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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1455 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW |
Address2 | 10th Floor |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20004 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 2640-12
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6. House ID# 307720000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
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 | |
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. | ||||||||
Method A.
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: Mark Peterson, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs |
Date | 07/20/2012 |
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 ACC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Dodd Frank Act implemenation (Sections 913, 914, 922, 929Y, 929Z, 982); HR 2146/S 1222- Data Act of 2011 - provisions dealing with data standards; HR 2943 - Short Term TANF Extension Act; HR 3339 - Standard DATA Act - provision dealing with data standards. HR 3213 - Small Company Job Growth Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. HR 2483 - Whistleblower Improvement Avt of 2011. HR 3630 - Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 - provisions dealing with social security data standards.
HR 3659 - Welfare Integrity and Data Improvement Act j- provisions dealing with social security data standards. HR 3433 - GRANT Act - website reporting sectionsand single audit sections. HR 2056 - Provisions relating to accounting treatment (c)(2)(c) and section 3(a)(2). S 1962 and HR 2941 - Start-up Expansion and Investment Act. HR 1723 - Common Sense Economic Recovery Act - provisions relating to non-accrual loans. HR 1697 - Communities First Act. HR 1070 - Small Company Capital Formation - provisions on yearly audits. HR 3606 and S 1933 - Jump Start Our Business Startups Act - provisions on audits and accounting standards. S 1866 and HR 3476 - AGREE Act - provisions on audits. HR 3655 - Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011 - provisions on audits. SA 936 to HR 2354 - provisions on audits. S 1965 - Startup Act of 2011 - GAO study on audit costs. S 1962 - Startup Expansion and Investment Act - provisions on audits. Data Act, HR 2146 - provisions dealing with government conferences. HR 4631 - provisions dealing with government conferences. S 1907/HR 3505 - dealing with PCAOB disciplinary hearings.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Mark |
Peterson |
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Peter |
Kravitz |
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Diana |
Deem |
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Brady |
King |
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Rep Chet Edwards; Sen Mark Dayton (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #2 |
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Sen Edward Kennedy; Rep Allen Boyd (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #3 |
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Rep Tim Maloney; Sen Roland Burris |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker |
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Rep Stevan Pearce; Rep Donald Manzullo (contd) |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker #2 |
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Rep JoAnn Davis; Rep Mark Kennedy |
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Chuck |
Landes |
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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 BAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Dodd Frank Act implementation (Section 913, 914, 922, 929Y, 929Z, 982); HR 2146/S 1222 - Data Act of 2011 - provisions dealing with data standards; HR 2483 - Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2011; HR 2827 - provisions dealing with exemption for municiple advisors; S 1483 - Incorporation Transparacy and Law Enforcement Assistance Act - provisions dealing with public disclosure of beneficial owners of private companies; HR 2056 - To instruct the Inspector General of FDIC to study the impact of
insured depository institutions failures - regulatory capital provisions
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Mark |
Peterson |
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Peter |
Kravitz |
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Diana |
Deem |
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Brady |
King |
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Rep Chet Edwards; Sen Mark Dayton (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #2 |
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Sen Edwards Kennedy; Rep Allen Boyd (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #3 |
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Rep Tim Maloney; Sen Roland Burris |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker |
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Rep Stevan Pearce; Rep Donald Manzullo (cont'd) |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker #2 |
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Rep JoAnn Davis; Rep Mark Kennedy |
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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 2827 - To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Mark |
Peterson |
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Peter |
Kravitz |
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Diana |
Deem |
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Brady |
King |
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Rep Chet Edwards; Sen Mark Dayton (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #2 |
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Sen Edward Kennedy; Rep Allen Boyd (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #3 |
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Rep Tim Maloney; Sen Roland Burris |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker |
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Rep Stevan Pearce; Rep Donald Manzullo (cont'd) |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker #2 |
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Rep JoAnn Davis; Rep Mark Kennedy |
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 POS
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 1789ES - 21st Century Postal Reform Act - provisions dealing with government conferences
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Mark |
Peterson |
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Peter |
Kravitz |
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Diana |
Deem |
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Brady |
King |
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Rep Chet Edwards; Sen Mark Dayton (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #2 |
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Sen Edward Kennedy; Rep Allen Boyd (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #3 |
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Rep Tim Maloney; Sen Roland Burris |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker |
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Rep Stevan Pearce; Rep Donald Manzullo (cont'd) |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker #2 |
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Rep JoAnn Davis; Rep Mark Kennedy |
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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Appraisals of ESOPs DOL Fiduciary Rule; S 1232 - Exempt Appraisals from Fiduciary Definition
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Mark |
Peterson |
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Peter |
Kravitz |
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Diana |
Deem |
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Brady |
King |
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Rep Chet Edwards; Sen Mark Dayton (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #2 |
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Sen Edward Kennedy; Rep Allen Boyd (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #3 |
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Rep Tim Maloney; Sen Roland Burris |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker |
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Rep Stevan Pearce; Rep Donald Manzullo (cont'd) |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker #2 |
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Rep JoAnn Davis; Rep Mark Kennedy |
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
IC Section 67(e) Deductibility of trust administration expenses; Circular 230 - Preparer regulation including PTIN regulations, nonsigning preparers; AMT; S 845/HR 2382 - Tax Return Due Dates. HR 674/S 89/S 164/S 1720/S 1726/S 1762/S1885. Repeal full vesting on partial termination of qualified retirement plans; Harmonize and simplify education incentives; Revise the due date of the reporting requirement for foreign banks and financial accounts; Allow for abatement of a Section 6707A penalty of the taxpayer
acts reasonable and in good faith; Repeal the Section 7122(c)(I) requirement to provide a 20% partial payment with lump sum offer in compromise; Amend Section 118 to apply to partnerships; Allow spouses (and divorced spouses) to transfer partnership suspended losses to one another; Allow S Corps to have nonresidential aliens as shareholders and potential current beneficiaries of electing small business trusts; Modification of information reporting requirements under tax law; Employment tax treatment of S Corporations; Corrections on nonqualified deferred compensation plan failures under Section 490(A); Built in gains and losses relating to partnership mergers under Section 704(c); Exempt status of hospitals; Office visits of tax return preparers by IRS; Foreign trusts aspects of FBAR; Carryover basis issues; HR 1864 (Mobile workforce); IRS requests for accounting software; IRS uncertain tax return position programs (including Scedule M-3); Foreign bank account reporting (FinCen); Discussions with Bank Security Act Advisory Group; Mandatory e-filing of FBARs; Form 990 Revisions; IRS suitability checks/fingerprinting and F0IA requests related to PTIN Program; GST legislative modifications; Form 706/Form 8939 - carryover basis issues; taxation of large partnerships; HR 1697 - Community Banking Relief; IRS Real Time Tax System; Form 8938 (requests for foreign financial information); Form 8949/Form 1099B (basis reporting); Form 8937 (Corporate organziational changes); Preparer fraud penalty; Treasury/IRS regulatory business plan; Notice 2011-101 - Change in trust beneficial interests ("decanting"); TD 9522 and controlled groups that include S Corps for Section 179 purposes; Alternate valuation method under Section 2032; Enactment of permanent gift, estate and GST tax provisions; Make permanent GSTT technical modifications in EGTRRA; Administrative relief or late QTIP and QRT elections; S 2271 - S Corporation "fast-track" elections; Carried interests. HR 4106; S Corp Modernization Act of 2011 - HR 1478. HR 5630 - Fraudulent under statement of a taxpayers' liability by a tax return preparer; IRS guidance related to tangible property capitalization; Farm Service Agency/Agriculture Department - "Certifications" under Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Comments to IRS on penalties for certain late filings resulting from inadvertant partnership technical terminations; IRS/Treasury regulatory business plan comments; S 2271 - Support for "The Small Business Election Simplification Act"; Gift card regulatory guidance (IRS); Identity theft issues including ITIN Guidance (IRS) and roundtable hosted by Rep. Bilirakis; CPA definition for IRS PTIN database; Taxpayer's Hassle Reduction Act (Rep. Tim Scott (SC)); IRS 2012 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program; Rev. Proc. 99-5 & 99-6 - conversions from a single member LLC to a partnership (and vice versa)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of
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 |
Mark |
Peterson |
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Peter |
Kravitz |
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Diana |
Deem |
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Edward |
Karl |
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Brady |
King |
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Rep Chet Edwards; Sen Mark Dayton (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #2 |
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Sen Edward Kennedy; Rep Allen Boyd (cont'd) |
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Brady |
King #3 |
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Rep Tim Maloney; Sen Roland Burris |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker |
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Rep Stevan Pearce; Rep Donald Manzullo (cont'd) |
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Kathryn |
Schmucker |
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Rep JoAnn Davis; Rep Mark Kennedy |
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Marc |
Hyman |
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Benson |
Goldstein |
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Eileen |
Sherr |
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Abraham |
Schneier |
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Michelle |
Koroghlanian |
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Melissa |
Labant |
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Jina |
Etienne |
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Melanie |
Lauridsen |
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Kristin |
Esposito |
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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
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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