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2008 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
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H.R.32: To provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining the minimum wage. H.R.126: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow loans from individual retirement plans for qualified small business capital assets. H.R.298: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow amounts in a health flexible spending arrangement that are unused during a plan year to be carried over to the next plan year. H.R.527: To help American families save, invest, and build a better future, and for other purposes. H.R.640: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit financial institutions to determine their interest expense deduction without regard to tax-exempt bonds issued to provide certain small loans for health care or educational purposes. H.R.666: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that amounts paid for employer-provided coverage under accident or health plans be included on W-2 Forms. H.R.892: To establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes. H.R.1672: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny qualified dividend income treatment to certain foreign dividends. H.R.1748: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use. H.R. 2163: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand incentives for saving. H.R. 2205: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R.2834: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services. H.R.3221: A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. H.R. 3475: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5 million, to adjust such amount for inflation, to repeal the one-year termination of the estate tax, and for other purposes. H.R. 3694: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide corporate alternative minimum tax reform. H.R. 3717: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the costs of implementing wellness programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 3923: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain foreign nonqualified deferred compensation. H.R. 3947: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a carryforward of unused benefits in health flexible spending arrangements. H.R. 3970: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to low and moderate income individuals, to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax, to reform the corporate income tax, and for other purposes. H.R. 3975: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 100 percent deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals. H.R. 3996: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. H.R. 4172: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3.5 million. H.R. 4195: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections.H.R. 4235: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax, to repeal the carryover basis rule, to reduce estate tax rates by 20 percent, to increase the unified credit against estate and gift taxes to the equivalent of a $3 million exclusion and to provide an inflation adjustment of such amount, and for other purposes. H.R.5031: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend relief from the alternative minimum tax. H.R.5105: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. H.R.5455: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability. H.R.5559: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs. H.R.6049: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. H.R.6275: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes. H. R. 6499: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the estate and gift tax. H.R.6899: To advance the national security interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation sectors, and for other purposes. S.26: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a program demonstrating multiple approaches to Lifelong Learning Accounts, which are portable, worker-owned savings accounts that can be used by workers to help finance education, training, and apprenticeships and which are intended to supplement both public and employer-provided education and training resources, and for other purposes. S.58: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and entertainment. S.96: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure a fairer and simpler method of taxing controlled foreign corporations of United States shareholders, to treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled in the United States as domestic corporations, to codify the economic substance doctrine, and to eliminate the top corporate income tax rate, and for other purposes. S.102: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and to repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends for 2009 and 2010. S.141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently increase the maximum annual contribution allowed to be made to Coverdell education savings accounts, and to provide for a deduction for contributions to education savings accounts. S.2239: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes. S.2374: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. S.2547: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. S.2741: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for disability savings accounts. S.3049: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to low and moderate income individuals, to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax, to reform the corporate income tax, and for other purposes. S.3125: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. S.3278: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using a credit card or other intermediary and to limit the number of loans that may be made from a qualified employer plan to a participant or beneficiary. S.3284: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the estate tax as in effect in 2009, and for other purposes. S.3335: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. S.3557: to encourage savings, promote financial literacy, and expand opportunities for young adults by establishing KIDS Accounts. S. 3717: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental products.
Client expense: $515,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2008 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 2206, Emergency Supplemental - U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraqi Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007; H.R. 2370, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007; S. 2741, Disability Savings Accounts; S.2743, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2008 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Regulation and Accountablity of Nonprofits; PL 109-280: Pension Protection Act; HR 1419/S 819: IRA Rollover for the Public Good Act of 2007; HR 2370/S 2734: Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007; S 2741: Disability Savings Act of 2008; HR 6854: Fair Deal for Volunteers Act of 2007; S 3532: Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act of 2008; HR 1424: Emergency Economic Stabiliztion Act of 2008 (HR 1419/S 819: IRA Rollover for the Public Good Act).
Client expense: $78,906 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2008 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
HR 2370/ S 2743 - Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 S 2730- Clean Energy Investment Bank Act of 2008 S 2741 - Disability Savings Act of 2008
Client expense: $34,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2008 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 2370, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007; S. 2741, Disability Savings Accounts; S.2743, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2008 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 2370, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007, relating to savings accounts for the disabled, all provisions; S. 2741, Disability Savings Act of 2008, relating to savings accounts for the disabled, all provisions; S. 2743, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2008, relating to savings accounts for the disabled, all provisions; S. 2950, Helping HANDS for Autism Act of 2008, relating to autism services, awareness, and housing, all provisions H.R. 5658, Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, relating to defense authorizations, provisions relating to care for children with autism; H.R.6930, relating to extending benefits for certain autistic dependents of certain retirees, all provisions; Autism Treatment Acceleration Act of 2008, relating to autism treatment, services, case registry, awareness, and health insurance, all provisions.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2008 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 2370, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007; S. 2741, Disability Savings Accounts; S.2743, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2008 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Regulation and Accountablity of Nonprofits; PL 109-280: Pension Protection Act; HR 1419/S 819: IRA Rollover for the Public Good Act of 2007; HR 2370/S 2734: Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007; S 2741: Disability Savings Act of 2008; HR 6854: Fair Deal for Volunteers Act of 2007; S 3532: Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act of 2008; HR 1424: Emergency Economic Stabiliztion Act of 2008 (HR 1419/S 819: IRA Rollover for the Public Good Act).
Client expense: $115,423 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2008 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Flexible Spending Accounts Growth and Opportunities Act of 2007 - H.R. 298 The Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2008 H.R. 758 Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2007 - H.R. 1322 Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act 0f 2007 - H.R. 1424 Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act - H.R. 1820 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 - H.R. 1956 Promoting Health for Future Generations Act - H.R. 2639 Michelles Law H.R. 2851 Childrens Health and Medicare Act of 2007 - H.R. 3162 Healthy Americans Act - H.R. 3163 HSA Improvement and Expansion Act - H.R. 3234 Flexible Health Savings Act - H.R. 3306 Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007 - H.R. 3363 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - H.R. 3685 Promoting Health Information Technology Act H.R. 3800 Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007/Heroes Earnings Assistance and Tax Relief Act of 2007-title as passed - H.R. 3997 Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-Meds) H.R. 4848 Mental Health Parity Extension Legislation - H.R. 4848 Technologies for Restoring Users Security and Trust in (TRUST) in Health Information Act of 2008 - H.R. 5442 Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act H.R. 5719 Promoting Health Information Technology Act of 2008 H.R. 6179 Retiree Health Account Act of 2008 H.R. 6288 Pension Protection Act ERISA Amendments H.R. 6143 ERISA Amendments HR 6142 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 H.R. 6331 Patient-Controlled Health IT Act H.R. 6345 Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication Through Healthcare Technology Act of 2008 The Pro (TECH) T Act of 2008 - H.R. 6357 Health Insurance Source of Injury Clarification Act of 2008 H.R. 6908 Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008 H.R. 6898 Senate Health Partnership Act - S. 325 Healthy Americans Act - S. 334 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - 358 Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 - S. 558 Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act - S. 623 Universal Health Care Choice and Access Act - S. 1019 State-based Health Care Reform Act - S. 1169 Medicare Quality Enhancement Act - S. 1544 Tax Equity for Domestic Partner and Health Beneficiaries Act - S. 1556 Wired for Health Care Quality Act - S. 1693 Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act - S. 1695 Healthy Workforce Act - S. 1753 Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (the CLASS Act) - S. 1758 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act - S. 1893 Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007 - S. 2337 Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 - S. 2499 Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 - S. 2662 Disability Savings Act - S. 2741 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - S. 3101 Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 S. 3118 Comparative Effectiveness Research Act S. 3408
2008 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 2370, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007, relating to savings accounts for the disabled, all provisions; S. 2741, Disability Savings Act of 2008, relating to savings accounts for the disabled, all provisions; S. 2743, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2008, relating to savings accounts for the disabled, all provisions; S. 2950, Helping HANDS for Autism Act of 2008, relating to autism services, awareness, and housing, all provisions; H.R. 5658, Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, relating to defense authorizations, provisions relating to care for children with autism; H.R. 6930, Authorizing extended benefits for certain autistic dependents of certain retirees, all provisions.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2008 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R.32: To provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining the minimum wage. H.R.126: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow loans from individual retirement plans for qualified small business capital assets. H.R.298: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow amounts in a health flexible spending arrangement that are unused during a plan year to be carried over to the next plan year. H.R.527: To help American families save, invest, and build a better future, and for other purposes. H.R.640: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit financial institutions to determine their interest expense deduction without regard to tax-exempt bonds issued to provide certain small loans for health care or educational purposes. H.R.666: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that amounts paid for employer-provided coverage under accident or health plans be included on W-2 Forms. H.R.892: To establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes. H.R.1672: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny qualified dividend income treatment to certain foreign dividends. H.R.1748: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use. H.R. 2163: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand incentives for saving. H.R. 2205: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R.2834: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services. H.R.3221: A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. H.R. 3475: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5 million, to adjust such amount for inflation, to repeal the one-year termination of the estate tax, and for other purposes. H.R. 3694: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide corporate alternative minimum tax reform. H.R. 3717: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the costs of implementing wellness programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 3923: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain foreign nonqualified deferred compensation. H.R. 3947: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a carryforward of unused benefits in health flexible spending arrangements. H.R. 3970: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to low and moderate income individuals, to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax, to reform the corporate income tax, and for other purposes. H.R. 3975: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 100 percent deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals. H.R. 3996: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. H.R. 4172: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3.5 million. H.R. 4195: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections.H.R. 4235: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax, to repeal the carryover basis rule, to reduce estate tax rates by 20 percent, to increase the unified credit against estate and gift taxes to the equivalent of a $3 million exclusion and to provide an inflation adjustment of such amount, and for other purposes. H.R.5031: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend relief from the alternative minimum tax. H.R.5105: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. H.R.5455: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability. H.R.5559: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs. H.R.6049: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. H.R.6275: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes. H. R. 6499: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the estate and gift tax. H.R.6899: To advance the national security interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation sectors, and for other purposes. S.26: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a program demonstrating multiple approaches to Lifelong Learning Accounts, which are portable, worker-owned savings accounts that can be used by workers to help finance education, training, and apprenticeships and which are intended to supplement both public and employer-provided education and training resources, and for other purposes. S.58: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and entertainment. S.96: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure a fairer and simpler method of taxing controlled foreign corporations of United States shareholders, to treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled in the United States as domestic corporations, to codify the economic substance doctrine, and to eliminate the top corporate income tax rate, and for other purposes. S.102: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and to repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends for 2009 and 2010. S.141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently increase the maximum annual contribution allowed to be made to Coverdell education savings accounts, and to provide for a deduction for contributions to education savings accounts. S.2239: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes. S.2374: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. S.2547: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. S.2741: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for disability savings accounts. S.3049: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to low and moderate income individuals, to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax, to reform the corporate income tax, and for other purposes. S.3125: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. S.3278: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using a credit card or other intermediary and to limit the number of loans that may be made from a qualified employer plan to a participant or beneficiary. S.3284: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the estate tax as in effect in 2009, and for other purposes. S.3335: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. S.3557: to encourage savings, promote financial literacy, and expand opportunities for young adults by establishing KIDS Accounts.
2008 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
HR 2370/ S 2743 - Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 S 2730- Clean Energy Investment Bank Act of 2008 S 2741 - Disability Savings Act of 2008
Client expense: $51,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2008 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R.32: To provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining the minimum wage. H.R.126: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow loans from individual retirement plans for qualified small business capital assets. H.R.298: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow amounts in a health flexible spending arrangement that are unused during a plan year to be carried over to the next plan year. H.R.527: To help American families save, invest, and build a better future, and for other purposes. H.R.640: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit financial institutions to determine their interest expense deduction without regard to tax-exempt bonds issued to provide certain small loans for health care or educational purposes. H.R.666: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that amounts paid for employer-provided coverage under accident or health plans be included on W-2 Forms. H.R.892: To establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes. H.R.1672: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny qualified dividend income treatment to certain foreign dividends. H.R.1748: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use. H.R. 2163: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand incentives for saving. H.R. 2205: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R.2834: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services. H.R. 3475: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5 million, to adjust such amount for inflation, to repeal the one-year termination of the estate tax, and for other purposes. H.R. 3694: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide corporate alternative minimum tax reform. H.R. 3717: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the costs of implementing wellness programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 3923: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain foreign nonqualified deferred compensation. H.R. 3947: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a carryforward of unused benefits in health flexible spending arrangements. H.R. 3970: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to low and moderate income individuals, to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax, to reform the corporate income tax, and for other purposes. H.R. 3975: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 100 percent deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals. H.R. 3996: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. H.R. 4172: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3.5 million. H.R. 4195: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections. H.R. 4235: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax, to repeal the carryover basis rule, to reduce estate tax rates by 20 percent, to increase the unified credit against estate and gift taxes to the equivalent of a $3 million exclusion and to provide an inflation adjustment of such amount, and for other purposes. H.R.5031: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend relief from the alternative minimum tax. H.R.5105: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. H.R.5455: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability. H.R.5559: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs. S.26: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a program demonstrating multiple approaches to Lifelong Learning Accounts, which are portable, worker-owned savings accounts that can be used by workers to help finance education, training, and apprenticeships and which are intended to supplement both public and employer-provided education and training resources, and for other purposes. S.58: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and entertainment. S.96: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure a fairer and simpler method of taxing controlled foreign corporations of United States shareholders, to treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled in the United States as domestic corporations, to codify the economic substance doctrine, and to eliminate the top corporate income tax rate, and for other purposes. S.102: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and to repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends for 2009 and 2010. S.141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently increase the maximum annual contribution allowed to be made to Coverdell education savings accounts, and to provide for a deduction for contributions to education savings accounts. S. 2239: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes. S. 2374: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. S.2547: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. S.2741: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for disability savings accounts. S.3049: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to low and moderate income individuals, to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax, to reform the corporate income tax, and for other purposes. S.3125: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
2008 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 2370, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007; S. 2741, Disability Savings Accounts; S.2743, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2008 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Flexible Spending Accounts Growth and Opportunities Act of 2007 - H.R. 298 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - H.R. 493 Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2007 - H.R. 1322 Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act 0f 2007 - H.R. 1424 Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act - H.R. 1820 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 - H.R. 1956 Promoting Health for Future Generations Act - H.R. 2639 Childrens Health and Medicare Act of 2007 - H.R. 3162 Healthy Americans Act - H.R. 3163 HSA Improvement and Expansion Act - H.R. 3234 Flexible Health Savings Act - H.R. 3306 Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007 - H.R. 3363 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - H.R. 3685 Promoting Health Information Technology Act H.R. 3800 Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007/Heroes Earnings Assistance and Tax Relief Act of 2007-title as passed - H.R. 3997 Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-Meds) H.R. 4848 Mental Health Parity Extension Legislation - H.R. 4848 Technologies for Restoring Users Security and Trust in (TRUST) in Health Information Act of 2008 - H.R. 5442 Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act H.R. 5719 Promoting Health Information Technology Act of 2008 H.R. 6179 Retiree Health Account Act of 2008 H.R. 6288 Pension Protection Act ERISA Amendments H.R. 6143 ERISA Amendments HR 6142 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 H.R. 6331 Patient-Controlled Health IT Act H.R. 6345 Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication Through Healthcare Technology Act of 2008 The Pro (TECH) T Act of 2008 - H.R. 6357 Health Partnership Act - S. 325 Healthy Americans Act - S. 334 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - 358 Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 - S. 558 Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act - S. 623 Universal Health Care Choice and Access Act - S. 1019 State-based Health Care Reform Act - S. 1169 Medicare Quality Enhancement Act - S. 1544 Tax Equity for Domestic Partner and Health Beneficiaries Act - S. 1556 Wired for Health Care Quality Act - S. 1693 Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act - S. 1695 Healthy Workforce Act - S. 1753 Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (the CLASS Act) - S. 1758 Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act - S. 1893 Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007 - S. 2337 Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 - S. 2499 Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 - S. 2662 Disability Savings Act - S. 2741 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - S. 3101 Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 - S. 3118 Regulatory - communication with covered federal officials on legislative issues: White House, Executive Office of the President - mental health parity (H.R. 1424/S. 558) & Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) (H.R 5719) Department of Labor (DOL) mental health parity (H.R. 1424/S. 558)
2008 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 2370, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007, relating to savings accounts for the disabled, all provisions; S. 2741, Disability Savings Act of 2008, relating to savings accounts for the disabled, all provisions; S. 2743, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2008, relating to savings accounts for the disabled, all provisions; S. 2950, Helping HANDS for Autism Act of 2008, relating to autism services, awareness, and housing, all provisions H.R. 5658, Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, relating to defense authorizations, provisions relating to care for children with autism.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2008 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R.32: To provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining the minimum wage. H.R.126: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow loans from individual retirement plans for qualified small business capital assets. H.R.298: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow amounts in a health flexible spending arrangement that are unused during a plan year to be carried over to the next plan year. H.R.527: To help American families save, invest, and build a better future, and for other purposes. H.R.640: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit financial institutions to determine their interest expense deduction without regard to tax-exempt bonds issued to provide certain small loans for health care or educational purposes. H.R.666: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that amounts paid for employer-provided coverage under accident or health plans be included on W-2 Forms. H.R.892: To establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes. H.R.1672: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny qualified dividend income treatment to certain foreign dividends. H.R.1748: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use. H.R. 2163: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand incentives for saving. H.R. 2205: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R.2834: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services. H.R. 3475: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5 million, to adjust such amount for inflation, to repeal the one-year termination of the estate tax, and for other purposes. H.R. 3694: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide corporate alternative minimum tax reform. H.R. 3717: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the costs of implementing wellness programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 3923: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain foreign nonqualified deferred compensation. H.R. 3947: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a carryforward of unused benefits in health flexible spending arrangements. H.R. 3970: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to low and moderate income individuals, to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax, to reform the corporate income tax, and for other purposes. H.R. 3975: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 100 percent deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals. H.R. 3996: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. H.R. 4172: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3.5 million. H.R. 4195: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections. H.R. 4235: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax, to repeal the carryover basis rule, to reduce estate tax rates by 20 percent, to increase the unified credit against estate and gift taxes to the equivalent of a $3 million exclusion and to provide an inflation adjustment of such amount, and for other purposes. H.R.5031: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend relief from the alternative minimum tax. H.R.5105: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. H.R.5455: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability. H.R.5559: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs. S.26: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a program demonstrating multiple approaches to Lifelong Learning Accounts, which are portable, worker-owned savings accounts that can be used by workers to help finance education, training, and apprenticeships and which are intended to supplement both public and employer-provided education and training resources, and for other purposes. S.58: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and entertainment. S.96: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure a fairer and simpler method of taxing controlled foreign corporations of United States shareholders, to treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled in the United States as domestic corporations, to codify the economic substance doctrine, and to eliminate the top corporate income tax rate, and for other purposes. S.102: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and to repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends for 2009 and 2010. S.141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently increase the maximum annual contribution allowed to be made to Coverdell education savings accounts, and to provide for a deduction for contributions to education savings accounts. S. 2239: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes. S. 2374: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. S.2547: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. S.2741: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for disability savings accounts. S.3049: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to low and moderate income individuals, to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax, to reform the corporate income tax, and for other purposes. S.3125: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
2008 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Regulation and Accountablity of Nonprofits; PL 109-280: Pension Protection Act; HR 1419/S 819: IRA Rollover for the Public Good Act of 2007; HR 2370/S 2734: Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007; S 2741: Disability Savings Act of 2008.
Client expense: $121,956 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2008 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
HR 2370 - Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 S 2730- Clean Energy Investment Bank Act of 2008 S 2741 - Disability Savings Act of 2008
Client expense: $68,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2008 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R.32: To provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining the minimum wage. H.R.126: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow loans from individual retirement plans for qualified small business capital assets. H.R.298: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow amounts in a health flexible spending arrangement that are unused during a plan year to be carried over to the next plan year. H.R.527: To help American families save, invest, and build a better future, and for other purposes. H.R.640: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit financial institutions to determine their interest expense deduction without regard to tax-exempt bonds issued to provide certain small loans for health care or educational purposes. H.R.666: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that amounts paid for employer-provided coverage under accident or health plans be included on W-2 Forms. H.R.892: To establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes. H.R.1672: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny qualified dividend income treatment to certain foreign dividends. H.R.1748: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use. H.R. 2163: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand incentives for saving. H.R. 2205: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R.2834: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services. H.R. 3475: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5 million, to adjust such amount for inflation, to repeal the one-year termination of the estate tax, and for other purposes. H.R. 3694: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide corporate alternative minimum tax reform. H.R. 3717: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the costs of implementing wellness programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 3923: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain foreign nonqualified deferred compensation. H.R. 3947: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a carryforward of unused benefits in health flexible spending arrangements. H.R. 3975: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 100 percent deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals. H.R. 3996: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. H.R. 4172: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3.5 million. H.R. 4195: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections. H.R. 4235: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax, to repeal the carryover basis rule, to reduce estate tax rates by 20 percent, to increase the unified credit against estate and gift taxes to the equivalent of a $3 million exclusion and to provide an inflation adjustment of such amount, and for other purposes. H.R.5031: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend relief from the alternative minimum tax. H.R.5105: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. H.R.5455: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability. H.R.5559: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs. S.26: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a program demonstrating multiple approaches to Lifelong Learning Accounts, which are portable, worker-owned savings accounts that can be used by workers to help finance education, training, and apprenticeships and which are intended to supplement both public and employer-provided education and training resources, and for other purposes. S.58: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and entertainment. S.96: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure a fairer and simpler method of taxing controlled foreign corporations of United States shareholders, to treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled in the United States as domestic corporations, to codify the economic substance doctrine, and to eliminate the top corporate income tax rate, and for other purposes. S.102: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and to repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends for 2009 and 2010. S.141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently increase the maximum annual contribution allowed to be made to Coverdell education savings accounts, and to provide for a deduction for contributions to education savings accounts. S. 2239: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes. S. 2374: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. S.2547: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. S.2741: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for disability savings accounts.
2008 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 2206, Emergency Supplemental - U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraqi Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007; H.R. 2370, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007; S. 2741, Disability Savings Accounts; S.2743, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2008 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (H.R. 4) National Health Insurance Act (H.R. 15) Flexible Spending Accounts Growth and Opportunities Act of 2007 (H.R. 298) Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 493) Health Partnership through Creative Federalism Act (H.R. 506) Childrens Health Insurance (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 976) Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (H.R. 1038) Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2007 (H.R. 1322) Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act 0f 2007 (H.R. 1424) Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act (H.R. 1820) Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 (H.R. 1956) Promoting Health for Future Generations Act (H.R. 2639) Childrens Health and Medicare Act of 2007 (H.R. 3162) Healthy Americans Act (H.R. 3163) HSA Improvement and Expansion Act (H.R. 3234) Flexible Health Savings Act (H.R. 3306) Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007 (H.R. 3363) Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (H.R. 3370) Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 3685) Early Warning and Health Care for Workers Affected by Globalization Act (H. R. 3796) Trade and Globalization Assistance Act (H.R. 3920) Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007/Heroes Earnings Assistance and Tax Relief Act of 2007-title as passed (H.R. 3997) Mental Health Parity Extension Legislation (H.R. 4848) Technologies for Restoring Users Security and Trust in (TRUST) in Health Information Act of 2008 (H.R. 5442) Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extensions Act of 2007 Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 (H.R. 5480) Senate Medicare Prescription Drug Negotiation Act of 2007 (S. 3) Health Partnership Act (S. 325) Healthy Americans Act (S. 334) Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (S. 358) Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 (S. 558) Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (S. 623) Universal Health Care Choice and Access Act (S. 1019) State-based Health Care Reform Act (S. 1169) Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (S. 1544) Tax Equity for Domestic Partner and Health Beneficiaries Act (S. 1556) Wired for Health Care Quality Act (S. 1693) Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (S. 1695) Healthy Workforce Act (S. 1753) Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (the CLASS Act) (S. 1758) Ten Steps to Transform Health Care in America Act (S. 1783) Healthy Tax Reform Act (S. 1875) Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act (S. 1893) Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007 (S. 2337) Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (S. 2499) Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 (S. 2662) Disability Savings Act (S. 2741) Regulatory communication with covered federal officials on legislative issues. HHS value-driven health care and health information technology (S. 1693), Medicare funding (H.R. 5480/S. 2662) DOL ERISA case - employer health spending requirements mandate in San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance White House mental health parity (H.R. 1424/S. 558)
2008 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 2206, Emergency Supplemental - U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraqi Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007; H.R. 2370, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007; S. 2741, Disability Savings Accounts; S.2743, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2008 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R.32: To provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining the minimum wage. H.R.126: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow loans from individual retirement plans for qualified small business capital assets. H.R.298: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow amounts in a health flexible spending arrangement that are unused during a plan year to be carried over to the next plan year. H.R.527: To help American families save, invest, and build a better future, and for other purposes. H.R.640: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit financial institutions to determine their interest expense deduction without regard to tax-exempt bonds issued to provide certain small loans for health care or educational purposes. H.R.666: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that amounts paid for employer-provided coverage under accident or health plans be included on W-2 Forms. H.R.892: To establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes. H.R.1672: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny qualified dividend income treatment to certain foreign dividends. H.R.1748: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use. H.R. 2163: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand incentives for saving. H.R. 2205: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R.2834: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services. H.R. 3475: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5 million, to adjust such amount for inflation, to repeal the one-year termination of the estate tax, and for other purposes. H.R. 3694: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide corporate alternative minimum tax reform. H.R. 3717: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the costs of implementing wellness programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 3923: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain foreign nonqualified deferred compensation. H.R. 3947: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a carryforward of unused benefits in health flexible spending arrangements. H.R. 3975: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 100 percent deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals. H.R. 3996: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. H.R. 4172: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3.5 million. H.R. 4195: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections. H.R. 4235: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax, to repeal the carryover basis rule, to reduce estate tax rates by 20 percent, to increase the unified credit against estate and gift taxes to the equivalent of a $3 million exclusion and to provide an inflation adjustment of such amount, and for other purposes. H.R.5031: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend relief from the alternative minimum tax. H.R.5105: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. H.R.5455: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make nondischargeable debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability. H.R.5559: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs. S.26: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a program demonstrating multiple approaches to Lifelong Learning Accounts, which are portable, worker-owned savings accounts that can be used by workers to help finance education, training, and apprenticeships and which are intended to supplement both public and employer-provided education and training resources, and for other purposes. S.58: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and entertainment. S.96: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure a fairer and simpler method of taxing controlled foreign corporations of United States shareholders, to treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled in the United States as domestic corporations, to codify the economic substance doctrine, and to eliminate the top corporate income tax rate, and for other purposes. S.102: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and to repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends for 2009 and 2010. S.141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently increase the maximum annual contribution allowed to be made to Coverdell education savings accounts, and to provide for a deduction for contributions to education savings accounts. S. 2239: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes. S. 2374: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. S.2547: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. S.2741: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for disability savings accounts.
2008 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Regulation and Accountablity of Nonprofits; PL 109-280: Pension Protection Act; HR 1419/S 819: IRA Rollover for the Public Good Act of 2007; HR 2370/S 2734: Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007; S 2741: Disability Savings Act of 2008.
Client expense: $125,221 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: $246,723 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $470,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $228,003 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $289,643 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)