π Taxation/Internal Revenue Code (TAX)
Federal lobbying activity for the taxation/internal revenue code issue area
AI Overview
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code (TAX) has attracted $2.6B in lobbying spending across 90.4K filings. This is one of the most heavily lobbied issue areas in federal policy.
Spending by Year
Top Clients
| # | Client | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blackstone Group | $12.1M |
| 2 | Altria Client Services LLC | $11.8M |
| 3 | Athene Holding | $11.7M |
| 4 | Business Roundtable | $11.4M |
| 5 | Tax Reform Coalition | $10.9M |
| 6 | Walmart INC | $9.8M |
| 7 | Comcast Corporation | $9.7M |
| 8 | Employee-owned S Corporations of America | $9.2M |
| 9 | Qualcomm Incorporated | $8.5M |
| 10 | Edison Electric Institute | $8.0M |
| 11 | Apollo Global Management | $7.7M |
| 12 | Nextera Energy, INC. | $6.6M |
| 13 | Fedex Corporation | $6.6M |
| 14 | Mars Incorporated | $6.6M |
| 15 | Anheuser-busch Companies, INC. | $6.4M |
| 16 | Microsoft Corporation | $6.4M |
| 17 | Verizon Communications INC and Various Subsidiaries | $6.4M |
| 18 | American Chemistry Council | $6.3M |
| 19 | Association of Equipment Manufacturers | $6.3M |
| 20 | Alliance for Biopharmaceutical Competitiveness and Innovation | $6.0M |
Top Lobbying Firms
| # | Firm | Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP | $109.4M |
| 2 | Capitol Tax Partners, LLP | $101.4M |
| 3 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | $94.5M |
| 4 | Invariant LLC | $65.0M |
| 5 | Mehlman Consulting, INC. | $63.7M |
| 6 | Capitol Counsel LLC | $63.0M |
| 7 | Williams and Jensen, PLLC | $55.2M |
| 8 | Harbinger Strategies, LLC | $48.8M |
| 9 | Forbes-tate | $48.4M |
| 10 | The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group | $42.9M |
| 11 | Tiber Creek Group | $39.0M |
| 12 | Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young) | $36.8M |
| 13 | Squire Patton Boggs | $36.2M |
| 14 | Alpine Group Partners, LLC. | $36.2M |
| 15 | Ogr | $35.4M |
| 16 | Crossroads Strategies, LLC | $35.3M |
| 17 | Cornerstone Government Affairs, INC. | $28.3M |
| 18 | Holland & Knight LLP | $26.9M |
| 19 | The Nickles Group, LLC | $26.7M |
| 20 | Venn Strategies | $25.2M |
Sample Lobbying Descriptions
β’monitor for tax issues affecting real estate investment trusts general health care policy affecting hospitals and physician practices
β’Support client's work to become a 100% alternate fuel fleet and the flexibility of federal regulations pertaining to vehicle retention. Support extension of alternative fuel tax credit and parallel ef
β’FAA reauthorization; US trade agreements with foreign commercial airlines operating in the US; tax issues; transportation appropriations.
β’Revise US Code sections 59A, 59B, 4491, 6038 A, C, and E establishing "base erosion anti-abuse tax" to relieve corporations covered by the tax from nullifying the effect of tax credits and deductions
β’Implementation of tax reform act, particularly treatment of interest expense of regulated utilities. Monitor tax extender legislation and tax corrections legislation. Improvement in rules for tax e
β’Occupancy Tax
β’Legislation to expense theatrical production costs under the Internal Revenue Code. Funding for the National Endowment of the Arts.
β’Federal review of corporate acquisition and corporate tax reform.
β’Assist with agricultural tax as applied to dairy co-operatives.
β’New Markets Tax Credit provision in tax reform bill.
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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