• Tax issue with the Government of Australia/Australian Tax Office relating to double taxation taxes on income convention between United States of America and Australia. Monitor developments related to the Camp Tax Proposal. Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act, S.2260.
• Tax issue with the Government of Australia/Australian Tax Office relating to double taxation taxes on income convention between United States of America and Australia.

Duration: May 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $450,000 (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 2013: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Treasury - Dept of

Related Foreign Entities: James McClements (West Perth, WA 6005, AUS); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 30%