Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006

HR 320 Tier Act of 2005 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives to encourage manufacturers of computer, cell phone, and television equipment to operate in environmentally sound recycling program for use by consumers who want to discard the equipment. HR 875 Public Safety and Protection Investment Act of 2005 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow businesses to expense qualified security devices. HR 1473 Telecommunications Ownership Diversification Act of 2005 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a deferral of tax on gain from the sale of telecommunications businesses in specific circumstances or a tax credit and other incentives to promote diversity of ownership in telecommunications businesses. HR 1898 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communications services. HR 1956 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006 - To regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce; and for other purposes. HR 3367 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include wireless telecommunications equipment in the definition of qualified technological equipment for purposes of determing the depreciation treatment of such equipment. HR 3958 Louisiana Katrina Reconstruction Act - To provide disaster relief and incentives for economic recovery for Louisiana residents and businesses affected by Hurricane Katrina. HR 4187 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the recognition of gain under section 355(e) of such Code to certain leveraged spin-merger transactions. HR 4297 Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 - To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. HR 4388 Tax Revision Act of 2005 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. HR 4845 Innovation and Competitiveness Act - To better prepare and develop the United States workforce for the global economy, and remove barriers that stifle innovation. HR 5422 To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the moratorium on taxes on internet access and on multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. HR 5970 Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions, and for other purposes. HR 6111 Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 - An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend expiring provisions, and for other purposes. S 758 Federal Internet Tax Prohibition Act of 2005 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that the federal excise tax on communication services does not apply to internet access service. S 1321 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communications. S 1441 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include wireless telecommunications equipment in the definition of qualified technological equipment for purposes of determining the depreciation treatment of such equipment. S 1766 Louisiana Katrina Reconstruction Act - A bill to provide disaster relief and incentives for economic recovery for Louisiana resident and businesses affected by Hurricane Katrina. S 2152 Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act - A bill to promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes. S 2153 Streamlined Sales Tax Simplification Act - A bill to promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes. S 2721 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006 - A bill to simplify the taxation of business activity, and for other purposes. Internal Revenue Services - filed comments on proposed regs under IRC Section 263(a) regarding the Deduction and Capitalization of Expenditures Related to Tangible Property. Department of Treasury - filed comments on IRC Section 863(e) income regulations.

Client expense: $13,595,451 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Streamline Sales Tax/Business Activity Tax - S 2152, S 2721, HR 1956

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

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Consolidated Tax Returns Business Activity Tax (HR1956; S2721) Technical Corrections to HR4 (Pension Protection Act) Recognition of Gain under Section 355 (e) (HR 4187) Mutual Fund Capital Gain Relief Expiring provisions of Bush Administration Savings Proposal Tax Shelters and other revenue raising provisions Active Financing Legislation (HR1416; S1159)

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

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 8/S. 420, the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act; H.R. 5638, Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006; H.R. 1510/S. 1200, Realistic Roofing Tax Treatment Act of 2005; H.R. 1956/S. 2721, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005; and, H.R. 920/S. 419, restaurant depreciation.

Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 1736 Investment in America Act of 2005 S. 2721, H.R. 1956 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005 S. 2020 Tax Relief Act of 2005; H.R. 4297 Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (R&D Tax Credit)

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.1898, Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005 H.R.1956, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006 H.R.4297, Tax Relief Act of 2005 H.R.4707, Simplified USA Tax Act of 2006 H.R.4845, Innovation and Competitiveness Act H.R.5043, Restoring America's Competitiveness Act of 2006 H.R.5422, To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the moratorium on taxes on internet access and on multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. H.R.5970, Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006 H.R.5986, Working American Competitiveness Act S.849, A bill to make the moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce permanent S.1321, Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005 S.2152, Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act S.2721, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006 S.2802, American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2006 S.3496, Working American Competitiveness Act

Client expense: $1,820,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R.2070 Gas Price Spike Act of 2005 H.R.3544 Gasoline Price Stabilization Act of 2005 H.R.3664 Consumer Reasonable Energy Price Protection Act of 2005 H.R.3752 Gas Price Relief Act of 2005 H.R.3883 Timber Tax Act of 2005 H.R.4203 Windfall Profits Rebate Act of 2005 H.R.4248 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude oil and to use the proceeds to carry out the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 H.R.4263 Windfall Profits and Consumer Assistance Act of 2005 H.R.4276 Consumer Windfall Excess Oil Profits Protection Act of 2005 H.R.4449 Consumer Energy Assistance and Fairness Act of 2005 H.R.5421 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax H.R.5421 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule, to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, and to reduce the rate of the estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains income tax rate. H.R.6065 Tax Free Health Savings Act of 2006 H.R.6327 Free File Reform Act of 2006 H.RES.851 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5522) H.RES.885 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5638) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 H.RES.939 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1956) to regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce, and for other purposes. H.RES.966 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5970) to amend the Internal Revenue Code HR 1898 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communications services. HR 1956 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005 HR 2121 Generating Retirement Ownership Through Long Term Holdings HR 2842 To require the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in the preparation of budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law. HR 5262 Tax Free Health Savings Act of 2006 HR 5522 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2007 HR 5552 Securing America's Future Economy Commission Act HR 5638 Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006 HR 5684 United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement HR 5859 Commission On Reforming Entitlement Spending Act HR 5970 Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act HR 6057 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the indexing of certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss. HR 6111 Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 S 1631 Windfall Profits Rebate Act of 2005 S 287 A bill to require the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to use dynamic economic modeling in the preparation of budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law. S 3491 Securing America's Future Economy Commission Act S.1791 Timber Tax Act of 2005 S.1809 Recapture Excess Profits and Invest in Relief (REPAIR) Act of 2005 S.1981 Windfall Profits Tax Act of 2005 S.2103 A bill to impose a temporary windfall profits tax on crude oil and provide a rebate to each household from the revenues resulting from such tax. S.2721 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006 S.3626 Estate Tax Relief and Reform Act of 200 S.3626 Estate Tax Relief and Reform Act of 2006 S.3829 Tax Relief and Minimum Wage Act of 2006

Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 2121/S. 1740 Generating Retirement Ownsership Through Long-Term Holdings Act of 2005, provisions related to mutual fund capital gain distribution H.R. 5367/S. 2414 Simplification Through Additional Reporting Tax Act of 2006, provisions realted to cost basis reporting H.R. 3912 Flexible Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005, provisions related to annuities H.R. 6057 Indexing of Capital Gains H.R. 819/S. 381 Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005, provisions related to annuities H.R. 1956/S. 2721 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act, provisions related to physical presence standard

Client expense: $2,791,644 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

HR 1583 - Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act of 2005, HR 1621 - Taxpayer Protection Act of 2005, S 2020 - Tax Relief Act of 2005, HR 4297 - Tax Relief Act of 2005, HR1956/S2721 - Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006

Client expense: $840,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

H.R. 1956 and S. 2721, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act. Taxation of the internet. Issues relating to state and local sales and use tax nexus and business activity tax nexus.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $180,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S 2720, Research Competitiveness Act of 2006 HR 1956, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005 S 2721, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006 HR 2471, Economic Development Act of 2005 S 1066, Economic Development Act of 2005 S 2152, Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act S 2153, Streamlined Sales Tax Simplification Act HR 2830, The Pension Protection Act of 2005 HR 2830, The Pension Security and Transparency Act of 2005 Transfer pricing, treaty, and tax reform issues HR 6167, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2006 HR 6288, International Tax Simplification Act of 2006 IRC Section 199 Guidance IRS Notice 2006- 34 HR 1736, Investment in America Act of 2005 S 627, Investment in America Act of 2005 HR 6111 and HR 6408, Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 HR 4, Pension Protection Act of 2006

Client expense: $4,040,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

S.2721 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act HR 1956 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act

Client expense: $840,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

H.R. 8, the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 – To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent. H.R. 1956, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005 – To regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce; and for other purposes. H.R. 3376, Tax Technical Corrections Act – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes H.R. 4511, the Flex Health Savings Accounts Act of 2005. (all provisions) H.R. 5262, the Tax Free Health Savings Act of 2006. (all provisions) H.R. 5638, the Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000 and to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and for other purposes. (all provisions) H.R. 5970, Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions, and for other purposes. (all estate tax provisions) H.R. 6048, Medicare Outpatient Therapy Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2006 – To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives to Medicare participating suppliers and providers of services that are outpatient physical therapy services (including outpatient speach-language pathology services) and occupational therapy services to report quality and effeciency measures and to provide for a value-based purchasing program for payments for such services under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. (tax provisions) H.R. 6111, Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 Lobbied on extension of expiring tax provisions and for inclusion of HSA legislation in final bill. S. 420, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act – To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent. (all provisions) S. 1447, the Tax Technical Corrections Act. (Subchapter S, definition of “descendent” provisions) S. 2721, the Business Activity Tax Simplification Act – To simplify the taxation of business activity, and for other purposes. (all provisions) S. 3488, the Tax-Free Healthcare Savings, Access, and Portability Act – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the permissible use of health savings accounts to include health insurance payments, to increase the dollar limitation for contributions to health savings accounts, to allow the rollover of unused funds from health reimbursement arrangements to health savings accounts, and for other purposes. (all provisions) Public Law No. 109-222, Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005. Public Law No. 109-432, Tax Relief and Healthcare Act of 2006. Proposals regarding tax-exempt organizations. (focusing on credit union taxation)

Client expense: $2,680,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1956 - Business Activity Tax Simplification Act S 324 - Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act HR 4297 - Tax Reconciliation S 2721 - Business Acticity Tax Simplification Act HR 5367 - Simplification Through Additional Reporting Tax Act of 2006 S 832 - Taxpayer Protection and Assistance Act of 2006 S 2498 - Tax Shelter Transparency Act HR 5138 - Taxpayer Information Protection and Privacy Act S 3376 - Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2005 S 1447 - Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2005 S 2020 - Tax Relief Act of 2005 HR 4440 - Gulf Opportunity Zone Act

Client expense: $1,720,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.2721 and H.R. 1956 - Business Activity Tax Simplification Act.

Client expense: $510,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of

S. 2721/HR. 1956- Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006- all provisions HR. 4707- Simplified Tax Act of 2006- all provisions

Client expense: $4,926,984 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 8, the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 – To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent. H.R. 1956, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005 – To regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce; and for other purposes. H.R. 3376, Tax Technical Corrections Act – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes H.R. 4511, the Flex Health Savings Accounts Act of 2005. (all provisions) H.R. 5262, the Tax Free Health Savings Act of 2006. (all provisions) H.R. 5638, the Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000 and to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and for other purposes. (all provisions) H.R. 5970, Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions, and for other purposes. (all estate tax provisions) H.R. 6048, Medicare Outpatient Therapy Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2006 – To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives to Medicare participating suppliers and providers of services that are outpatient physical therapy services (including outpatient speach-language pathology services) and occupational therapy services to report quality and effeciency measures and to provide for a value-based purchasing program for payments for such services under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. (tax provisions) H.R. 6111, Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 Lobbied on extension of expiring tax provisions and for inclusion of HSA legislation in final bill. S. 420, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act – To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent. (all provisions) S. 1447, the Tax Technical Corrections Act. (Subchapter S, definition of “descendent” provisions) S. 2721, the Business Activity Tax Simplification Act – To simplify the taxation of business activity, and for other purposes. (all provisions) S. 3488, the Tax-Free Healthcare Savings, Access, and Portability Act – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the permissible use of health savings accounts to include health insurance payments, to increase the dollar limitation for contributions to health savings accounts, to allow the rollover of unused funds from health reimbursement arrangements to health savings accounts, and for other purposes. (all provisions) Public Law No. 109-222, Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005. Public Law No. 109-432, Tax Relief and Healthcare Act of 2006. Proposals regarding tax-exempt organizations. (focusing on credit union taxation)

Client expense: $2,680,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1417 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for action financing income (Sought passage). H.R. 1956 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005 (Sought passage). H.R. 2911 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for action financing income (Sought passage). H.R. 4247 "Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005" (Sought passage). H.R. 6134 The Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006 (Modification and passage of HSA provisions). H.R. 6264 The Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2006 (Modification to provisions relating to IRS 470). H.R. 6408 The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Sought passage). S. 750 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow look-through treatment of payments between foreign corporations (Sought passage). S. 1159 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing (Sought passage). S. 1327 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the active business definition under Section 355 (Sought passage). S. 2020 "Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005" (Sought passage). S. 2721 The Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006 (Sought passage).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $3,340,000

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

HR 8/HR 5368, Estate Tax repeal Tax exemption for nonprofit hospitals HR 1956/S2721, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act HR 6408, Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 HR 5970, Tax Cut extensions S 1160, Legal Services Benefit Act

Client expense: $1,040,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1956, The Business Activity Simplification Act; S 2721, The Business Activity Tax Simplification

Client expense: $554,400 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

“H.R. 1956, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005” Title: To regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce; and for other purposes. “S. 2721, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006” Title: A bill to simplify the taxation of business activity, and for other purposes.

Client expense: $3,240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 4297 Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 [R&D credit, look through rules, corporate aircraft] S. 2020 Tax Relief Act of 2005 [R&D credit, look through rules, corporate aircraft] H.R. 5970 Estate Tax & Extension of Tax Relief Act [R&D] H.R. 6111 Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 H.R. 1736 Investment in America Act of 2005 [R&D credit] S. 627 Investment in America Act of 2005 [R&D credit] H.R. 1956 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005 [physical presence test] S. 2721 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005 [physical presence test]

Client expense: $207,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

Business activity tax simplification, HR 1956 and S. 2721.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 4297 - Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005 H.R. 5638 - Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006 H.R. 8 - Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005; P.L 109-222 - Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005; S.2020 - Windfall Tax Profits S. 2720 Baucus amendment to IRS for Research Competitiveness S 1103 Baucus AMT Tax S. 2485 Walden Secure Rural Schools H.R. 2 Minimum Wage increase S. 3496 - Working American Competitiveness Act of 2006 S. 420, H.R. 8 Estate Tax Repeal S. 267 - Energy Fairness for America Act H.R. 5300 - Energy Fairness for America Act S. 2636 - Oil Subsidy Elimination Act of 2006 H.R. 5285 - Gas Tax Equity Act of 2006 S. 2748 - Enhanced Energy Security Tax Incentives Act of 2006 H.R. 5176 - Fair Flat Tax Act of 2006 S. 2993 - Strategic Energy Fund Act of 2006 H.R. 939: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1956) to regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce; and for other purposes. H.R. 4961: "Equity for Our Nation's Self-Employed" H.R. 4: Pension Protection Act of 2006 H.R. 819: Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005 H.R. 1956: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006 H.R. 4790: Small Business Expensing Permanency Act of 2006 H.R. 5970: Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006 H.R. 5986: Working American Competitiveness Act H.R. 6111: Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 H.R. 6167, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2006 H.R. 6242: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2006 H.R. 6264: Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2006 H.R. 6406: To modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, to extend certain trade preference programs, and for other purposes H.R. 6408: Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 H.R. 6423: To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 and to offset the cost of payments to States and counties under such Act, and for other purposes. S. 832: Taxpayer Protection and Assistance Act of 2005 S. 1321: Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005 S. 2287: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and permanently extend the expensing of certain depreciable business assets for small businesses. S. 2721: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006 S. 2821: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2006 S. 3626: Estate Tax Relief and Reform Act of 2006 S. 4026: Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2006 Social Security Name-Number no-match issue The Tax Gap

Client expense: $31,440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), 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 Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Streamline Sales Tax/Business Activity Tax - S 2152, S 2721, HR 1956, Work Opportunity Tax Credit/Welfare to Work Tax Credit, HR 6111,

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE

S. 2152, S. 2153, Legislation regarding Congressional approval of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement H.R. 1956, S. 2721 the Business Activity Tax Simplification Act Extension of the R & D Tax Credit: S. 627, HR 1736, HR 5970, HR 4, including reconcilliation bills. CCA 200620023 Calculation of gross receipts for purposes of R & D Credit

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

Issues pertaining to the apparel industry; H.R. 4845, Innovation and Competitiveness Act, all provisions; S. 2721, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006, all provisions

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE