• International tax and trade issues with respect to importation and valuation of distilled spirits.

Duration: January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2016

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Beverage Industry

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 2010: U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,

Affiliated organizations: Diageo North America

Related Foreign Entities: Diageo plc (London, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Guinness UDV (London, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Diageo plc (W1M 9AG, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Guinness UDV (NW10 7RR, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%