• Foreign pension fund taxation.

Duration: September 26, 2016 to October 19, 2016

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $0 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2016: Treasury - Dept of

Related Foreign Entities: Australian Industry Group (North Sydney NSWS 2020, AUS); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 50%; Australian Council of Trade Unions (Melbourne, VIC 3000, AUS); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 50%