• Tax Reform: International tax provisions as it relates to the taxation of income derived from intangible property.
• Legislative issues related to the Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act - (bill numbers from last Congress - H.R. 1174 and S. 512).
• Support better access to rural broadband via TV whitespaces.
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and how current policy impacts some Microsoft employees.

Duration: February 1, 2015 to present

May Have Ended?

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Telecommunications, Immigration, Education, Government Issues, Science/Technology, Computer Industry

Spending: about $250,000 (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 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Treasury - Dept of, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office