Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

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

Issues impacting the accounting and auditing profession;

Accounting standards for cryptocurrency;

Implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act; legislation related to services firms in Russia, including H.R. 7080, Nowhere to Hide Oligarchs Act and H.R. 7185, the Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act;

Independence of accounting standard setting;

PCAOB matters, including disciplinary proceedings, inspections, and whistleblowers, including PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2021, S. 2009;

False Claims Amendments Act of 2021, S. 2428;

H.R. 5535, the Establishing New Authorities for Businesses Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security Act; and

H.R. 7185, the Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act.

Cybersecurity issues (Department of Defense only).

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Defense - Dept of (DOD)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

General issues related to multiple areas of the tax law and code including:

Compendium of tax legislative proposals, including employee benefits, individual income tax, tax administration, partnerships, trust, estate and gift tax, corporations and shareholders, tax methods and periods, and international tax related issues.

Tax provisions in Senate Finance Committee reconciliation legislation released on December 11, 2021, tax provisions in House Managers amendment to Rules Committee reconciliation legislation, and tax provisions in House reconciliation legislation (H.R.5376, the Build Back Better Act) including: individual tax provisions, employer-provided dependent care assistance exclusion, temporary rule to allow certain S corporations to reorganize as partnerships tax free, section 174 amortization deferral, international tax provisions, section 199A, section 461(l), section 162(m), employee benefits tax provisions, trust and estate tax provisions, certain losses under section 165(g), limitation on certain special rules for section 1202 gains, modification of procedural requirements relating to assessment of penalties, IRS regulation of paid tax return preparers, financial account reporting to improve tax compliance, IRS funding, structural changes to subchapter K (partnership taxation), corporation alternative minimum tax, and nonqualified deferred compensation, and effective dates.

Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19), including the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, P.L. 116- 260; The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, P. L. 116-136, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, P.L. 117-58, specifically the employee retention credit, impact of paycheck protection program (PPP) expense deductibility loan forgiveness on basis of passthrough entities, section 501(c)(6) and PPP loans, COBRA premium tax credit, paid sick and family leave credits, self-employment tax deferral;

Individual, corporate and S corporation tax reform implementation and technical correction issues in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, P.L.115-97, including foreign tax credits, electing small business trusts, qualified business income deduction, SALT cap passthrough entity-level taxes, global intangible low-taxed income, excess business losses, losses on worthless stock, corporate book minimum tax, trust and estate tax issues;

Disaster relief, Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act (H.R. 3574, S. 2748); Claiming Losses After Disasters Act (S. 3173); Disaster Retirement Savings Act (S. 2583);

Guidance under section 1202 regarding Qualified Small Business Stock;

E-signature;

Tax administration issues, including Taxpayer First Act, Pub. L. No. 116-25; organization of the IRS, third-party relationships office, federal tax return deadline extensions: To extend to May 17 the first scheduled estimated tax payment for 2021, H.R.2437, penalty relief H.R. 5155, IRS services, e-filing issues, quarterly payment deadlines, tax filing season and recommendations to reduce backlog, including suspending automated notices and offering broad penalty relief: Tax Deadline Simplification Act of 2021, H.R.4214; regulation of tax return preparers, Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act, H.R. 4184 (117th) / S. 1192 (116th); financial account reporting requirements; modification of procedural requirements to assess penalties.

Trust and estate issues, including foreign trusts filing penalties and withholding credit for U.S. beneficiaries of a foreign trust, estate closing letters, gift tax form and instructions improvements, grantor letters, valuation discounts, grantor trusts, estates, and surcharge on trusts and estates;

Mobile workforce and state income tax simplification issues, Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act of 2021 (S. 1274), Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2021 (H.R. 429), Multi-state Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2021 (S. 1887);

Methods and periods issues, including UNICAP, method changes, revenue recognition, deferral of live event advance payments, section 473 relief, timing of income, section 174 amortization, research credit refund claims, and small business issues;

Corporate taxation issues, inclusive of section 382(h) related to built-in gain and loss;

Partnership taxation issues;

S corporation taxation issues;

Employee benefits tax issues, including the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021 (H.R. 2954) and the Retirement Security and Savings Act (S. 1770), fringe benefits, remote workers;

Exempt organization issues, including group rulings;

Executive compensation tax issues, including nonqualified deferred compensation;

Virtual currency;

International issues, including proposed international form changes (Schedules K-2 and K-3); transition tax installments, net operating loss carryback relief under the CARES Act (P. L. 116-136), OECD/digital economy, foreign tax credits, previously taxed earnings and profits, and section 254A.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Treasury - Dept of

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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 EDU

16. Specific lobbying issues

Adding accounting to STEM definition: Accounting STEM Pursuit Act of 2021, H.R. 3855, and the STEM Education in Accounting Act, S. 3398

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Education - Dept of

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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 DIS

16. Specific lobbying issues

COVID-19 relief to individuals, businesses, and other organizations, including implementation of CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, specifically Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) SBA 7(a) loans; legislative changes to PPP, including extending the program application deadline (PPP Extension Act of 2021, Pub. L. 117-6) and allowing for retroactive application of new calculations for Schedule C filers; general issues related to implementing PPP, including error codes, resolution processes, and impact of Administration changes.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of, Small Business Administration (SBA), Federal Reserve System

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

Federal government financial statements: Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution, H. Con. Res. 44 and S. Con. Res. 11.

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

Group-of-plans consolidated audit.

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
No Yes