📋 Accounting (ACC)

Federal lobbying activity for the accounting issue area

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AI Overview

Accounting (ACC) has attracted $107.2M in lobbying spending across 2,232 filings. This issue area sees targeted lobbying from organizations with specific policy interests.

$107.2M

Total Spending

2,232

Total Filings

$102.2M

Estimated Spending

Spending by Year

Top Clients

#	Client	Spending
1	State of Loc Nation Global Public Benefit Corporation	$60.0M
2	Gila River Indian Community	$8.3M
3	Deloitte LLP	$3.8M
4	Aicpa Association of International Certified Professional Accountants	$2.9M
5	Financial Accounting Foundation	$2.3M
6	Ernst & Young LLP	$2.1M
7	Aicpa	$2.1M
8	KPMG	$1.9M
9	PWC US Group LLP	$1.8M
10	PWC US Group LLP (Formerly Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP)	$1.8M
11	KPMG LLP	$1.6M
12	Kearney & Company, P.C.	$990K
13	Alliance for Driver Safety & Security (the Trucking Alliance)	$970K
14	Unibail Rodamco Westfield (Formerly Westfield Corporation)	$780K
15	Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (Aicpa)	$740K
16	Ernst & Young U.S. LLP (EY)	$730K
17	Apollo Global Management	$670K
18	Fgs Global (US) LLC (FKA Fgh Holdings LLC) on Behalf of Fluor Corporation	$520K
19	Grant Thornton Advisors LLC FKA Grant Thornton LLP	$520K
20	Clean Affordable Reliable Electricty Coalition (Care Coalition)	$518K

Top Lobbying Firms

#	Firm	Revenue
1	Loc Community Association	$60.0M
2	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	$8.3M
3	Cgcn Group, LLC	$2.1M
4	Daly Consulting Group	$1.8M
5	Avoq, LLC	$1.6M
6	Venture Government Strategies, LLC (FKA Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)	$1.6M
7	Porterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLC	$1.4M
8	S-3 Group	$1.3M
9	The Williams Group	$1.2M
10	Mehlman Consulting, INC.	$1.2M
11	Crossroads Strategies, LLC	$1.2M
12	Thorn Run Partners	$1.1M
13	Federal Hall Policy Advisors, LLC	$1.1M
14	K&l Gates, LLP	$1.1M
15	Forbes-tate	$1.0M
16	Federal Street Strategies, LLC	$990K
17	Hogan Lovells US LLP	$990K
18	The Kidd Group LLC	$970K
19	Blue Ridge Law & Policy, P.C.	$960K
20	State Federal Strategies	$780K

Sample Lobbying Descriptions

•Issues related to accounting, financial services, tax, and appropriations.

•U.S. Treasury Department Relevant Congressional Committees

•Department of Education - contract awards for student loan debt collection services

•Tax Reform

•GSM102 lending guarantees

•Monitoring for legislation pertaining to oversight of the accounting industry generally, and legislation pertaining to the regulatory authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and t

•General Issue Advocacy

•Preserving Cash Method of Accounting

•Draft legislation containing data transparency standards requirements. Auditor liability. Financial CHOICE Act discussion draft: accounting provisions. H.R. 6251, the PCAOB Enforcement Transparency

•H.R. 1393/S. 540 Mobile Workforce State Tax Simplification Act.