: $1,260,000 · Firm income: Not reported