Lobbying Relationship

Client

INTUIT, INC.

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Lobbying firm

VAN HEUVELEN STRATEGIES LLC

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  • Issues relating to Internal Revenue Service "Free File" program; Maintain private sector Free File Alliance program; Oppose IRS government tax preparation; work with the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service to add free electronic forms to the Free File Agreement
  • Monitor health IT legislation

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $200,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Treasury - Dept of

Bills mentioned

H.R.5716: Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2008

Sponsor: Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.)

H.R.3457: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with...

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

H.R.5801: Free Internet Filing Act

Sponsor: Nicholas V. Lampson (D-Texas)

S.1074: Free Internet Filing Act

Sponsor: Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii)

S.2861: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the...

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

S.1219: Taxpayer Protection and Assistance Act of 2007

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Robert Van Heuvelen Chief of Staff to Senator Kent Conrad
Anissa Rogness Dir. of Economic Development to Senator Conrad
John Easton Chief of Staff to Senator Gordon Smith Communications Director to Rep. Greg Ganske
Valerie West National Resources Director to Sen. Gordon Smith Professional Staff, House Natural Resources Com. Deputy Dir. Congr. Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation
Robert Van Huevelen Chief of Staff to Senator Kent Conrad

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Registration

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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