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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 5920 Munson Court |
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City | Falls Church |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22041 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | Falls Church |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22041 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 400275302-12
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6. House ID# 401130000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2018 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Paul E Suplizio |
Date | 10/2/2018 8:43:18 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support appropriations to administer work opportunity tax credit for fiscal years 2019-2026. Support H.R. 3652 to make the work opportunity tax credit (WOTC) permanent. Expand WOTC eligibility to private non-profit employers and to the following additional categories of workers: spouses of active duty military; transitioning foster youth; new hires in opportunity zones; disconnected youth; food stamp recipients without age limitation; Native Americans receiving any form of means-tested public assistance; and people with disabilities receiving cash Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) payments. Increase WOTC benefit amounts for people with disabilities, Iran/Iraq veterans, and dependents of active duty military personnel. Expand WOTC job opportunities by allowing WOTC to be claimed against FICA tax (with Treasury reimbursement to Social Security trust funds, the cost to the Federal government is the same as if taken against income tax), and open up more health and education jobs by authorizing WOTC for private non-profit organizations.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Paul E |
Suplizio |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support H.R. 3652 making work opportunity tax credit permanent. Support permanent work opportunity tax credit, Empowerment Zone Tax Credit, and Indian Employment Tax Credit in pending Ways and Means and Finance Committee tax bills. Support repeal of so much of Section 59, Base Erosion Anti-Abuse Tax, as pertains to WOTC.
See also recommendations to Congress for important program improvements under "Labor Issues."
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Paul E |
Suplizio |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code VET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support H.R. 3652 making permanent the work opportunity tax credit (WOTC) including VOW To Hire Heroes Act veterans employment tax credits. Support permanent WOTC in pending Ways and Means and Finance Committee bills, including increased benefit for disabled and Iraq-Afgan era veterans, and eligibility for dependents of active duty service members. Oppose so much of Section 59 Base Erosion Anti-Abuse Tax as pertains to WOTC.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Veterans Employment & Training Service, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Paul E |
Suplizio |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code WEL
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support permanent eligibility for the work opportunity tax credit for persons receiving the following types of public assistance: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) also known as Food Stamps, Social Security Disability Insurance cash assistance, and Supplemental Security Income for the aged, blind, and disabled (SSI). Support increased availability of good jobs for WOTC-eligible workers by making private non-profit organizations eligible for WOTC.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Paul E |
Suplizio |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support eligibility for the work opportunity tax credit for the following categories of people with disabilities: recipients of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) cash assistance; recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) cash assistance; and persons referred to an eligible employer by a public Vocational Rehabilitation Agency or Employment Network established under the Social Security Act. Support increase in WOTC benefit for the above to encourage more hiring of people with disabilities, which reduces cash payouts for SSDI and other programs.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Paul E |
Suplizio |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FAM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Research has established that young men and women in foster care who reach the age of 18 and exit foster care suffer severe hardships in connecting to communities and the workforce, with consequent barriers to supporting themselves. We support allowing employers to claim the work opportunity tax credit for a new target group, "transitioning foster youth," as an incentive to giving special consideration to these youth when they apply for employment.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Paul E |
Suplizio |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
State, Local, and Tribal governments' welfare, disability, employment, and economic development services rely on the work opportunity tax credit as an incentive for hiring an eligible worker receiving public assistance or deserving of special consideration in hiring, such as veterans, people with disabilities, ex-felons exiting confinement, disconnected youth, long-term unemployed, and unemployed workers applying for work in empowerment zones or in opportunity zones established under HR 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or in more than 300 designated distressed rural counties. Also support existing Empowerment Zone tax credit for individuals residing in empowerment zones. We support permanent continuation of WOTC, Empowerment Zone, Opportunity Zone, and Indian Employment tax credits as job development and placement tools for government agencies who are on the firing line working to train and place these populations into good jobs.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Paul E |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code IND
16. Specific lobbying issues
Congress has allowed the Indian Employment Tax Credit to expire, yet Native Americans have such high rates of unemployment and low earnings, both on and off the reservation, that large numbers continue to require public assistance to survive. We support allowing the work opportunity tax credit to eligible employers who hire Native Americans receiving any form of needs-based public or tribal assistance eligible to cover workers whose families live on reservations but sometimes travel long distances to find jobs off reservations. The meaning of "eligible employers" follows policy set by Congress in the now-expired Indian Employment Tax Credit, that is, gambling casinos owned, controlled, or operated by a tribe or tribes are not eligible.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Paul E |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code UNM
16. Specific lobbying issues
The primary aim of the work opportunity tax credit is to increase opportunity, income mobility, and advancement of "structurally unemployed" populations who bear actual or perceived limitations that disadvantage them, relative to non-disadvantaged workers, when seeking employment in the private sector. Much evidence-based research finds WOTC to be the most cost-effective federal program for reducing welfare and poverty by expanding job opportunity via a modest and limited financial incentive to employers who hire the most seriously disadvantaged workers for productive, tax-paying jobs in the private sector and pay all compensation costs for these workers other than the capped WOTC credit. WOTC is critical to sustaining workforce attachment for those with highest rates of poverty and welfare costs because steady work supports further education and household formation which are known to yield wage gains and income mobility over time.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Paul E |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ECN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Work Opportunity Tax Credit supports public economic development via a modest and capped financial incentive to employers who hire workers in high-poverty areas including empowerment zones and more than 300 federally-designated rural renewal counties where economic development is lagging. With passage in HR 1 of state-designated opportunity zones in major urban areas of high poverty, we support authorizing the work opportunity tax credit for new hires of those who live and work in such zones, both to expand job opportunity and to spark immediate momentum for economic development through hiring of WOTC-eligible workers, which is essential since private investment will take time to make an impact on the zones.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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