Accounting

Issue Code: ACC

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AI Overview

Accounting is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $107.2M in total lobbying spend across 2,232 filings, it ranks among the significantly lobbied policy areas in Washington. The money flowing into this issue reflects how much is at stake for the industries involved.

$107.2M
Total Lobbying Spend
2,232
Filings
50
Top Clients

Spending by Year

YearSpendingFilings
2018$5.2M263
2019$4.4M246
2020$5.6M303
2021$4.5M233
2022$6.6M325
2023$7.5M299
2024$6.8M264
2025$66.8M299

Biggest Spenders

#ClientSpending
1State of Loc Nation Global Public Benefit Corporation$60.0M
2Gila River Indian Community$8.3M
3Deloitte LLP$3.8M
4Aicpa Association of International Certified Professional Accountants$2.9M
5Financial Accounting Foundation$2.3M
6Ernst & Young LLP$2.1M
7Aicpa$2.1M
8KPMG$1.9M
9PWC US Group LLP$1.8M
10PWC US Group LLP (Formerly Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP)$1.8M
11KPMG LLP$1.6M
12Kearney & Company, P.C.$990K
13Alliance for Driver Safety & Security (the Trucking Alliance)$970K
14Unibail Rodamco Westfield (Formerly Westfield Corporation)$780K
15Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (Aicpa)$740K
16Ernst & Young U.S. LLP (EY)$730K
17Apollo Global Management$670K
18Fgs Global (US) LLC (FKA Fgh Holdings LLC) on Behalf of Fluor Corporation$520K
19Grant Thornton Advisors LLC FKA Grant Thornton LLP$520K
20Clean Affordable Reliable Electricty Coalition (Care Coalition)$518K
21Tennessee Consolidated Retirement Systems$480K
22Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation$467K
23Blackline, INC.$420K
24Marcum LLP$390K
25Regions Financial Corp.$330K

Top Firms

Loc Community Association$60.0M
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld$8.3M
Cgcn Group, LLC$2.1M
Daly Consulting Group$1.8M
Avoq, LLC$1.6M
Venture Government Strategies, LLC (FKA Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)$1.6M
Porterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLC$1.4M
S-3 Group$1.3M
The Williams Group$1.2M
Mehlman Consulting, INC.$1.2M
Crossroads Strategies, LLC$1.2M
Thorn Run Partners$1.1M
Federal Hall Policy Advisors, LLC$1.1M
K&l Gates, LLP$1.1M
Forbes-tate$1.0M

What They Lobby For

  • 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.

Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings

Last updated: February 2026

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